Brad Renfro

Acting

Brad Renfro

Born 1982-07-25 · 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 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.

Acting credits

Sleepers poster
7.6

Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.

Sleepers

1996

The Jacket poster
6.9

A military veteran goes on a journey into the future, where he can foresee his death and is left with questions that could save his life and those he loves.

The Jacket

2005

The Client poster
6.7

A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the body of a Senator is buried. Clifford shoots himself and Mark is found at the scene, and both the FBI and the Mafia quickly realize that Mark probably knows more than he says.

The Client

1994

The Informers poster
4.8

A collection of intersecting short stories set in early 1980s Los Angeles, depicts a week in the lives of an assortment of socially alienated, mainly well-off characters who numb their sense of emptiness with casual sex, violence, and drugs.

The Informers

2008

Apt Pupil poster
6.5

One day in 1984, Todd Bowden, a brilliant high school boy fascinated by the history of Nazism, stumbles across an old man whose appearance resembles that of Kurt Dussander, a wanted Nazi war criminal. A month later, Todd decides to knock on his door.

Apt Pupil

1998

The Cure poster
7.9

Erik, a loner, finds a friend in Dexter, an eleven-year-old boy with AIDS. They vow to find a cure for AIDS together and save Dexter's life in an eventful summer.

The Cure

1995

10th & Wolf poster
5.9

A former street thug returns to his Philadelphia home after a stint in the military. Back on his home turf, he once again finds himself tangling with the mob boss who was instrumental in his going off to be a soldier.

10th & Wolf

2006

Bully poster
6.7

A group of teenagers in South Florida enact a murder plot against their mutual bully, Bobby, who has emotionally, physically, and sexually abused them for years.

Bully

2001

Deuces Wild poster
5.5

In 1950s New York City, a bad and bloody gang war is about to erupt on the dysfunctional streets of Brooklyn between the Deuces and the vicious Vipers.

Deuces Wild

2002

Ghost World poster
7.1

Two quirky, cynical, teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives following high school graduation. After they play a prank on an eccentric, middle-aged record collector, one of them befriends him, which causes a rift in the girls’ friendship.

Ghost World

2001

Tom and Huck poster
5.3

A mischievous young boy, Tom Sawyer, witnesses a murder by the deadly Injun Joe. Tom becomes friends with Huckleberry Finn, a boy with no future and no family. Tom has to choose between honoring a friendship or honoring an oath because the town alcoholic is accused of the murder. Tom and Huck go through several adventures trying to retrieve evidence.

Tom and Huck

1995

Skipped Parts poster
6.1

A woman and her son must leave a small South Carolina town because of her wild behavior.

Skipped Parts

2000

Tart poster
4.3

A student will do anything to become part of the "in-crowd" at the exclusive school she attends in New York.

Tart

2001

American Girl poster
5.5

A pregnant teenager is determined to leave her trailer park home with the hope of living a happy family life.

American Girl

2002

Telling Lies in America poster
5.8

A 17-year-old boy becomes friends with Billy Magic, the radio DJ he idolizes, and eventually slips into the payola and corruption of the entertainment world.

Telling Lies in America

1997

Hollywood Flies poster
4.4

While on a road trip, a man and his sister pick up two hitchhikers (Brad Renfro, Vinnie Jones) on the run for murder and armed robbery.

Hollywood Flies

2005

The Mummy an' the Armadillo poster
6.0

In the middle of nowhere sits the Armadillo Café. The once popular, but now desolate, café is run by a troubled, booze-addled mother and her disturbed family. Their dark secrets are threatened when Sarah arrives, seeking answers to her past. Turmoil reigns and emotions boil over as the horrifying truth unravels and Sarah barely escapes with her life.

The Mummy an' the Armadillo

2004

The Job poster
4.5

CJ is a sexy, cold-blooded assassin who wants to quit the business. She agrees to carry out one last hit, but for the first time in her career as an assassin, she is unable to finish the job.

The Job

2003

Happy Campers poster
5.4

Chaos and rampant hormones reign when teenage counselors are left in charge during their summer-camp director's absence.

Happy Campers

2001

Collector poster
5.0

Justin Sayer (Brad Renfro) suffers from a mental illness which causes vivid hallucinations. The voices in his head have forced him to isolate himself from the world and from his two year old son. After several unsuccessful attempts by visiting therapists to cure him, Justin attempts to hide his illness from a new therapist. But this therapist is unlike the others.

Collector

2008

The Theory of the Leisure Class poster
7.0

A group of kids on a field trip shockingly discover the bodies of missing children. Their alarming discovery leads to a small western town where the mystery of the slain children's disappearance has created an environment of suspicion and distrust. A curious reporter from the city arrives in town and bribes a bar owner to divulge everything she knows. Gradually, the pieces of this disturbing puzzle; deception, adultery and secret bonds, start falling into place. They hold the key to the mystery of the murdered children.

The Theory of the Leisure Class

2001

The Car Kid poster
10.0

Two unlikely heroes become connected through their love of music, and on the day they meet, their lives are changed forever.

The Car Kid

2002

2 Little, 2 Late poster
7.0

A flurry of stories about different students at a local high school after racial tensions erupt.

2 Little, 2 Late

1999

Making of Biohazard 2 TV-CM poster
NR

From the legendary director who redefined the zombies in film industry (George A. Romero), comes a bold new vision that blurs the line between game and horror cinema. Follow the camera behind the scenes of one of the most talked-about TV commercials ever made, created in collaboration with Brad Renfro and some of Hollywood’s top talent. Based on the world of Resident Evil, the hit survival horror game that had already terrified millions since its debut in 1996, this commercial heralds the arrival of its highly anticipated sequel. Breaking a two-year silence, director Romero returns with a haunting production of cinematic ambition. With a staggering budget of over 150 million yen (more than one million USD), the shoot took place on a chilling replica of a Los Angeles police station, transformed into the shadowy world of Raccoon City.

Making of Biohazard 2 TV-CM

1997