Edward Walter Furlong was born on 2nd August 1977, in Glendale, California. His mother, Eleanor Torres, was a worker in a youth center. However, there is no information about his biological father. His mother married Moises Torres and she had a son Robert Torres who was Edward’s step brother. During the time when Eddie, his nick name, was debuting in Terminator -2, his mother had divorced. Though Eddie has no clue of who his father was, he considers himself as half Russian as his mother told him that his father was of a Russian descent.
Eddie was in the custody of his mother’s sister Nancy Tafoya and a half-brother Sean Furlong from 1990-2001. When Eddie started his acting career, these two served as his managers. When he was 15, Eddie got romantically attached to Jacqueline Domac, his 29 year old tutor, during filming. This led to Eddie being emancipated, when he was just 16 years.
However, the romantic couple lived together and even got engaged and was considering the option of marriage. However, the couple split in 1998 and subsequently in 1999, Domac filed a suit against Furlong claiming that he owed her money which was due on her, being his manager. She also sued him for physical abuse. During the film shoot of Detroit Rock City in 1998, Eddie met Natasha Lyonne and started dating her. This could have led to the split with Domac and Eddie.
As a young actor in Terminator-2: Judgment Day Eddie played John Conner and this was his biggest box office hit of the 1990s. During his career, he earned the MTV award and a Saturn Sci-Fi award for the best young actor. Starring in American Heart in 1992, Eddie for awarded the best supporting actor. Besides these movies, Eddie has become famous starring in many other films and winning a lot of awards.
Eddie is well known for his menacingly dark and glaring eyes. He dated many girlfriends and finally on 19th April 2006 he married Rachael Bella and had one son Ethan Page Furlong born on 21st September 2006. Though he and his wife are still together, they have filed for a divorce on the ground of domestic violence, which he tried to deny.
Edward has had a couple of police arrests for domestic violence and was detained at the Central Jail On one such arrest he was bailed out on $31,000. He also had been in a rehab for 90 days for drug addiction and 52 days counseling on domestic violence. In 2011, January Edward claimed that he was totally broke and could not pay child support. He was ordered to pay $15,000 to Bella, his wife as child support in 2011 October.
With all the disputes with former wife and girlfriends, child support payment and ongoing legal problems. Furlong was not allowed to have access to his son. On 23rd August 2012, Furlong complained to the police that his wallet got stolen soon after a stranger in Skid Row, Los Angeles showed him directions to a place. However, with his acting career and having starred in many films, quoting various roles, Richard Furlong has an estimated networth of around $100 thousand.
| Birth Date: | 2 Aug, 1977 |
| Age: | 42 yrs |
| Occupations: | Actor Singer Film actor Television actor |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | Glendale |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | American actor |
| Spouse: | Rachael Bella[2006-2014] |
| Net Worth 2021: | 1 million |
