Overview

• Renner’s memoir My Next Breath, published April 29, recounts how his Sno-Cat ran over him on January 1, 2023, and left him briefly dead.
• He writes that while separated from his body he experienced timeless peace and saw his life “all at once.”
• The actor says he resisted being revived, feeling anger at the prospect of returning to intense pain.
• His injuries included eight ribs broken in 14 places, fractures to both legs, knee, ankle and shoulder, and he spent nearly a year in rehabilitation.
• Since recovery he has returned to acting on Paramount+’s Mayor of Kingstown and filmed a role in Rian Johnson’s forthcoming Knives Out sequel, Wake Up Dead Man.