Jeremy Renner

QUICK FACTS
NAME
Jeremy Renner
OCCUPATION
Actor
BIRTH DATE
January 7, 1971 (age 47)
PLACE OF BIRTH
Modesto, California
ZODIAC SIGN
Capricorn

Biography of Jeremy Renner
Actor (1971-)
Actor Jeremy Renner played a recurring character on the television series Angel and starred in the films Dahmer, North Country and The Hurt Locker.
Synopsis
Jeremy Renner was born on January 7, 1971 in Modesto, California. He made his film debut in 1995, on the National Lampoon Senior Tour. After numerous guest appearances, he won a recurring role in Angel in 1999. In 2002, he had his first breakthrough in the career of the film Dahmer. With his performance in The Hurt Locker in 2009, Jeremy Renner has established himself as one of Hollywood's rising stars.

Early career
Actor Jeremy Renner was born on January 7, 1971 in Modesto, California. With his performance in The Hurt Locker in 2009, Jeremy Renner has established himself as one of Hollywood's rising stars. He discovered acting while attending Modesto Junior College. Finally, when he moved to Los Angeles, Renner first got solid criticism for his role in the play Search and Destroy, which he also co-directed.

Making his film debut in 1995, Renner starred in the comedy National Lampoon's Senior Trip. Then he got some movies for television, like A Friend's Betrayal in 1996 and A Nightmare Come True in 1997. After numerous guest roles, Renner won a recurring role in Angel, playing a vampire in 1999. He also started working with a friend in buying and rebuilding homes in the Los Angeles area at this time to supplement their income.


Great opportunity
In 2002, Renner experienced his first professional breakthrough with the independent drama Dahmer. His fascinating portrayal of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer earned him an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Male Leader and helped him secure an agent. "It made hearing a little easier to be a little more respected or at least known when you entered a room ... It was strange to be the new kid in the city that had been here for 10 years," Renner explained to Back Stage.

Continuing to offer solid performances, Renner worked on a variety of projects, from the big-budget action film S.W.A.T (2003) with Colin Farrell to the drama about sexual harassment North Country (2005) with Charlize Theron. He also starred in several independent films, such as Neo Ned (2005), in which he played a white supremacist who lived in a mental institution. Making something lighter, Renner played a condemned to death in the dark comedy Love Comes to the Executioner (2006).


'The Hurt Locker' and other projects
In 2007, Renner played a brave soldier in the thriller 28 weeks later. He soon played with another type of military officer in The Hurt Locker, which explored the travails of a team of Explosive Artillery Provisions (EOD) that works in Iraq. "The role was very rich and complex, and the EOD story made it so new and fresh, I trained with EOD for more than a year to accurately portray these guys, these heroes," Renner told USA Today.

Renner's efforts paid off handsomely, earning him praise for his convincing portrayal of Sergeant William James, an expert in deactivating bombs who appeared to be addicted to the adrenaline associated with his work. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker won numerous awards nominations, including an Academy Award for Renner.

After the success of The Hurt Locker, Renner quickly became a Hollywood actor. He appeared in the crime drama The Town (2010) with Jon Hamm, Ben Affleck and Blake Lively. Renner went on to the popular action franchise Mission: Impossible with a role in Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol. Assuming the identity of the Hawkeye comic character, he played this role in both Thor in 2011 and The Avengers in 2012.

Trying to fill the shoes of Matt Damon in the series of suspense Bourne, Renner played the leading role in the action thriller The Bourne Legacy (2012). He continued to carry out various projects, including a supporting part in the crime drama critically acclaimed American Hustle (2013) and a leading role in Kill the Messenger (2014). In 2015, Renner played Hawkeye again in Avengers: Age of Ultron.

Personal life
Off the screen, Renner is known for keeping his personal life a secret. However, he revealed in September 2014 that he and his girlfriend Sonni Pacheco had married in secret. In December of that same year, it was reported that Sonni filed for divorce. The couple's daughter, Ava, was born in March 2013.