Oscar Best Actor Nominee – That Guy From Hurt Locker
Although you may not have heard his name before this year, you probably have seen him. Jeremy Renner is a 39 year-old actor from Los Angeles who gives off the child-at-heart persona. Here’s a sampling of Jeremy Renner’s previous work.
SERIAL KILLER. In the late 1990’s, Renner played the role of Wisconsin’s latest serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. This was a role he was praised for, but it was not without controversy. This role got him a Best Actor nomination with the Independent Spirit Awards. This seems to have been the perfect early role for Renner. As a college student he couldn’t quite make up his mind on a major, ending up with a double major in theatre and psychology.
GETTING LAMPOONED: Renner’s debut came back in 1995 in the National Lampoon film Senior Trip.
BITE ME: Jeremy was ahead of his time on our culture’s current fascination with vampires. He got a guest-starring role as a vampire on the WB’s popular series Angel. More recently he was in the zombie sequel movie 28 Weeks Later.
S.W.A.T. Did you see the Colin Farrell blockbuster S.W.A.T.? If so than you’re sure to have seen Renner in this 2003 film.
REALITY TV: What? An Oscar nominee was once a reality star? Well, kind of. In 2003 Renner was in the Bravo TV reality show called “The It Factor”. The show followed different actors trying to find success.
HITTING THE BIG TIME: Jeremy scored big recently by nabbing a big role in North Country and by starring in a TV cop show called The Unusuals. Unfortunately this ABC series only lasted one season.
So what’s next for this “new” star? Keep an eye out for him in a new Ben Afleck movie called The Town. Jeremy is also expected to be in The Raven, a film about the fictional account of Edgar Allen Poe’s last days.
