Brad Renfro

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 Reporters Young Star Award in 1995 and was nominated as one of People magazines 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