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2->''"I need to react to a script, to feel strongly about it in some way. And I need it to be a complex character for sure. And also, I think a lot about what kind of audience there is for the film, what they're looking for and ways to connect with them in the playing of a character."''
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4Jeremy Lee Renner (born January 7, 1971 in Modesto, California) is an American actor.
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6He first became interested in acting through an exercise at a local police academy, which gave him the opportunity to role-play a domestic disturbance perpetrator as part of a police-training exercise for an easy $50. He became best known for his role in the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' as [[ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} Clint "Hawkeye" Barton]]. He also starred in ''Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol'' and ''Film/MissionImpossibleRogueNation'' as [[TheAtoner William Brandt]], as Aaron Cross in ''Film/TheBourneLegacy'' and as Sergeant First Class William James in ''Film/TheHurtLocker''.
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8In addition to his work as an actor, Renner continues to cultivate a lifelong love of music. A singer, songwriter, and musician, he performed with the band Sons of Ben early in his career. Scenes in ''Love Comes to the Executioner'', ''North Country'', and ''The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford'' briefly showcase Renner's singing talents. He currently maintains a Website/YouTube [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC04uEyfaejl71wDAtEEbuZA/videos channel]] which also hosts a number of recent musical tracks.
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10On New Year's Day 2023, Renner was severely injured in an accident while plowing snow outside his home in Nevada and underwent surgery to treat blunt chest trauma and other extensive injuries. The first interview he gave after the accident can be watched [[https://youtu.be/POnIvy4eaII here]].
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12!!His notable roles include:
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14* ''{{Series/Angel}}'' (TV series, episode "[[Recap/AngelS01E11Somnambulist Somnambulist]]", 2000): Penn "The Pope"
15* ''Dahmer'' (2002): [[SerialKiller Jeffrey Dahmer]]
16* ''[[Film/SWAT2003 S.W.A.T.]]'' (2003): Brian Gamble
17* ''Film/NorthCountry'': (2005): Bobby Sharp
18* ''Love Comes to the Executioner'' (2006): Chick Prigusivac
19* ''Film/TwentyEightWeeksLater:'' (2007): Doyle
20* ''Film/TheAssassinationOfJesseJamesByTheCowardRobertFord'' (2007): Wood Hite
21* ''Film/TheHurtLocker'' (2009): Sergeant First Class William James -- Academy Award nomination for Best Actor
22* ''Series/TheUnusuals'' (2009): Detective Jason Walsh
23* ''Film/TheTown'' (2010): James "Jem" Coughlin -- Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor
24* ''Film/MissionImpossibleFilmSeries'' films (2011 -- 2015) as William Brandt:
25** ''Film/MissionImpossibleGhostProtocol'' (2011)
26** ''Film/MissionImpossibleRogueNation'' (2015)
27* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' (2011 -- present) as [[ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}} Clint Barton / Hawkeye]]:
28** ''Film/{{Thor}}'' (2011) [[note]]cameo[[/note]]
29** ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'' (2012)
30** ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' (2015)
31** ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' (2016)
32** ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' (2019)
33** ''[[WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021 What If...?]]'' (2021)
34** ''Series/{{Hawkeye|2021}}'' (2021)
35* ''Film/TheBourneLegacy'' (2012): Aaron Cross
36* ''Film/HanselAndGretelWitchHunters'' (2013): Hansel
37* ''Film/{{The Immigrant|2013}}'' (2013): Orlando the Magician/Emil.
38* ''Film/AmericanHustle'' (2013): Mayor Carmine Polito
39* ''Film/KillTheMessenger'' (2014): Gary Webb
40* ''Film/{{Arrival}}'' (2016): Ian Donnelly
41* ''Film/WindRiver'' (2017)
42* ''Film/{{Tag}}'' (2018)
43* ''WesternAnimation/ArcticDogs'' (2019) as Swifty (voice)
44* ''Series/MayorOfKingstown'' (2020) as Mike [=McLusky=]
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46!!Music:
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48* "Heaven Don't Have a Name" ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-LfVmWap5E collaboration]] with Sam Feldt and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kn2w8V62R4 solo recording]])
49* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mkb_3UOpGOU House of the Rising Sun]]" (cover)
50* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y89GjDauoBg Nomad]]"
51* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL2DcWB994s Main Attraction]]"
52* ''The Medicine'' (EP, 2020)
53* ''Live For Now'' (EP, 2020)
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55!! Tropes & Trivia in his works include:
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57* AdvertisedExtra: Admitted that while he was happy to have done ''The Avengers'', he felt that Hawkeye was snubbed in screentime. Creator/JossWhedon seemed to noticed this, as Hawkeye had a much larger and more important role in ''Avengers: Age of Ultron''.
58* TheCameo: Appeared in ''Film/{{Thor}}'' as ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}, but was neither named nor credited.
59* TheCastShowoff: [[invoked]] Similarly to his fellow Marvel costar Creator/RobertDowneyJr, Renner is also musically talented. He once parodied Ed Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud" as Hawkeye.
60* OlderThanTheyLook: Not as much as some in Hollywood but it's still hard to believe the man is his fifties, especially since almost all of his roles involve characters that are almost a decade (or more) younger than his actual age. This is accentuated in ''Film/HanselAndGretelWitchHunters'', where he plays a character that is, at the most, in his late twenties.

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