who plays john connor in terminator salvation?
Christian Bale
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 Christian Bale as John Connor . Director McG deemed Bale " the most credible action star in the world " during development . McG wanted Bale for Marcus , but the actor — even though he " can 't really remember why " — wanted to play John , and that led to the character 's role getting expanded in rewrites of the script . Bale was the first person to be cast and signed on for the role in November 2007 . McG talked extensively with Bale in the UK about the role while the latter was filming The Dark Knight , and they both agreed to proceed . Although a fan of the Terminator series , he was at first uninterested until McG convinced him the story would be character @-@ based and not rely on special effects . They kept working on the story every day , along with Worthington . McG said Bale broke his hand punching a Terminator prop during filming . Bale also spent six to eight hours each day with McG in the editing room to advise the finished product . 

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 In 2013 , Welling co @-@ starred in the all @-@ star cast of Peter Landesman 's historical drama Parkland , based on the book Reclaiming History : The Assassination of President John F. Kennedy by author Vincent Bugliosi . The story centers on the chaotic events that occurred at Parkland Hospital in Dallas , Texas on the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22 , 1963 . In 2014 , Welling co @-@ starred with Kevin Costner , Jennifer Garner , Frank Langella and Denis Leary in Ivan Reitman 's sports drama Draft Day . He played a veteran quarterback whose career is at a crossroads . 

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 In 2018 , John Connor ( Christian Bale ) leads an attack on a Skynet base , where he discovers human prisoners and schematics for a new type of Terminator , incorporating living tissue ( The T @-@ 800 ) . He is the only survivor of the assault after the base is destroyed in a nuclear explosion . Following Connor 's departure , Marcus emerges from the base 's wreckage and begins walking towards Los Angeles , after taking the clothing from a Resistance soldier , who died in the explosion . 

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 Additional actors included Dick Miller as the gun @-@ shop clerk ; professional bodybuilder Franco Columbu ( Schwarzenegger 's friend and workout partner ) as a Terminator in 2029 ; Bill Paxton and Brian Thompson as punks who are confronted by the Terminator ; and Marianne Muellerleile as one of the other women with the name " Sarah Connor " who was shot by the Terminator . 

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 Hartman 's first starring film role came in 1995 's Houseguest , alongside Sinbad . Other films included Greedy , Coneheads , Sgt. Bilko , So I Married an Axe Murderer , CB4 , Jingle All the Way , Kiki 's Delivery Service , and Small Soldiers , the last of which was his final theatrically released film . At the same time , he preferred working on television . His other television roles included appearances on episodes of Seinfeld , The John Larroquette Show , The Dana Carvey Show , and the HBO TV film The Second Civil War as the President of the United States . He appeared as the kidnapper Randy in the third season cliffhanger finale of 3rd Rock from the Sun — a role reportedly written especially for him , but he died before filming of the concluding episode could take place . Executive producer Terry Turner decided to recast the part , reshoot and air the finale again , noting : " I have far too much respect for [ Hartman ] to try to find some clever way of getting around this real tragedy . " Hartman made a considerable amount of money from television advertising , earning $ 300 @,@ 000 for a series of four commercials for the soft drink Slice . He also appeared in advertisements for McDonalds ( as Hugh McAttack ) and 1 @-@ 800 @-@ Collect ( as Max Jerome ) . 
