Jeremy Renner

Jeremy Renner
Renner at MJC Institute Days and Performing and Media Arts Center Grand Opening, January 2009
Born	Jeremy Lee Renner January 7, 1971 (1971-01-07) (age 38) Modesto, California, United States
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Jeremy Lee Renner (born January 7, 1971) is an American actor and musician.

Life and career

Renner was born in Modesto, California. The eldest of four children, Renner has two sisters and one brother.

Renner has made a career out of playing charismatic anti-heroes. He has portrayed an Eighteenth Century vampire, a gun toting alcoholic, and a notorious serial killer, among other film roles. In addition to having done extensive theater work, Renner has starred in several major independent films, including the 2009 Iraq war thriller The Hurt Locker (directed by Kathryn Bigelow), and Dahmer (which earned Renner his first Independent Spirit Award Best Actor nomination), as well as The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and 28 Weeks Later. Jeremy Renner has been nominated for best actor for the second time at the 2009 Independent Spirit Awards for his leading role in The Hurt Locker along with fellow Hurt Locker actor Anthony Mackie who has been nominated for best supporting actor.^[1] He has been in talks with Marvel to potentially play the character Hawkeye in the new Avengers movie series/tie-ins.^[2]

Filmography

Television

• The Unusuals (2009) as Detective Jason Walsh
• The Oaks (2008) as Dan
• House M.D. (2007) episode "Games" as Jimmy Quidd
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2001) episode "Alter Boys" as Roger Jennings
• Angel (2000) episode "Somnambulist" as Penn
• Time of Your Life (1999) episode "The Time the Truth Was Told" as Taylor
• The Net (1999) episode "Chem Lab" as Ted Nida
• Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane (1999) episode "Pilot" as Jack
• A Nightmare Come True (1997) as Steven Zarn
• A Friend's Betrayal (1996)
• Strange Luck (1996) episode "Blinded by the Son" as Jojo Picard
• Deadly Games (1995) episode "Boss" as Tod

Music work

• North Country Soundtrack (2005) performer of the song "I Drink Alone"
• was in Sons of Ben (band)
• Performed 'American Pie' in 'Love Comes to the Executioner'
• Campfire performance of "Good Ole Rebel" in 'The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford'

Additional work

• TV Commercials for Coors Light Beer (2000)
• TV Commercials for Duracell Ultra Batteries (2000)
• TV commercial for Aquafina (2000)
• TV commercial for Kia (2001)
• TV Commercial for 7-Eleven (2002)
• Appeared in Pink's "Trouble" music video as a bad boy sheriff (2003)
• TV Commercial for AT&T iPhone (2009)

References

External links

• Jeremy Renner Online (unofficial site)
• Jeremy Renner at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview with the cast of "Twelve and Holding" - Now Playing magazine
• "Waiting for John Wayne: American audiences have been staying at home, not tempted by films about an unpopular war. Perhaps the emergence of a new hero may do the trick", The Economist, Aug 28th 2008, Los Angeles
• "Iraq war movie put Hurt on actor", The Toronto Star, by Peter Howell, September 9, 2008