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Jeremy Renner is an American actor best known for his starring role in the Academy Award winning war film, The Hurt Locker.

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Jeremy Renner (b. Jan. 7, 1971 in Modesto, CA) is an American actor best known for his role in the Academy Award winning film, The Hurt Locker. His stellar performance in Kathryn Bigelow's war film about a three-man United States Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal team during the Iraq War shot him into Hollywood's limelight. Renner has also appeared in The Town, North Country,

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Actor. Born on January 7, 1971, in Modesto, California. With his performance in 2009's The Hurt Locker, Jeremy Renner has established himself as one of Hollywood's rising stars. He discovered acting while attending Modesto Junior College. Eventually moving to Los Angeles, Renner first garnered strong reviews 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. He then landed a few television movies, such as 1996's A Friend's Betrayal and 1997's A Nightmare Come True. After numerous guest spots, Renner won a recurring role on Angel, playing a vampire in 1999. He also began working with a friend on buying and rebuilding houses in the Los Angeles area around this time to supplement his income.

In 2002, Renner experienced his first major career breakthrough with the independent drama Dahmer. His riveting portrayal of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer earned him an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Male Lead and helped him get an agent. "It made auditioning a bit easier to be a little more respected or at least known when you walked into a room . . . It was strange to be the new guy in town who had actually been here for 10 years," Renner explained to Back Stage.

Continuing to give solid performances, Renner worked on a variety of projects, from the big budget action flick S.W.A.T (2003) with Colin Farrell to the sexual harassment drama 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 living in a mental institution. Taking on somewhat lighter fare, Renner starred as a death row inmate in the dark comedy Love Comes to the Executioner (2006).

In 2007, Renner played a courageous soldier in the thriller 28 Weeks Later. He soon played another type of military officer in The Hurt Locker, which explored the travails of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team working in Iraq. "The role was so rich and complex, and the story of EOD made it so new and fresh. I trained with EOD for over a year to accurately portray these guys, these heroes," Renner told USA Today. His efforts paid off handsomely, winning him accolades for his compelling depiction of Staff Sergeant William James, an expert on defusing bombs who seemed to be addicted to the adrenaline rush associated with his work. Directed

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