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Uwe Boll ( born June 22 , 1965 ) is a ___MASK9___ film director , producer , screenwriter and occasional actor based in Canada , whose work includes several films adapted from video games . He finances his own films through his Boll KG and Event Film Productions production companies . Many of his films are produced on low budgets and have received highly negative reviews from critics , with " Alone in the Dark " being considered one of the worst films ever made . However , Boll ' s " Rampage " film series , " Tunnel Rats ", " Stoic ", " Amoklauf ", " Heart of America ", " Assault on Wall Street " and " Darfur " have been mildly well received by critics . John Connor is a fictional character of the " Terminator " franchise . Created by writer and director James Cameron , the character is first referred to in the 1984 film " The Terminator " and first appears in its 1991 sequel "" initially portrayed by Michael Edwards ( briefly as the older Connor ) and then by teenage actor Edward Furlong throughout the remainder of the film ; in addition , Linda Hamilton ' s real - life son Dalton Abbot played John as a toddler in a dream sequence . The character is subsequently portrayed by 23 - year - old Nick Stahl in the 2003 film "" and by 19 - year - old Thomas Dekker in the 2008 television series "". ___MASK49___ - ___MASK44___ actor Christian Bale portrays 33 - year - old Connor in the film series ' s fourth installment , " Terminator Salvation ", and Australian actor Jason Clarke portrays a 44 - year - old Connor , who becomes the T - 3000 and serves as the antagonist of the film series ' s fifth installment , " Terminator Genisys ". Darfur ( previously called Janjaweed ) is a film directed by Uwe Boll concerning the current conflict in Darfur , starring David O ' Hara , Kristanna Loken , Billy Zane and Edward Furlong . The film was also released as Attack On Darfur . Edward Walter Furlong ( born August 2 , 1977 ) is an American actor and musician . A former teen idol , Furlong won Saturn and MTV Movie Awards for his breakthrough performance as John Connor in "" ( 1991 ). The following year he gave an Independent Spirit Award - nominated turn opposite Jeff Bridges in " American Heart ", and earned a second Saturn Award nomination for his work in " Pet Sematary Two ". He won a Young Artist Award for his performance alongside Kathy Bates in " A Home of Our Own " ( 1993 ), and shared a further ensemble nomination with the cast of the film . An actor ( or actress for females ; see terminology ) is a person who portrays a character in a performance . The actor performs " in the flesh " in the traditional medium of the theatre , or in modern mediums such as film , radio , and television . The analogous ___MASK50___ term is , literally " one who answers ". The actor ' s interpretation of their role pertains to the role played , whether based on a real person or fictional character . Interpretation occurs even when the actor is " playing themselves ", as in some forms of experimental performance art , or , more commonly ; to act , is to create , a character in performance .