Jeremy Renner (born January 7, 1971, in Modesto, California) rose from indie films like Dahmer to earn back-to-back Academy Award nominations for his breakthrough roles in The Hurt Locker (2009) and The Town (2010). He became a global action star as Clint Barton/Hawkeye in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing in The Avengers (2012) and the Disney+ series Hawkeye (2021), while also headlining the Mission: Impossible and Bourne franchises. The oldest of seven siblings, he initially studied computer science and criminology before a drama elective changed his path, and he has since starred in the Paramount+ series Mayor of Kingstown (2021). In 2023, Renner survived a widely publicized near-fatal snowplow accident, undergoing a grueling recovery that captured global attention. Demonstrating remarkable resilience, he returned to acting in Wake Up Dead Man (2025), the third installment of the Knives Out mystery series.