Troubled actor Brad Renfro dies at 25 By JACOB ADELMAN, Associated Press Writer
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LOS ANGELES - Actor Brad Renfro, whose career began promisingly with a childhood role in "The Client" but rapidly faded as he struggled with drugs and alcohol, was found dead Tuesday in his home. He was 25.



Paramedics pronounced him dead at 9 a.m., said Craig Harvey, chief investigator for the Los Angeles County coroner's office. The cause of death was not immediately determined, Harvey said, but an autopsy could be conducted as early as Wednesday.

Renfro had reportedly been drinking with friends the evening before his death, Harvey said.

Renfro's lawyer, Richard Kaplan, said he did not know whether the death was connected to any problems with addiction.

"He was working hard on his sobriety," Kaplan said. "He was doing well. He was a nice person."

Renfro recently completed a role in "The Informers," a film adaptation of a Bret Easton Ellis novel that stars Winona Ryder, Brandon Routh and Billy Bob Thornton.

"Brad was an exceptionally talented young actor and our time spent with him was thoroughly enjoyable," Marco Weber, president of the film's production house, Senator Entertainment, said in a statement.

The actor served 10 days in jail in May 2006 after pleading no contest to driving while intoxicated and guilty to attempted possession of heroin.

The latter charge stemmed from his arrest in Los Angeles' Skid Row area, when he attempted to buy heroin from an undercover officer in 2005.

For several years he was better known for that drug bust and the resulting criminal case than for acting.

After one court appearance, he talked to reporters about drug rehabilitation, saying he was "tired of paying the consequences" for drinking and drug use and eager to get clean.

"It's definitely been an eye-opener," he said of his rehabilitation program.

Other run-ins with the law included a 1998 charge of cocaine and marijuana possession, for which he avoided jail time in a plea deal. He was also placed on probation in January 2001 and ordered to pay $4,000 for repairs to a 45-foot yacht he and a friend tried to steal in Florida in August 2000.

He was arrested again in May 2001 and charged with underage drinking, violating the terms of his probation, and was ordered into alcohol rehabilitation the following March.

A native of Knoxville, Tenn., Renfro's film career began when he was 12, acting opposite Susan Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones in "The Client." His other credits included "Sleepers," "Deuces Wild," "Apt Pupil" and "The Jacket."

bully was fuckin great

mostly because of the chicks, but yeah cool movie too

i liked him in Apt Pupil

he was in the jacket but i don't remember him. he was also in the client and was one of the kids in sleepers

wasn't he in Ghostworld

that's too bad...

as per IMDB

# Joe the Engineer (2008) (in production) (attached) .... Joe
# The Informers (2008) (filming) .... Jack
... aka Bret Easton Ellis' The Informers (USA: complete title)

# 10th & Wolf (2006) .... Vincent
# "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" .... Duane Wilson (1 episode, 2006)
... aka Law & Order: CI (USA: promotional abbreviation)
- Watch (2006) TV episode .... Duane Wilson
# Coat Pockets (2005) .... Kenny
# The Jacket (2005) .... The Stranger
# Hollywood Flies (2004) (TV) .... Jamie
# Mummy an' the Armadillo (2004) .... Wyatte
# The Car Kid (2003)
# The Job (2003/I) .... Troy Riverside
# American Girl (2002/I) .... Jay Grubb
... aka Confessions of an American Girl (USA: video title)
# Deuces Wild (2002) .... Bobby
... aka Deuces Wild - Wild in den Straßen (Germany)
# Ghost World (2001) .... Josh
# Bully (2001) .... Marty Puccio
... aka Bully (France)
# Tart (2001) .... William Sellers
... aka Naïve (Canada: French title)
# Happy Campers (2001) .... Wichita
# The Theory of the Leisure Class (2001) .... Billy
# Meter Man (2000) .... Sal
# Skipped Parts (2000) .... Dothan Talbot
... aka The Wonder of Sex (UK)
# Herschel Hopper: New York Rabbit (2000) .... Tanner

# 2 Little, 2 Late (1999) .... Jimmy Walsh
# Apt Pupil (1998) .... Todd Bowden
... aka Élève doué, L' (Canada: French title)
... aka Un élève doué - Été de corruption (France)
# Telling Lies in America (1997) .... Karchy 'Chucky'/'Slick' Jonas
# Sleepers (1996) .... Young Michael Sullivan
# Tom and Huck (1995) .... Huck Finn
... aka The Adventures of Tom and Huck
... aka Tom Sawyer
# The Cure (1995) .... Erik
# The Client (1994) .... Mark Sway




I liked him in Happy Campers

yup, as the cashier at the convenience mart.

me and chick were talkin about "that movie where the kid stumbles in on his neighbor being a nazi"..and couldnt think of the name of it for the life of us

prob is, now i forget which girl i had the conversation with

That's a shame. When I lived in Knoxville I recall seeing a short local news piece on him. He was standing against a pretty decrepit building talking about working on his "relationship with the Lord."

When I saw the headline I immediately thought "overdose". Seemed to have talent but wasted it away to become another E! True Hollywood Story.
I mostly remember him as a celeb that share my birthday, along with Matt LeBlanc and Estelle Getty.

If you rearrange this guy's name, you can almost spell Beefareeno, and that's allright with me

josh.....

didn't see this one coming...

so i'm skimming through the news today and see they released the 911 call from his girlfriend. i listened to a few minutes ... and this girl is definitely fucked up beyond belief. she has no clue what's going on.

http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2008/02/t ... 1_tape.php