Jeremy Renner is seemingly in everything lately, and good for him. The guy has paid his dues. I have a much greater appreciation for actors who spend years toiling with waiters and limo drivers before hitting it big. I think we all do, or at least should. Those experiences create a humility that's almost impossible to achieve otherwise and usually leaves the person in question far more grounded and likable.
Thanks to the internet and tools like Wikipedia and IMDb,when the slacker bro from National Lampoon's Senior Trip becomes an Avenger and takes over the Bourne series we can go back and refresh our collective memories on the other places we may have seen him in between. Throughout the course of Jeremy Renner's Clooney-lite career (seven cancelled TV series by my count) he's left quite a trail that will totally make it easier to take him seriously as a super secret agent this weekend. Promise.
Renner's first credited acting gig. Why yes, the teenage version of myself did rent it in hopes there would be boobs.
I've never seen an episode of Joss Whedon's Angel. It's a wonder they let me into Comic-Con. Renner's single episode arc in 2000 looks like it required a lot of product.
SPOILER: First you think he definitely did it, only to then decide he didn't, but in the end it turns out he totally did do it. Gil Grissom had it figured out all along.
That's right, Renner was the guy who portrayed Jeffrey Dahmer in the Dahmer movie that you always saw a single copy of staring at you from the shelf at your local Blockbuster. I'm glad you asked, it is available on Instant.
Apparently this was an actual show on Bravo in 2003 in which Renner and other actors let cameras follow them as they attempted to make it. It only lasted one season, presumably because it didn't feature enough insufferable housewives and advised all the actors to go heavy on the guyliner.
I can't be the only who was all like, "Whoa, the dude from Senior Trip is the bad guy?" the first time I saw S.W.A.T. on USA, right? RIGHT?
The one where Renner played a reckless musician dying of something that was not Lupus.
I'm sure all you Pink Twitter followers out there remember Renner as the bad boy sheriff with a penchant for hoop earrings in Pink's "Trouble" video. Modern classic, that one.
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Jesus. I saw Senior Trip in the theater. I was really high back then.
It was on Comedy Central today. That’s what I thought spawned this posting.
And then there is this gem: [www.youtube.com]
He’s definitely come a long way no doubt. From Hurt Locker, to 28 Weeks Later, to even now in the Bourne series. I really hope to see this guy’s career keep climbing upwards. He really does have alot of talent when fully utilized.
Why isn’t the Avengers on this list? ZING!!!
I remember watching S.W.A.T. and thinking, “This is the only guy they could find on the cheap who was shorter than Colin Farrell, isn’t it?” All kidding aside, the dude seems pretty cool for an actor.
How tall is that dude? I think he’s in Mission Impossible IV because he’s short enough not to tower over Cruise. Paula Patton looked statuesque. She’s 5’4″.
The one that really surprised was his blink and you miss it role in lords of dogtown, they give you like 2 shots of his face.
Young Renner looks a lot like Devon Sawa.
JJJS listens to “Stan” at least once a day.
True, once upon a time.
Wasn’t he in an episode of Law & Order: SVU?
I’d be more surprised to find out he wasn’t in an episode of SVU.
Its fairly recent, but I thought he was great in The Assassination of Jesse James.
I love Senior Trip. I used to think the line about the “car thief” wearing a Billy Joel T-shirt was hilarious. Now I actually own a Billy Joel T-shirt.
i hate the shit out of pink. i love the shit out of swat.
Only two years ago, J L Renner looked angelic. Today his face looks compressed or squashed like a cabbage patch doll. I wonder what happened to him. His vocabulary also seems littered with a four-letter words like the f-word. Is this an attempt to sound macho? No need for those, Renner, get a dictionary. Love u in Bourne!