Actor Brad Renfro dead at 25

Cause of death hasn’t been determined for ‘The Client,’ ‘Ghost World’ star

LOS ANGELES - Actor Brad Renfro is dead, the Los Angeles County Coroner confirmed to “Access Hollywood.”

According to the coroner’s office, a Brad Barron Renfro, with the same date of birth as the actor, died today. They have no cause of death yet; the investigation is pending.

His body was found in his Los Angeles home early Tuesday, his lawyer Richard Kaplan said.

Renfro was 25 years old.

Renfro got his first big break when he was discovered by director Joel Schumacher, who cast the then 10-year-old in “The Client.” The breakout 1994 role pitted the young actor on screen with Susan Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones.

He quickly graduated to teen movies like 1995’s “Tom and Huck,” opposite Jonathan Taylor Thomas before moving on to indie dramas including 2001’s “Ghost World” opposite Scarlett Johansson, Thora Birch and Steve Buscemi.

The actor recently finished filming “The Informers” with Winona Ryder and Billy Bob Thornton, according to celebrity Web site TMZ.com.

Renfro had been in frequent trouble with the law in recent years, including a December 2005 arrest in a heroin sting roundup on L.A.’s skid row. Renfro was charged with a felony count of attempting to possess heroin and driving while intoxicated, for which he served 10 days in jail in May 2006.

Sources told TMZ that the actor had been working hard to stay clean, especially since this summer.

The Associated Press, Access Hollywood and TMZ.com contributed to this report.

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