Jeremy Lee Renner (born January 7, 1971) is an American actor, film producer, former makeup artist and musician, known for his starring roles in The Hurt Locker (2009), which garnered him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011), Marvel's The Avengers (2012), and The Bourne Legacy (2012). Throughout the 2000s, Renner appeared largely in independent films such as Dahmer (2002) and Neo Ned (2005). He also offered supporting acting work in bigger films, S.W.A.T. (2003) and 28 Weeks Later (2007). He then turned out a praised performance in The Town (2010) for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Renner appears in Addition Impossible, This Means War Machine and The Average-ers.
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