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

Sleepers
1996 · as Young Michael

The Jacket
2005 · as The Stranger

The Client
1994 · as Mark Sway

Bully
2001 · as Marty Puccio

Deuces Wild
2002 · as Bobby

10th & Wolf
2006 · as Vincent

The Informers
2008 · as Jack

The Cure
1995 · as Erik

Apt Pupil
1998 · as Todd Bowden

Tart
2001 · as William Sellers

Ghost World
2001 · as Josh

Tom and Huck
1995 · as Huck Finn

American Girl
2002 · as Jay Grubb

Skipped Parts
2000 · as Dothan Talbot

Happy Campers
2001 · as Wichita

The Job
2003 · as Troy Riverside

Telling Lies in America
1997 · as Karchy 'Chucky' Jonas

The Car Kid
2002 · as Vernon