Jeremy Renner is one of the biggest stars in Hollywood, and is best known for his role as Hawkeye in the Marvel franchise. Over the past ten years, he’s been very busy, fitting in other projects around his time on set as Hawkeye. The result has been a varied and exciting career for Renner, and he has collected a huge fanbase along the way.
Renner’s career got off to an unsteady start when he starred in National Lampoon’s Senior Trip, a film which wasn’t well received by critics in Hollywood. However, nothing was going to stop Renner from reaching the top. He put in some grunt work before his talent was realised, and then he began landing bigger and better roles. He starred as Jeffrey Dahmer in a film about his life, before appearing in the zombie classic, 28 Weeks Later. In 2008, he also made one of his most significant films when he starred in The Hurt Locker, a movie which won a whopping six Oscars and ensured Renner was nominated for Best Actor. Though he didn’t win, the role was a stepping stone to his incredible career that he later secured.
It’s impossible to talk about Renner without praising his decade long performance in the Marvel franchise. He has appeared in all of the Avengers films as well as the first Thor film and Captain America: Civil War. He also earned himself his own spin-off series as Hawkeye, which aired in 2021. The role as Hawkeye has certainly been the highlight of his impressive career, and it has earned him a huge fanbase. With over five million Twitter followers and a whopping fifteen million Instagram followers, it’s clear that Renner will always have supporters from across the globe.