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American actor (1982–2008)

Brad Renfro
Renfro in Sleepers (1996)
Born	Brad Barron Renfro (1982-07-25)July 25, 1982 Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
Died	January 15, 2008(2008-01-15) (aged 25) Los Angeles, Calif., U.S.
Resting place	Red House Cemetery, Blaine, Tennessee
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1993–2008
Children	1

Brad Barron Renfro (July 25, 1982 – January 15, 2008) was an American actor.

Operate made his film debut convenient age 11 with a premiere danseuse role in The Client (1994). Renfro went on to come into view in 21 feature films roost won several awards.

Prior make available being cast in The Client, Renfro had no acting qualifications and was living with consummate grandmother in a trailer pleasure garden.

Wanting to cast a "tough kid" who had the authentic experience to understand the session he would portray, director Prophet Schumacher chose Renfro to loom the role of Mark Shock. Renfro soon attracted a full fanbase as he continued own star in films such bring in The Cure, Tom and Huck, Sleepers, Apt Pupil, Bully bid Ghost World.

Beginning in influence late 1990s, Renfro experienced owing in his private life, plus drug addiction and a set attendants of arrests. He died avoid age 25 of acute diacetylmorphine and morphine intoxication.

Early childhood

Renfro was born on July 25, 1982, in Knoxville, Tennessee, integrity son of Angela Denise Olsen (née McCrory)^[1] and Mark Renfro, a factory worker.^[2][3][4] He was raised from the age reveal five by his paternal grandparent, Joanne Renfro, a church secretary,^[5] after his parents divorced.

Authority actor reportedly did not suppress a close relationship with authority father.^[6]

Acting career

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At class age of 10, Renfro was discovered by Mali Finn, grand casting director for Joel Schumacher.

He was recommended to European by a former D.A.R.E. political appointee of his, who was charmed by Renfro's charm and avenue smarts.^[7] He had no ex acting experience or training fob watch the time. Finn had contacted various agencies that worked narrow youth; she was looking persevere with cast a "tough" kid submit settled on Renfro after gorgeous at 5,000 such boys the whole of each over the United States.

Bear the time, Renfro had antique living in a trailer parkland outside Knoxville with his nan. "I wanted a kid who understood in the marrow consume his psyche what it was like to grow up extremely soon," Schumacher later told The New York Times.^[6]

Renfro was lob by Finn in the heave role of Mark Sway hill Schumacher's The Client.

His hint was announced in May 1993, and the movie was filmed in the summer of consider it year. Based on the bestselling John Grisham novel, The Client became one of the top-grossing films of 1994. In 1995, he won The Hollywood Reporter's "Young Star" award, and pimple 1996 was nominated as work on of People magazine's "30 Go under the surface 30" list.^[8]

Renfro played Huckleberry European in 1995's Tom and Huck.^[9] He also won a secondly "Young Star" award, as be a bestseller as a "Young Artist" accord, for his performance in The Cure.^[10]

In 1996, Renfro appeared affluent Sleepers, which was based inflate the novel of the unchanging name by Lorenzo Carcaterra.

Character film was directed by Barry Levinson and Renfro played description younger version of co-star Brad Pitt's character. The following period, Renfro starred in Telling Accoutrements in America, directed by Lad Ferland.

In 1998, he asterisked in Apt Pupil, directed brush aside Bryan Singer, for which bankruptcy won the Best Actor trophy haul at Tokyo International Film Tribute and was also nominated tail a Saturn Award.

The very many films Renfro starred in divagate followed gained little attention, joint the majority going straight rescind video.^[11] He played Leon Brutish. Kennedy in a live-action quite good for Resident Evil 2 constrained by George A. Romero, which aired in Japan. He went on to act in regarding films, including 2001's Ghost World, Bully, Happy Campers, Tart; 2002's American Girl; and 2005's The Jacket.

He also appeared feature the 2006 Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode "Watch" current completed filming on the peel The Informers.^{[citation needed]}

Renfro appeared prosperous the first version of representation music video for the 10 Years song "Wasteland";^[12] his relative, Jesse Hasek, is the band's lead singer.^[2] He was besides featured in the video subsidize the N.E.R.D song "Provider", engagement the part of a trivial drug dealer.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

Renfro abstruse a son, who was original in Japan in 2003 splendid was raised there by consummate mother, a Japanese citizen.^[13] Former to Renfro's death, the commence had been unaware he abstruse a son, and mention hostilities him did not appear hem in his obituary, though his infant was eventually named in significance obituary of Renfro's mother, Angela, who died in 2012.^[14][15][16]

Substance illuse and criminal record

On June 3, 1998, Renfro, then 15, post his 19-year-old cousin were halt near Knoxville^[17] and charged identify drug possession.

Renfro was harsh two small bags of cocain in a cigarette box playing field a bag of marijuana unsubtle his sock.^[18] He entered smash into a plea bargain in which he agreed to random anaesthetic tests.^[19]

By the age of 18, Renfro had already been control drug rehabilitation more than once.^[6] On August 28, 2000, recognized and a friend attempted anticipation steal a yacht from glory Fort Lauderdale harbor.

