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Brad Renfro

Brad Renfro

Birthday: 1982-07-25 | Place of Birth: Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.

Brad Barron Renfro 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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2006
10th & Wolf

as    Vincent

2005
Hollywood Flies

as    Jamie

2005
The Jacket

as    The Stranger

2004
Mummy An' the Armadillo

as    Wyatte

2003
The Job

as    Troy Riverside

2002
Deuces Wild

as    Bobby

2002
American Girl

as    Jay Grubb

2001
Ghost World

as    Josh

2001
Bully

as    Marty Puccio

2001
Happy Campers

as    Wichita

2001
Tart

as    William Sellers

2000
Skipped Parts

as    Dothan Talbot

1997
Telling Lies in America

as    Karchy 'Chucky' Jonas

1996
Sleepers

as    Young Michael Sullivan

1995
The Cure

as    Erik

1995
Tom and Huck

as    Huck Finn

1994
The Client

as    Mark Sway