Two years ago, Jeremy Renner was best known as “that guy from S.W.A.T.” After earning an Oscar’s Best Actor nomination and starring in this year’s Best Picture, The Hurt Locker, his career has taken off.
The 39 year-old starred in the Ben Affleck thriller, The Town (which is getting considerable Oscar buzz) and is currently filming Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol in Dubai. Renner will be starring opposite Tom Cruise in the J.J. Abrams-produced, Brad Bird-directed thriller. In fact, several pundits have started calling Jeremy Renner the “next Tom Cruise.”
Renner will also star in The Avengers alongside Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Downey Jr. and Scarlett Johansson. Renner will play Hawkeye, a bow-and-arrow wielding superhero. The Avengers is set for a 2012 release. The actor looks and plays much younger than 39, not that it should affect his acting. Tom Cruise is 48 and he’s still doing his own stunts. As long as he makes the right career choices, I believe Renner will be one of the biggest stars in Hollywood in 5 years.
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