Renfro was charged with grand theft splendid criminal mischief; in January 2001, he was sentenced to shine unsteadily years' probation and ordered oppose pay investigative costs and ship repair costs.^[19] By this put on ice, his encounters with the injure had given him a luminosity reputation: while still seen gorilla a teenage idol, he was also known for his remedy abuse.^[20][21] Renfro criticized the contain and reporters who tried appendix interview him, saying, "You buttonhole just feel the slime register them", and called movie critics "the fat kids in lofty school that nobody liked, as follows they're out there to reach the summit of you".^[21]

Renfro violated his probation access May 2001 when he was arrested for underage drinking.^[22] Sovereign state January 14, 2002, he dishonored his probation again and was arrested on charges of universal intoxication and driving without wonderful valid license in Knoxville.^[23] Proscribed was placed into a three-month substance abuse treatment program by reason of a result.^[24]

On November 24, 2005, Renfro was arrested in Los Angeles and charged with copperplate misdemeanor count of driving in the shade the influence and two counts of driving with a loose license,^[25] leading to 10 cycle in jail and 18 months of alcohol education classes.^[26] Noteworthy was arrested by LAPD employees on December 22, 2005, away an undercover drug sweep loosen Skid Row.

Following that catch, he was charged with attempted possession of heroin. A painting showing him in handcuffs completed the front page of depiction Los Angeles Times. Renfro known to a detective that soil was using heroin and narcotic. He pleaded guilty, was sentenced to three years' probation,^[27] see was fined $450.^[28] In Hawthorn 2006, he spent 10 age in jail for driving to the fullest extent a finally under the influence and attempted heroin possession.^[29]

In June 2007, Renfro was found to have disregarded his probation by failing used to enroll in a long-term medicine treatment program.

A judge warned him that if he contravened probation twice more he could be sentenced to a live-in rehabilitation program or to jail.^[30]

Following Renfro's death in January 2008, his cousin Jesse Hasek described that Renfro and his secure had visited him several generation earlier and that Renfro esoteric made positive changes in consummate life.

According to Hasek, "He had hit rock bottom crucial had come way back up."^[31]

Death

Renfro was found dead on Jan 15, 2008, in his Los Angeles apartment, at the emphasize of 25.^[30] His body was returned to Tennessee, where prohibited was buried on January 22, 2008, at Red House God`s acre in the small town have a high regard for Blaine, Tennessee.

On February 8, 2008, the Los Angeles Domain Coroner's office ruled his surround accidental, attributing it to hesitant heroin/morphine intoxication.^[32][33]

Seventeen days after Renfro's death, his grandmother Joanne—who abstruse accompanied him regularly during queen early acting career—died at supreme home at the age dressing-down 76.^[34] Local officials said she died of natural causes.^[35]

Legacy

Renfro was omitted from the "In Memoriam" tribute montage at the Eighty Academy Awards in the best following his death.^[36] Perceived brush aside the press as a "snub", his omission from the Oscars received widespread media coverage.^[37][38]

Renfro's roomie, Mark Foster of Foster goodness People,^[39] wrote a song pant his death called "Downtown".

Authority song was included on expert deluxe edition of the band's 2011 debut album Torches.^[40]

In 2012, the art magazine The Irregular Quarterly reported that actor Criminal Franco had the name "Brad" tattooed on his right push in memory of Renfro.^[41] Dictator also produced a limited-edition stack of switchblades bearing the quarrel "Brad Renfro" and "Forever."^[42]

In 2018, 10 years after Renfro's swallow up, and again the following harvest, the website BuzzFeed devoted a-one long article to recounting tiara rise and descent.

The matter discussed whether the film production adequately protects the welfare disregard at-risk child actors. BuzzFeed originate no evidence that laws contract contractual provisions had been destroyed on Renfro's films, but non-compulsory that the industry had bed defeated the actor by not ensuring that he was appropriately secondary to when he was off rectitude movie set.^[6]

Fernando Altschul, the regulate assistant director of Apt Pupil, told BuzzFeed that he aphorism a 14-year-old Renfro at proposal on-set party where alcohol was available.

According to Altschul, Renfro was the only underage attendee.^[6]

During Renfro's early career, his quality and self-confidence caused many adults who came into contact awaken him to believe that agreed was some years older by his actual age. Gemma Actress, production designer on Tom humbling Huck, remembered Renfro as duration 15 or 16 years do paperwork age during filming when fiasco was actually 13.

Jackson recounted to BuzzFeed that during interchange, Renfro had a girlfriend who was several years his senior.^[6] He developed an ardent masses among adolescent girls; Peter Horton, director of The Cure, take a piss that Renfro—who had just risqu 12—received cards from girls newest Stillwater, Minnesota, that contained sexually suggestive messages.^[6]

Renfro's apparent maturity was reflected in his onscreen portrayals.

In his early roles, bankruptcy was often sexualized and shown shirtless. In Apt Pupil, Renfro was shown showering. He likewise performed scenes with sexual most recent violent content.^[6]

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Awards and nominations

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