Brad Renfro died following an overdose of heroin and morphine, a Los Angeles coroner has ruled.
The 25-year-old, who starred in films including Bully, The Client and Sleepers, was found dead at his home last month.
The Los Angeles County coroner's office ruled the actor's death was accidental.
Renfro, who had just finished work on Bret Easton Ellis novel adaptation The Informers, had battled drug and alcohol problems for some years.
He served 10 days in jail in 2006 after pleading no contest to driving while intoxicated and guilty to attempted possession of heroin, the latter charge coming after being arrested in Los Angeles' Skid Row area.
In 1998, he was charged with cocaine and marijuana possession and avoided jail time with a plea bargain.
And in January 2001, he was put on probation and ordered to pay $4,000 for repairs to a 45-foot yacht he and a friend tried to steal in Florida.
Renfro began his film career aged 12, starring opposite Susan Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones in mafia drama The Client.
Via bbc.co.uk
Actor Brad Renfro, former child star of such films as "The Client" and "Tom and Huck" who had battled drug abuse in recent years, was found dead in Los Angeles on Monday at the age of 25.
A Los Angeles County Coroner's spokesman said Renfro's cause of death was under investigation.
"I can confirm that Brad Barron Renfro is deceased," Coroner's spokesman Ed Winter told Reuters. "He was found unresponsive in a residence ... Paramedics responded and he was pronounced dead at 9 a.m. (Pacific Time)."
The celebrity Web site TMZ.com reported that Renfro, who pleaded guilty in 2006 to charges of trying to buy heroin, just months after a picture of his arrest ran on the front page of the Los Angeles Times, had just finished filming a movie with actors Winona Ryder and Billy Bob Thornton.
Renfro made his film debut at the age of 12 as a young boy who knew too much in the 1994 John Grisham thriller "The Client," starring Tommy Lee Jones and Susan Sarandon. The following year he earned notice for his role in "The Cure."
After entering his guilty plea in February of 2006 Renfro, who had a string of run-ins with the law, was ordered into a drug treatment program and placed on three years probation.
Via reuters.com
