Brad Renfro dead from unknown cause

January 15, 2008

Brad Renfro was found dead at his Los Angeles home this morning, reports TMZ.com.

The cause of death has not been determined, however, Renfro had a history of drug abuse reports TMZ.

TMZ.com said that Renfro had been convicted of several drug offenses, including attempted heroin possession.

Renfro had been filming a movie called The Informers, with Winona Ryder and Billy Bob Thornton.

Renfro was ten when he was discovered by Mali Finn, a casting director for Joel Schumacher, director of The Client. He played the title role in the film, adapted from a best-selling John Grisham novel, opposite Susan Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones. The suspense/drama was one of the top-grossing films of 1994.

Renfro has gone on to act in several well-regarded films in his adulthood including 2001's Ghost World and Bully and 2005's The Jacket with Keira Knightley and Adrien Brody. In 1995 he won Hollywood Reporter's "Young Star" award and was nominated as one of People Magazine's "Top 30 Under 30." Most recently, Renfro also appeared in, "Watch", a January 2006 episode of the highly acclaimed Law & Order: Criminal Intent series

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