Brad Renfro
Born July 25, 1982 (Age: 43)
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Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Biography
Brad Barron Renfro (July 25, 1982 – January 15, 2008) was an American actor. was an American actor born on July 25, 1982 in Knoxville, Tennessee, to Angela Denise McCrory and Mark Renfro, a factory worker. He was discovered at age 10 by director Joel Schumacher and made his film debut cast in the lead role of the motion picture The Client (1994), which starred Susan Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones. Although this would be his zenith, he went on to appear in other films, including The Cure (1995), Tom and Huck (1995), Sleepers (1996), and Apt Pupil (1998). He went on to star in a total of 21 feature films, several short films, and two television episodes during his career. Renfro won The Hollywood Reporter's Young Star Award in 1995 and was nominated as one of People magazine's "Top 30 Under 30," though addiction problems in his teens and early 20s led to several police arrests and much of his later career was marred by a pattern of substance abuse which hampered his career. He died from a heroin overdose on January 15, 2008, at the young age of 25.
Brad Barron Renfro (July 25, 1982 – January 15, 2008) was an American actor. was an American actor born on July 25, 1982 in Knoxville, Tennessee, to Angela Denise McCrory and Mark Renfro, a factory worker. He was discovered at age 10 by director Joel Schumacher and made his film debut cast in the lead role of the motion picture The Client (1994), which starred Susan Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones. Although this would be his zenith, he went on to appear in other films, including The Cure (1995), Tom and Huck (1995), Sleepers (1996), and Apt Pupil (1998). He went on to star in a total of 21 feature films, several short films, and two television episodes during his career. Renfro won The Hollywood Reporter's Young Star Award in 1995 and was nominated as one of People magazine's "Top 30 Under 30," though addiction problems in his teens and early 20s led to several police arrests and much of his later career was marred by a pattern of substance abuse which hampered his career. He died from a heroin overdose on January 15, 2008, at the young age of 25.
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Filmography
The Informers
2008
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as Jack
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Age: 26
10th & Wolf
2006
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as Vincent
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Age: 23
The Jacket
2005
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as The Stranger
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Age: 22
Deuces Wild
2002
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as Bobby
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Age: 19
Bully
2001
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as Marty Puccio
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Age: 18
Skipped Parts
2000
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as Dothan Talbot
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Age: 17
Apt Pupil
1998
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as Todd Bowden
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Age: 16
Making of Biohazard 2 TV-CM
1997
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as Self
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Age: 15
Telling Lies in America
1997
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as Karchy 'Chucky' Jonas
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Age: 15
BIOHAZARD 2 TV-CM
1997
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as Leon Kennedy
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Age: 14
Sleepers
1996
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as Young Michael Sullivan
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Age: 14
Tom and Huck
1995
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as Huck Finn
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Age: 13
The Cure
1995
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as Erik
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Age: 12
The Client
1994
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as Mark Sway
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Age: 11