Published: June 16, 2017| 12:01 PM

Actor and musician Jeremy Renner, known for his roles in The Hurt Locker, The Avengers, Captain America, and the Mission Impossible series, will personally accept the KVIFF Festival President’s Award at the Closing Gala on July 8th. Renner will also introduce his new film Wind River, which will screen at the 52nd edition of the festival.

Jeremy Renner’s first breakout role was his critically acclaimed portrayal of “Jeffrey Dahmer” in the indie hit Dahmer (2002), for which he was nominated for a Film Independent Spirit Award. Since then, Renner has established himself on the big screen primarily through his roles in action and war movies. His portrayal of self-assured Sergeant James in Kathryn Bigelow’s war drama The Hurt Locker (2008) garnered his first Oscar nomination for Best Actor in addition to nods at the BAFTA, Independent Spirit, SAG, and Gotham Awards. Two years later, The Academy honored Renner again with a Best Supporting Actor nomination for his role alongside Ben Affleck in The Town (2010). He was also nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards for The Town.

“I am thrilled that Jeremy Renner will be accepting an award at this year’s Karlovy Vary festival. Jeremy is an actor with a highly diverse filmography that includes both audience favourites as well as critically acclaimed films. One example is Wind River, which recently won the Prize for Best Direction  in the Un Certain Regard competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, and which Jeremy Renner will present at Karlovy Vary in person,” says Jiří Bartoška, president of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.

Renner’s filmography is extensive and includes numerous big-budget blockbusters such as Thor (2011), Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011), Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015), and The Bourne Legacy (2012), where he took over the lead role from Matt Damon in this loose series of adaptations of the book by Robert Ludlum. He portrayed the character of Clint Barton/Hawkeye in the Marvel series Avengers (2012), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) and Captain America: Civil War (2016).

In 2012, Renner and partner Don Handfield formed The Combine, a production company that is creating, developing and producing high-quality, character-driven content for mainstream audiences. They began with The Throwaways for Crackle and in 2013 they produced, Kill The Messenger, which starred Renner as journalist Gary Webb and was released by Focus Features. The Combine also executive produced the The Founder (2016) starring Michael Keaton for The Weinstein Company.

Renner displays the versatility of a seasoned actor through his performances in David O. Russell’s crime drama American Hustle (2013), which was nominated for 10 Oscars, and in Denis Villeneuve’s mysterious sci-fi Arrival (2016), which won an Oscar and was nominated for several more. Renner’s most recent project, Wind River (2017), is a crime thriller directed by Taylor Sheridan, which screened at this year’s Cannes Film Festival as part of the Un Certain Regard competition. Wind River will screen for audiences this summer at KVIFF.

Photo credit: Sarah Dunn