Jeremy Renner
Jeremy Lee Renner[1] (born January 7, 1971)[2] is an American actor. He began his career by appearing in independent films such as Dahmer (2002) and Neo Ned (2005), then supporting roles in bigger films, such as S.W.A.T. (2003) and 28 Weeks Later (2007). Renner gained Academy Award nominations for Best Actor for his performance as a soldier in The Hurt Locker (2009) and for Best Supporting Actor for playing a hot-headed robber in The Town (2010).
Not to be confused with Jérémie Renier.
Jeremy Renner
Actor
1995–present
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Renner has played Clint Barton / Hawkeye in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including in The Avengers (2012) and in the Disney+ miniseries Hawkeye (2021). He also appeared in the action films Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011), The Bourne Legacy (2012), Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013) and Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015); and the dramas American Hustle (2013), Arrival (2016), and Wind River (2017). Since 2021, he has starred in the Paramount+ crime thriller series Mayor of Kingstown.
Early life
Renner was born in Modesto, California, to mother Valerie Cearley (née Tague) and father Lee Renner, who managed McHenry Bowl, a Modesto bowling alley, in the 1980s.[3][4][5] His parents married as teenagers and divorced when he was ten.[6][7][8] He is the oldest of seven siblings, the youngest of whom was born in 2011.[9] He is of Irish and German descent.[10]
Renner graduated from Fred C. Beyer High School in Modesto in 1989.[4] He attended Modesto Junior College, where he studied computer science and criminology, before he took a drama class as an elective and decided to pursue acting.[4][11]
Career
Early work
Renner made his film debut as an underachieving student in the 1995 comedy National Lampoon's Senior Trip.[12] Although the film was critically panned, he went on to guest star on two television shows, Deadly Games and Strange Luck, and had a minor role in the television film A Friend's Betrayal as the friend of Paul Hewitt (Brian Austin Green). Over the next few years, Renner had guest roles in Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane (1999), The Net (1999), The Time of Your Life (1999), and Angel (2000).[13] In 2001 Renner had a small role in an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Renner worked as a makeup artist during this period to help make ends meet.[14]
Early success: 2002–2008
In 2002, Renner starred in Dahmer as the eponymous serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. He found the non-fiction role a challenge to cope with after he had finished shooting the film, knowing that Dahmer had murdered seventeen victims.[15] His performance was well received, and he gained a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Male. He also appeared in Pink's 2003 music video for her song "Trouble" as a Bad Boy Sheriff.[16] Renner went on to appear in S.W.A.T.[17] as the former police partner of Colin Farrell's character in 2003 and The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things in 2004.[18]
In 2005, Renner starred with Julia Stiles and Forest Whitaker in A Little Trip to Heaven,[19] with roles in North Country and 12 and Holding. He next starred as a neo-Nazi skinhead who is admitted into a psychiatric hospital in Neo Ned with Gabrielle Union. The film won awards at multiple film festivals, including the Palm Beach International Film Festival Award for Best Actor. Renner also had a small (though uncredited) role in skateboard film Lords of Dogtown as the manager of Emile Hirsch's character. In 2006, he starred with Ginnifer Goodwin in Love Comes to the Executioner.
In 2007 Renner had supporting roles in the critically acclaimed The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford as Wood Hite, the cousin of outlaw Jesse James (portrayed by Brad Pitt), and as Sergeant Doyle in 28 Weeks Later.[20] He starred with Minnie Driver in Take and guest-starred as a patient (a reckless rock musician) in an episode of House. Renner had a role in the pilot of The Oaks,[21] but the series was not picked up.[22]
2009–2012: critical and commercial breakout
After starring with Dallas Roberts in the comedy-drama Ingenious and starring in the short-lived television series The Unusuals, Renner portrayed U.S. Army bomb disposal expert Sergeant First Class William James in the 2009 Iraq war thriller The Hurt Locker (directed by Kathryn Bigelow). The role earned him several awards in the Best Actor category and his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor[23] as well a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination.[24]
Personal life
Renner married Canadian model Sonni Pacheco on January 13, 2014.[62] Renner and Pacheco have a daughter.[63] On December 30, 2014, Pacheco filed for divorce from Renner, citing irreconcilable differences.[64] They share custody of their daughter.[65] Pacheco and their daughter made cameo appearances in the film American Hustle.
Since 2014, Renner has lived in Washoe County, Nevada,[66][67][68] near Nevada State Route 431 and the Mount Rose ski resort.[69] He has a house-renovating business with his best friend and fellow actor, Kristoffer Winters.[12][70] He has studied Arnis and Muay Thai martial arts as preparation for his roles in the Mission: Impossible and Avengers franchises.[3][7]
Renner is a fan of the San Francisco 49ers.[71] He narrated the NFL Network documentary series The Timeline episode "A Tale of Two Cities", which chronicles the history of the team's rivalry with the Dallas Cowboys, with Renner narrating from the San Francisco perspective and the Dallas perspective narrated by actor Sam Elliott.[72] Renner also narrated the introductory video for the grand opening of Levi's Stadium.[73] Renner is a lefty.
On January 1, 2023, Renner was hospitalized after suffering blunt chest trauma and 30 broken bones. He saved his nephew from being run over by his snowplow, but was hit himself,[74][75][76][77] by a snowcat weighing 14,330 pounds (6,500 kg).[78] Renner was flown by helicopter[79] to Renown Regional Medical Center (the region's only trauma center).[80] Renner underwent surgery and remained in the intensive care unit in critical condition.[76] By January 17, Renner was released from the hospital and had returned home to continue his recovery.[81] Ten weeks after the accident, Renner was beginning to be able to walk with a cane. Doctors said that Renner's survival was probably aided by his health and fitness.[82]
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