John Connor

John Connor
Terminator character
Edward Furlong as John Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
First appearance	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Last appearance	Terminator: Resistance (2019)
Created by	James Cameron Gale Anne Hurd William Wisher Jr.
Portrayed by	Adult: Michael Edwards (T2) Nick Stahl (T3) Christian Bale (Salvation) Jason Clarke (Genisys) Young: Edward Furlong (T2, T2-3D, Dark Fate)[a] Child: Dalton Abbot (T2)
Voiced by	Bruce DuBose (The Terminator: Dawn of Fate) Nick Stahl (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines video game) Keith Ferguson (Terminator 3: The Redemption) Gideon Emery (Terminator Salvation video game) Aaron Kunitz (Dark Fate) Eric Meyers (Terminator: Resistance)
In-universe information
Species	Human Cyborg (Genisys)
Gender	Male
Occupation	Leader of the Resistance Senator (T2 alternate ending) Assassin (Genisys)
Affiliation	Resistance against the Machines United States Senate (T2 alternate ending) Cyberdyne Systems (Genisys) Skynet (Genisys)
Family	Kyle Reese (father) Sarah Connor (mother) Derek Reese (uncle)
Spouse	Tara Holden (comics) Katherine Brewster (Rise of the Machines and Salvation)
Children	Kyle Reese (adoptive son; Terminator: Infinity comics) Sarah Connor. Jr (Terminator Salvation: The Final Battle comics) Kyle Connor (Terminator Salvation: The Final Battle comics) Kyla Connor (Terminator Dreams novel)
Nationality	American

John Connor is a fictional character and the male protagonist of the Terminator franchise. Created by writer/director James Cameron, the character is first referred to in the 1984 film The Terminator and first appears in its 1991 sequel Terminator 2: Judgment Day (T2). In the character's first appearance, John is portrayed by Edward Furlong as a child, and briefly by Michael Edwards as an adult in a small role. Other actors have portrayed the character in subsequent films, including Nick Stahl, Christian Bale, and Jason Clarke. In addition, Thomas Dekker portrayed John Connor in the two-season television series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

The character serves as a protagonist in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), and Terminator Salvation (2009), the antagonist of the film Terminator Genisys (2015), and has a brief cameo in Terminator: Dark Fate (2019).
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