John Connor

John Connor
Terminator character
First appearanceTerminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Last appearanceTerminator: Resistance (2019)
Created by
Portrayed by
Voiced by
In-universe information
SpeciesHuman
Man-machine hybrid (Genisys)
GenderMale
Occupation
  • Leader of the Resistance
  • Senator (T2 alternate ending)
Affiliation
Family
Spouse
  • Tara Holden (comics)
  • Katherine Brewster (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)
NationalityAmerican

John Connor is a fictional character in 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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