Actor Brad Renfro was found dead in his Los Angeles home Tuesday morning, media reports said Wednesday. He was only 25 years old.

The cause of death is currently unknown but reports said that Renfro has been convicted of several drug offenses, including attempted heroin possession.

Renfro has been filming a movie called "The Informers," with Winona Ryder and Billy Bob Thornton.

Actor Brad Renfro was found dead in his Los Angeles home Tuesday morning, media reports said Wednesday. He was only 25 years old.(file photo: Xinhua)

Renfro got his first big break when he was discovered by director Joel Schumacher, who cast the then 10-year-old in "The Client." The breakout 1994 role pitted the young actor on screen with Susan Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones.

He quickly graduated to teen movies like 1995's "Tom and Huck," opposite Jonathan Taylor Thomas before moving on to indie dramas including 2001's "Ghost World" opposite Scarlett Johansson, Thora Birch and Steve Buscemi.

Renfro has been in frequent trouble with the law in recent years, including a December 2005 arrest in a heroin sting roundup on LA's skid row. Renfro was charged with a felony count of attempting to possess heroin.     

(Agencies via Xinhua January 17, 2008)