Brad Renfro Dies at 25

Actor Brad Renfro has died at age 25.

Renfro died Tuesday at a Los Angeles apartment where he spent the night with friends. Renfro was heard snoring overnight, but found not breathing later Tuesday morning, and the friends called 911. Paramedics declared him dead at the scene at about 9 a.m.

A cause of death was not immediately determined, but Renfro had a history of drug problems.

Drug overdose is a "possibility considering his history, but right now all we have is the history of his drinking the previous night. All that we have is that he was last known to be alive during the morning hours and he was snoring."

The actor, who starred in The Client and Apt Pupil, had recently completed a movie with Winona Ryder and Billy Bob Thornton.

Film director Joel Schumacher discovered Renfro at age 12 and cast him in the 1994 John Grisham movie The Client (which also starred Susan Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones). The following year, PEOPLE named the young screen hopeful one of its "Top 30 Under 30." The actor's other credits include Tom and Huck, Ghost World and Deuces Wild.

But Renfro had a troubled life off-screen, going back to 1997 when he was sentenced to two years of probation after he tried to steal a yacht.

In 2005, Renfro was busted again, this time in a police sting in which he was charged with a felony count of attempting to possess heroin. In a separate incident, he was charged with a misdemeanor count of driving under the influence and two counts of driving with a suspended license.

In January 2006, he entered a rehab program. At the time, Renfro's attorney, Richard Kaplan, told the Los Angeles Times that his client was doing well and "looks forward to doing whatever is necessary to take care of his personal and legal issues." Renfro eventually plead guilty to the heroin charge and was sentenced to three years' probation.

Most recently, in June 2007 Renfro was found to have violated his probation by not enrolling in a long-term drug treatment program. A judge warned him that if he violated probation two more times, he could be sentence to a live-in rehab program or to jail time.

Brad's filmography via IMDb:

1. Joe the Engineer (2008) (in production) (attached) .... Joe
2. The Informers (2008) (filming) .... Jack
... aka Bret Easton Ellis' The Informers (USA: complete title)

3. 10th & Wolf (2006) .... Vincent
4. "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" .... Duane Wilson (1 episode, 2006)
... aka Law & Order: CI (USA: promotional abbreviation)
- Watch (2006) TV episode .... Duane Wilson
5. Coat Pockets (2005) .... Kenny
6. The Jacket (2005) .... The Stranger
7. Hollywood Flies (2004) (TV) .... Jamie
8. Mummy an' the Armadillo (2004) .... Wyatte
9. The Car Kid (2003)
10. The Job (2003/I) .... Troy Riverside
11. American Girl (2002/I) .... Jay Grubb
... aka Confessions of an American Girl (USA: video title)
12. Deuces Wild (2002) .... Bobby
... aka Deuces Wild - Wild in den Straßen (Germany)
13. Ghost World (2001) .... Josh
14. Bully (2001) .... Marty Puccio
... aka Bully (France)
15. Tart (2001) .... William Sellers
... aka Naïve (Canada: French title)
16. Happy Campers (2001) .... Wichita
17. The Theory of the Leisure Class (2001) .... Billy
18. Meter Man (2000) .... Sal
19. Skipped Parts (2000) .... Dothan Talbot
... aka The Wonder of Sex (UK)
20. Herschel Hopper: New York Rabbit (2000) .... Tanner

21. 2 Little, 2 Late (1999) .... Jimmy Walsh
22. Apt Pupil (1998) .... Todd Bowden
... aka Élève doué, L' (Canada: French title)
... aka Un élève doué - Été de corruption (France)
23. Telling Lies in America (1997) .... Karchy 'Chucky'/'Slick' Jonas
24. Sleepers (1996) .... Young Michael Sullivan
25. Tom and Huck (1995) .... Huck Finn
... aka The Adventures of Tom and Huck
... aka Tom Sawyer
26. The Cure (1995) .... Erik
27. The Client (1994) .... Mark Sway

Producer:

1. Bully (2001) (associate producer)
... aka Bully (France)

Writer:

1. Meter Man (2000)

Brad was one of my favorite actors. He was trying to get his life back on track. This is so incredibly tragic. His career is over before it ever really began. He had so much ahead. R.I.P. Brad.

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