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      Brad Renfro

      Brad Renfro

      Highest Rated: 93% Ghost World (2001)

      Lowest Rated: 3% Deuces Wild (2002)

      Birthday: Jul 25, 1982

      Birthplace: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

      A precociously talented child star who fell prey to Hollywood's all-too-common tragic trajectory, Brad Renfro wowed critics and fans with his debut opposite Susan Sarandon in the John Grisham adaptation "The Client" (1994). Tween-friendly turns in the AIDS-themed drama "The Cure" (1995) and opposite Jonathan Taylor Thomas in "Tom and Huck" (1995) augured teen idolhood, but the hard-edged Renfro resisted being packaged. Gravitating towards darker, unconventional material, Renfro revealed much of himself in a string of sensitive but emotionally damaged characters in projects like "Sleepers" (1996) as the younger version of Brad Pitt, "Apt Pupil" (1998) as a twisted teen homoerotically fascinated by a former Nazi, an abused youth driven to murder his best friend in Larry Clark's powerful "Bully" (2001), and a sweet-natured but aimless convenience store clerk in the cult favorite "Ghost World" (2001). Renfro's personal demons and drug and alcohol addiction proved his undoing, and just as his child stardom was transitioning into an interesting and offbeat adult acting career, Renfro descended into never-ending legal troubles that destroyed his personal and professional lives. Tragically, the talented young actor died of a heroin overdose on Jan. 15, 2008, reminding more than a few of River Phoenix, and robbing himself and the world of ever realizing his amazing, unconventional potential.

      Highest rated movies

      Ghost World
      The Client
      Sleepers
      Telling Lies in America
      Happy Campers
      Bully
      Apt Pupil
      The Cure

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      APT PUPIL, Brad Renfro, David Schwimmer, 1998 THE CURE, Brad Renfro, 1995 DEUCES WILD, Clayton Barber, James Franco, Shamus Murphy, Danny Cistone, Stephen Dorff, Melvin rodriguez, Brad Renfro, Ronnie Marmo, Frankie Muniz, Michael Endoso, Alex City, 2002 (c) MGM. . DEUCES WILD, Stephen Dorff, Brad Renfro, 2002 (c) MGM. . AMERICAN GIRL, Brad Renfro, Michelle Forbes, Jena Malone, 2002 APT PUPIL, Brad Renfro, director Bryan Singer, Ian McKellen on the set, 1998 SLEEPERS, Brad Renfro, 1996 SLEEPERS, Brad Renfro, 1996 BULLY, Brad Renfro, Nick Stahl, 2001 TOM & HUCK, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Brad Renfro, 1995, barrel APT PUPIL, Ian McKellen, Brad Renfro, 1998 APT PUPIL, Brad Renfro, 1998 APT PUPIL, Brad Renfro, 1998. ©TriStar Pictures APT PUPIL, Brad Renfro, Ian McKellen, 1998 APT PUPIL, Brad Renfro, 1998. ©TriStar Pictures THE CURE, Joseph Mazzello, Brad Renfro, 1995, (c)MCA Universal APT PUPIL, Bruce Davison, Brad Renfro, 1998. ©TriStar Pictures THE CURE, Brad Renfro, Joseph Mazzello, 1995, (c)MCA Universal GHOST WORLD, Brad Renfro, Dave Sheridan, Thora Birch, 2001. BULLY, Bijou Phillips, Rachel Miner, Brad Renfro, 2001
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      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      12% 18% The Informers Jack (Character) - 2009
      19% 52% 10th and Wolf Vincent (Character) $53.5K 2006
      44% 73% The Jacket The Stranger (Character) $6.3M 2005
      No Score Yet 14% Mummy an' the Armadillo Wyatte (Character) - 2004
      No Score Yet 36% Hollywood Flies Jamie (Character) - 2004
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Job Troy Riverside (Character) - 2003
      No Score Yet 49% American Girl Jay Grubb (Character) - 2002
      3% 51% Deuces Wild Bobby (Character) $6.0M 2002
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Car Kid Unknown (Character) - 2001
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Theory of the Leisure Class Billy (Character) - 2001
      57% 62% Happy Campers Wichita (Character) - 2001
      No Score Yet 30% Tart William Sellers (Character) - 2001
      93% 84% Ghost World Josh (Character) $6.2M 2001
      54% 69% Bully Marty Puccio (Character) $510.1K 2001
      No Score Yet 60% Skipped Parts Dothan Talbot (Character) - 2000
      54% 56% Apt Pupil Todd Bowden (Character) $8.8M 1998
      61% 45% Telling Lies in America Karchy "Chucky" Jonas (Character) $275.2K 1997
      73% 85% Sleepers Young Michael Sullivan (Character) $53.3M 1996
      45% 84% The Cure Erik (Character) $2.5M 1995
      25% 42% Tom and Huck Huck Finn (Character) $23.9M 1995
      80% 68% The Client Mark Sway (Character) $90.8M 1994

      TV

      Credit
      No Score Yet 71% Law & Order: Criminal Intent Unknown (Guest Star) 2006