HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Actor Brad Renfro's death was the result of an accidental overdose of heroin, the coroner's office revealed on Friday.
The cause of death was "acute heroin/morphine intoxication," and the drugs were injected, according to the coroner's report.
"The final manner of death has been ruled an accident," the coroner's office said.
The 25-year-old star was found dead on Jan. 15 at his Los Angeles home.
A native of Knoxville, Tenn., Renfro got his first big break after being discovered by director Joel Schumacher, who cast the then 10-year-old in "The Client." The young actor was joined on screen by Susan Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones in the breakout 1994 role.
He followed with teen movies like 1995's "Tom and Huck," opposite Jonathan Taylor Thomas, before moving on to indie dramas, including 2001's "Ghost World," where he starred alongside Scarlett Johansson, Thora Birch and Steve Buscemi.
During his career, he won "The Hollywood Reporter's Young Star Award" in 1995 and was nominated as one of People Magazine's "Top 30 Under 30."
Renfro had several problems with the law in recent years, including a December 2005 arrest in a heroin sting roundup on L.A.'s skid row. He 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.
Renfro was most recently working on the film "The Informers," along with co-stars Winona Ryder, Mickey Rourke, Kim Basinger and Billy Bob Thornton. The film is slated for release later this year.
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