American History X (1998)
Tony Kaye's 1998 Edward Norton vehicle on neo-Nazi violence. The bathroom scene with Avery Brooks remains the most powerful in the film.
Actor: Edward Furlong
Edward Furlong was cast in Terminator 2 at thirteen from an open call in a Pasadena youth centre, having no acting experience, and the film made him internationally known.
American History X gave him his best performance, narrating the film as a younger brother following his sibling into a movement. Addiction and legal problems have interrupted the career repeatedly since, which he has discussed publicly, and he has worked steadily in low-budget film.
