Brad Renfro

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Brad Renfro

Acting July 25, 1982

Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

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…

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Sleepers

Sleepers

7.6 1996 Movie
Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

7.6 2001 TV Show
The Jacket

The Jacket

6.9 2005 Movie
Ghost World

Ghost World

7.1 2001 Movie
The Client

The Client

6.7 1994 Movie
Apt Pupil

Apt Pupil

6.5 1998 Movie
Bully

Bully

6.7 2001 Movie
The Cure

The Cure

7.9 1995 Movie
The Informers

The Informers

4.8 2008 Movie
Tom and Huck

Tom and Huck

5.3 1995 Movie
10th & Wolf

10th & Wolf

5.9 2006 Movie
Deuces Wild

Deuces Wild

5.5 2002 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2008
    The Informers

    Movie Jack

  2. 2008
    Collector

    Movie

  3. 2006
    Child Star Confidential

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  4. 2006
    10th & Wolf

    Movie Vincent

  5. 2005
    Hollywood Flies

    Movie Jamie

  6. 2005
    The Jacket

    Movie The Stranger

  7. 2004
    The Mummy an' the Armadillo

    Movie Wyatte

  8. 2003
    The Job

    Movie Troy Riverside

  9. 2002
    The Car Kid

    Movie Vernon

  10. 2002
    Deuces Wild

    Movie Bobby

  11. 2002
    American Girl

    Movie Jay Grubb

  12. 2001
    Law & Order: Criminal Intent

    TV show Duane Winslow

  13. 2001
    Ghost World

    Movie Josh

  14. 2001
    The Theory of the Leisure Class

    Movie Billy

  15. 2001
    Bully

    Movie Marty Puccio

  16. 2001
    Tart

    Movie William Sellers

More credits
  1. 2001
    Happy Campers

    Movie Wichita

  2. 2000
    Skipped Parts

    Movie Dothan Talbot

  3. 1999
    2 Little, 2 Late

    Movie Jimmy Walsh

  4. 1998
    Apt Pupil

    Movie Todd Bowden

  5. 1997
    Making of Biohazard 2 TV-CM

    Movie Self

  6. 1997
    Telling Lies in America

    Movie Karchy 'Chucky' Jonas

  7. 1996
    Sleepers

    Movie Young Michael

  8. 1995
    Tom and Huck

    Movie Huck Finn

  9. 1995
    The Cure

    Movie Erik

  10. 1994
    The Client

    Movie Mark Sway