Jeremy Renner Biography

A former die-hard theater actor who made a comfortable transition to screens both big and small in the late '90s, Jeremy Renner drew praise and courted controversy with his portrayal of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. A California native, Renner discovered his love for acting while drifting through various majors at college. He dabbled in computer science and criminology before taking an acting class, and soon decided to double major in theater and psychology, the stage offering the struggling student a healthy outlet for his sometimes bottled emotions. After graduation, the aspiring actor moved to Los Angeles in hopes of finding work. A starring role in the play Search and Destroy (which he also co-directed) earned Renner positive notice from critics, and, in 1995, he made his feature debut in the critically panned gross-out comedy National Lampoon's Senior Trip. Numerous film and television supporting roles followed, including a 1999 guest-starring appearance as a former puritan turned menacing vampire on the popular WB series Angel. Three years later, and despite bearing almost no physical resemblance to the titular character, Renner's chillingly low-key performance as a true-life murderer and cannibal in the biopic Dahmer earned him an Independent Spirit Award Best Actor nomination. In 2003, he received more exposure in a role opposite Colin Farrell in the big-budget action thriller S.W.A.T. After taking the lead as an institutionalized member of the Aryan Nation in Neo Ned, he then stepped before the camera for Italian actress/director Asia Argento in J.T. LeRoy's 2004 screen adaptation of his story collection The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things.Renner scored big roles in the drama North Country and the zombie sequel 28 Weeks Later before heading up the quirky TV cop show The Unusuals, which lasted only one season on ABC. However, his work in Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker, as a soldier who specializes in disarming IED's in Iraq, brought him stellar reviews and a number of industry accolades including Best Actor nominations from The Screen Actors Guild, the Independent Spirit Awards, and the Academy. He aslo won that very same award from numerous critics groups. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

• 1. Tony Stark/Iron Man: What else [have] you got?
  2. Clint Barton/Hawkeye: Well, Thor's taking on a squadron on Sixth.
  3. Tony Stark/Iron Man: And he didn't invite me...
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• 1. Captain America: Are you sure you can hold them off!
  2. Hawkeye: Captain, it would be my genuine pleasure
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• 1. Clint Barton/Hawkeye: Why am I back? How did you get him out?
  2. Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow: Cognitive recalibration I hit you really hard in the head.
  3. Clint Barton/Hawkeye: Thanks.
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• 1. James Coughlin: This is your fucking pineapple pizza?
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• 1. Clint Barton/Hawkeye: [picks up his bow from weapons case] I need a distraction and an eyeball.
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• 1. Captain America: You think you can hold them off?
  2. Hawkeye: Captain, it would be my genuine pleasure.
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• 1. Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow: This is just like Budapest, huh?
  2. Clint Barton/Hawkeye: You and I remember Budapest very differently.
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• 1. Clint Barton/Hawkeye: I see better from a distance.
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• 1. Gutt: Surrender your ship, or face my fury!
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• 1. Gutt: Battle stations!
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• 1. Steve Rogers/Captain America: Have you got a suit?
  2. Clint Barton/Hawkeye: Yeah.
  3. Steve Rogers/Captain America: Then suit up.
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• 1. Gutt: [laughs evilly]
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• 1. Gutt: FIRE!
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• 1. Brandt: YOU'RE NOT GONNA MAKE IT!
  2. Ethan Hunt: You're not helping!
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• 1. Hawkeye: I got him.
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• 1. Benji: We have to get there from the outside.
  2. Ethan Hunt: WE?
  3. Benji: Well, I'm on the computer.
  4. Brandt: And I'm just the helper, right?
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• 1. Brandt: That's it. Next time I get to seduce the rich guy.
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• 1. Brandt: 23 minutes until knocking!
  2. Ethan Hunt: That countdown isn't helping!
  3. Brandt: [slightly offended] Just sayin'.
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• 1. Benji Dunn: How come I'm Pluto? I'm not even a planet.
  2. Brandt: There's always Uranus [grins].
  3. Benji Dunn: Hah, that was funny, 'cos you said anus.
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• 1. Gutt: [To Scrat] Welcome aboard... mate! [All the pirates laugh]
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• 1. Brandt: [after getting out of a giant fan] That's it. Next time, I get to seduce the rich guy.
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• 1. Brandt: YOU'RE NOT GONNA MAKE IT!
  2. Ethan Hunt: You're not helping.
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• 1. Ethan Hunt: Who are you really, Brandt?
  2. Brandt: We all have our secrets. Don't we, Ethan?
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• 1. James Coughlin: Money, bitch. [Doug freezes then turns and sees it's Jem]
  2. James Coughlin: What the fuck you doin' here? Huh?
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• 1. Doug MacRay: You can't be up there killing people.
  2. James Coughlin: Hey, you brought me.
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• 1. Staff Sgt. William James: [Speaking to his son] You love playing with that. You love playing with all your stuffed animals. You love your Mommy, your Daddy. You love your pajamas. You love everything, don't ya? Yea. But you know what, buddy? As you get older... some of the things you love might not seem so special anymore. Like your Jack-in-a-Box. Maybe you'll realize it's just a piece of tin and a stuffed animal. And the older you get, the fewer things you really love. And by the time you get to my age, maybe it's only one or two things. With me, I think it's one.
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• 1. Staff Sgt. William James: If I'm gonna die, I want to die comfortable.
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• 1. Doug MacRay: I need your help. I can't tell you what it is, you can never ask me about it later, and we're gonna hurt some people.
  2. James Coughlin: Whose car are we gonna' take?
  From The Town. Submitted by Edward H (9 months ago)

• 1. Staff Sgt. William James: In this box is everything that could have killed me.
  2. Sgt. Matt Thompson: Why is your wedding ring in here?
  3. Staff Sgt. William James: Like I said thing that could have killed me.
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• 1. Doug MacRay: Don't you think we need to be smart right now?
  2. James Coughlin: Smart!? Lets start fuckin' all the witness's... alright yeah, I'm blowin' the assistant manager, am I smart now?
  From The Town. Submitted by Rory R (10 months ago)

• 1. James Coughlin: Well I know your happy in fuck-city over there but I waited nine years in Walpole for you Motherfucker, just nine years that's all. I'm done waiting.
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• 1. James Coughlin: Poor fucking sober bastard.
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• 1. James Coughlin: Tell me you got a move here, Dougie. Cause the only way I see it, is that you got sprung like a goddamn bear trap on some toonie pussy who happens to be the one goddamn person, *fuck*! The one person that can give us to the fucking feds.
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• 1. James Coughlin: There goes college soccer.
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• 1. Scarlet: You look a little pale.
  2. Sgt. Doyle: Blood makes me nauseous.
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• 1. Staff Sgt. William James: There's enough bang in there to blow us all to Jesus. If I'm gonna die, I want to die comfortable.
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