Celebrity gossip web site TMZ is reporting that Brad Renfro, a gifted actor who shot to fame in the 1994 movie The Client, has been found dead in his Los Angeles hoome today. He was 25.
At this point, no word of what caused his death has been reported, but the actor had a well documented history with drugs, including a heroin addiction. He had numerous run -in' s with the law, including a December 2005 arrest for possesson of heroin. That incident was on top of a tangle with police in November of '05 when he was arrested and charged with a misdemeanor count of DUI and two counts of driving with a suspended license.
He was also arrested in his hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee, when police pulled him over and allegedly found cocaine and marijuana in his pants and socks in June of 1998. Was arrested in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on a grand theft charge for allegedly trying to steal a 45 foot yacht. He and a companion failed to untie the boat from the dock, causing damage to both the boat and the dock in August of 2000. He was sentenced to two years probation and ordered to pay more than $4,000 for repairs on a yacht. While on probation in Florida, he was arrested in May 2001 for underage drinking as car was pulled over. In January of '02 in Knoxville, Renfro was arrested and charged with public intoxication and driving without a license. He was stopped after a traffic violation near his house. He was ordered back to jail for remainder of probation by Florida judge due to his drunk driving arrest in January.
Renfro made a big splash in 1994's The Client, an adaptation of the John Grisham bestseller which also starred Susan Saradnon and Tommy Lee Jones. While the movie was okay, the then 12 year-old stole almost every scene. He also put in another bold performance in Apt Pupil, which was directed by Bryan Singer (and based on the Stephen King novella) which caused some controversary -not only for his cold performance - but behind the scenes when family members of kids who appeared in the film, accused the producers of filming their kids in the nude in a shower scene, when they were told no images would be taken below the waist. He went on to star in the Disney film Tom and Huck with Jonathan Taylor Thomas and then a string of indie films like Tart, Ghost World and Bully.
TMZ reports the young actor had been trying to stay clean after the bust back in December of '05 and had just wrapped The Informers, starring along side Billy Bob Thorton and Winona Ryder.
At this point, no word of what caused his death has been reported, but the actor had a well documented history with drugs, including a heroin addiction. He had numerous run -in' s with the law, including a December 2005 arrest for possesson of heroin. That incident was on top of a tangle with police in November of '05 when he was arrested and charged with a misdemeanor count of DUI and two counts of driving with a suspended license.
He was also arrested in his hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee, when police pulled him over and allegedly found cocaine and marijuana in his pants and socks in June of 1998. Was arrested in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on a grand theft charge for allegedly trying to steal a 45 foot yacht. He and a companion failed to untie the boat from the dock, causing damage to both the boat and the dock in August of 2000. He was sentenced to two years probation and ordered to pay more than $4,000 for repairs on a yacht. While on probation in Florida, he was arrested in May 2001 for underage drinking as car was pulled over. In January of '02 in Knoxville, Renfro was arrested and charged with public intoxication and driving without a license. He was stopped after a traffic violation near his house. He was ordered back to jail for remainder of probation by Florida judge due to his drunk driving arrest in January.
Renfro made a big splash in 1994's The Client, an adaptation of the John Grisham bestseller which also starred Susan Saradnon and Tommy Lee Jones. While the movie was okay, the then 12 year-old stole almost every scene. He also put in another bold performance in Apt Pupil, which was directed by Bryan Singer (and based on the Stephen King novella) which caused some controversary -not only for his cold performance - but behind the scenes when family members of kids who appeared in the film, accused the producers of filming their kids in the nude in a shower scene, when they were told no images would be taken below the waist. He went on to star in the Disney film Tom and Huck with Jonathan Taylor Thomas and then a string of indie films like Tart, Ghost World and Bully.
TMZ reports the young actor had been trying to stay clean after the bust back in December of '05 and had just wrapped The Informers, starring along side Billy Bob Thorton and Winona Ryder.
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