American actor Jeremy Renner (51 years old) was seriously injured on Sunday in a snow shoveling accident. That is against a spokesperson for the actor The Hollywood Reporter said. Renner is in hospital and his condition is “critical but stable”.
The accident happened at Renner’s home, near the city of Reno, Nevada. A blizzard hit the area last weekend, killing 35,000 households ran out of power. It is not clear what exactly happened. The actor was taken to hospital by helicopter after the accident. According to his spokesman, his family is with him.
Renner is known, among other things, for his role in the film The Hurt Locker about the war in Iraq, for which he received an Oscar nomination for best actor in 2010. The following year he was nominated again, for his supporting role in The Town, directed by actor Ben Affleck. In recent years, the actor is best known for the character Hawkeye (also known as Clint Barton) in the Marvel series The Avengers.