Sunday, March 07, 2010

2010 Oscar Nominees—Actor in a Leading Role: Jeremy Renner for The Hurt Locker

25th Film Independent Spirit Awards - Arrivals
The relative new-comer Jeremy Lee Renner (39) was named one of Variety magazine Top Ten Actors to Watch. He had his breakthrough performance in the action film S.W.A.T. (2003) opposite Colin Farrell, Samuel L. Jackson and Michelle Rodriguez.

Jeremy Renner raised speculation about his close relationship with South African Actress Charlize Theron who has just recently split from her boyfriend of 9 years actor Stewart Townsend. The Daily Mail online reported today that Renner and Theron (who will present one of the Awards at the tonight’s ceremony) will attend the post-Oscars Vanity Fair party together.

In The Hurt Locker, directed by James Cameron’s ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow, Jeremy Renner portrays Sergeant William James, a bomb defuser in Iraq who, after becoming the leader of an elite unit, surprises his subordinates with his risk-taking and his seeming indifference in the face of death.

Jeremy Renner nominated for best actor for 82nd Academy Awards in Beverly Hills
Jeremy Renner in The Hurt Locker.