Jeremy Renner

Jeremy Renner is an American film and television actor who made his film debut as Mark 'Dags' D'Agastino in the 1995 comedy Senior Trip. Over the next several years, he appeared in numerous television commercials, and guest starred on television series like Angel, Deadly Games, Zoe, and The Net.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0719637/ Renner also began appearing in films, including the critically-acclaimed movie Dahmer, which led to an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Actor for his portrayal of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0719637/awards

Jeremy Renner was born in Modesto, California, on January 7, 1971, to Lee and Valerie Renner. The oldest of five children, three boys and two girls, Renner graduated from Beyer High School before briefly attending Modesto Junior College before dropping out to pursue acting classes at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0719637/bio

Renner received his first Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his performance as Sgt. William James, a soldier in an Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit in the Iraq war, in the 2009 movie The Hurt Locker. Although he did not take home the Oscar, the nomination did help him gain more mainstream recognition.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0719637/awards On December 14, 2010, Renner received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actor In A Supporting Role for his role in The Town.http://www.goldenglobes.org/nominations/

Jeremy Renner has appeared in a number of independent films, including Dahmer, A Little Trip to Heaven, and Twelve and Holding. It was his role playing opposite Colin Farrell in the 2003 film S.W.A.T., however, that garnered him the Hollywood Life's "Break Through Performance of the Year" award.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0719637/biohttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0719637/awards

Over the years, Jeremy Renner has gone on to play roles that include the hero soldier in the horror film 28 Weeks Later, and a supporting role alongside Brad Pitt in the 2007 film Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. His role in the 2009 film The Hurt Locker led to his first Oscar nomination.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0719637/biohttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0719637/awards

• 1995: Senior Trip'

• 2002: Dahmer

• 2003: S.W.A.T.

• 2005: Twelve and Holding

• 2005: North Country

• 2007: 28 Weeks Later

• 2007: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

• 2007: House M.D. (TV series)

• 2008: The Hurt Locker

• 2009: The Unusuals (TV series)

• 2010: The Town

• 2011: Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

• 2012: The Avengers'http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0719637/

• I got to blow stuff up, which was my ultimate fantasy when I was 14 years old. I remember thinking: "Boy, this is awesome!" I also spent a lot of time at a military base in California, getting to know these people as individuals and getting involved with them as friends as well, having them come visit me, talking to them about their lives. We wanted to be as accurate as we could in portraying these people, who put their lives on the line for our freedoms and liberties. We wanted to maintain respect for the people that really do this kind of work.—on preparing for his role in The Hurt Lockerhttp://www.askmen.com/celebs/interview_300/386_jeremy-renner-interview.html

• We always knew, even at the beginning, that the film would move people, that it was special. And how lucky am I to have been part of it? I don’t take its success for granted for one moment.—on how he feels about the success of The Hurt Lockerhttp://www.askmen.com/celebs/interview_300/386_jeremy-renner-interview.html