![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Actor Born: July 25, 1982 in Knoxville, TN Death: January 15, 2008 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:One of the hottest teen idols of the mid- to late '90s, talented dramatic actor "Brad Renfro" also garnered adult fans for building an impressive filmography that includes performances opposite some of Hollywood's most respected actors. A native of Knoxville, TN, Renfro was raised by his grandmother following his parents' divorce. He broke into movies at age ten, when he impressed an audience member during a D.A.R.E. (a national anti-drug organization promoted by local police departments) skit (he was playing a drug dealer). This unknown person recommended Renfro to a talent scout who was holding a national open casting call for a young man to play a traumatized boy who finds himself in the midst of a deadly homicide case in "Joel Schumacher"'s "The Client" (1994). Renfro, who had no training and no real acting experience, won the part and found himself working opposite such heavy hitters as "Tommy Lee... Full Biography
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