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Brad Barron Renfro (July 25, 1982 – January 15, 2008) was an American actor and musician. He made his film debut at the age of eleven in the lead role of Joel Schumacher's ''The Client'', going on to star in 21 feature films, several short films, and two television episodes. However his career faded rapidly due to alcoholism and substance abuse. He died from a heroin overdose at the age of 25. ==Early life and career== Renfro was born in Knoxville, Tennessee and was a massive Glasgow Celtic Fan. He was the son of Angela Denise Olsen (''née'' McCrory) and Mark Renfro, who was a factory worker.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Brad Renfro biography )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Brad Renfro )〕 He was raised from the age of five by his paternal grandmother, Joanne (Barron) Renfro, a church secretary. When he was ten, Renfro was discovered by Mali Finn, a casting director for Joel Schumacher. Cast by Finn as the lead in Schumacher's ''The Client'', Renfro starred alongside Susan Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones. His casting was announced in May 1993, and the movie was filmed in the summer of that year. Based on the bestselling John Grisham novel, it became one of the top-grossing films of 1994. In 1995, he won ''Hollywood Reporters "Young Star" award, and was nominated as one of ''People'''s "Top 30 Under 30." That year, he played Huckleberry "Huck" Finn in 1995's ''Tom and Huck'' with Jonathan Taylor Thomas. He also won a second "Young Star" award, as well as the "Young Artist" award, for his performance in ''The Cure''. In 1995, Renfro was cast in ''Sleepers'', based on the novel by Lorenzo Carcaterra. The film was directed by Barry Levinson and co-starred Robert De Niro, Kevin Bacon, Dustin Hoffman, Ron Eldard and Brad Pitt. In 1998, he starred opposite Ian McKellen in ''Apt Pupil'', directed by Bryan Singer. The several films that followed gained little attention, the majority going straight to video. He played Leon S. Kennedy in a live-action preview of ''Resident Evil 2''. Renfro went on to act in other films, including 2001's ''Ghost World'' and ''Bully'', 2002's ''Confessions of an American Girl'', and 2005's ''The Jacket''. He also appeared in an episode of ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'', and completed filming on the film ''The Informers'', co-starring Mickey Rourke, Winona Ryder and Billy Bob Thornton. Renfro was the cousin of Jesse Hasek, lead singer of the band 10 Years,〔 and featured in the first version of the music video for their song "Wasteland". He also featured in the video for N *E *R *D song ''Provider'', playing the part of a petty drug dealer. Renfro fathered one child: a son, Yamato Renfro, who was born in 2003. His name and age were initially withheld in Renfro's obituary, which listed him as "Y. Renfro," out of his family's concerns for privacy. The existence of Yamato was not known to the general public until after his father's death. He was raised solely in Japan by his mother. Renfro recorded an album under the name Frodad Band which performed all over L.A. and made appearances at Sundance Film Festival. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brad Renfro」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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