Terminator 2: Judgment Day Terminator 2: Judgment Day Terminator 2: Judgment Day (often shortened to Terminator 2 or T2) is a 1991 American science-fiction action film co-written, produced, and directed by James Cameron. The film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick, and Edward Furlong as its principal cast. It is the sequel to the 1984 film "The Terminator", as well as the second installment in the "Terminator" franchise. "Terminator 2" follows Sarah Connor (Hamilton) and her ten-year-old son John (Furlong) as they are pursued by a new, more advanced Terminator: the liquid metal, shapeshifting T-1000 (Patrick), sent back in time to kill John
Terminator (character) each "model". The "Terminator" title has also been used as a generic name for other human-simulating characters in the "Terminator" universe, such as the liquid metal shapeshifting T-1000 antagonist in the sequel "" and a T-850 in the sequel "". The end credits of the first three "Terminator" films list Schwarzenegger's character as simply "The Terminator", while in "Terminator Genisys", he is credited as "Guardian". In "Terminator Salvation", a Terminator resembling Schwarzenegger created via facial CGI—used because Schwarzenegger's duties at the time as Governor of California prevented him from working on the film—over Roland Kickinger's on-set performance is credited as