Jeremy Renner

Jeremy Renner
Born	Jeremy Lee Renner
Website	http://www.jeremyrenner.org

Jeremy Lee Renner is an American actor and musician, born January 7, 1971 in Modesto, California. The eldest of four children, Renner has two sisters and one brother.

Jeremy Renner has made a career out of playing charismatic anti-heroes. Renner 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 upcoming 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.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1995	Senior Trip	Dags
1996	Paper Dragons
2001	Fish in a Barrel	Remy
2002	Dahmer	Jeffrey Dahmer
	Monkey Love	Dil
2003	S.W.A.T.	Brian Gamble
2004	The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things	Emerson
2005	A Little Trip to Heaven	Fred
	North Country	Bobby Sharp
	Twelve and Holding	Gus Maitland
	Neo Ned	Ned
	Lords of Dogtown	Jay Adams Manager	uncredited
2006	Love Comes to the Executioner	Chick Prigusivac
2007	Snappers
	The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford	Wood Hite
	28 Weeks Later	Sgt. Doyle
	Take	Saul
2008	Lightbulb	Sam
2009	The Hurt Locker	James

Television

• The Unusuals (2009)
• 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)

Awards & Nominations

• 2009 - The Hurt Locker - Independent Spirit Award - Best Actor (nominated)
• 2003 - Dahmer - Independent Spirit Award - Best Actor (nominated)

External links

• Jeremy Renner Online (unofficial site)
• Jeremy Renner at IMDb
• 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