Jul 25, 1982

Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

Bradley Barron Renfro was born in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1982 and was raised by his grandmother. He has a sister named Haley Rose and his cousin is Jesse Haesak, lead singer for 10 Years.In adulthood Renfro has developed a reputation for "bad-boy" antics as a result of problems arising from drug and alcohol abuse.
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Renfro was ten when he was discovered by Mali Finn, a casting director for Joel Schumacher, director of The Client. He played the title role in the film, adapted from a ... ... (read more...) best-selling John Grisham novel, opposite Susan Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones. The suspense/drama was one of the top-grossing films of 1994.
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Brad Renfro has gone on to act in several well-regarded films in his adulthood including 2001's Ghost World and Bully (film) and 2005's The Jacket with Keira Knightley and Adrien Brody. In 1995 he won Hollywood Reporter's "Young Star" award and was nominated as one of People Magazine's "Top 30 Under 30." Most recently, Renfro also appeared in, "Watch", a January 2006 episode of the highly acclaimed Law & Order: Criminal Intent series, alongside fellow former child actor Ethan Embry.
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He died on January 15, 2008, in Los Angeles, California from an accidental heroin overdose.