Emile Hirsch

Emile Hirsch
Born Emile Davenport Hirsch
(1985-03-13) March 13, 1985
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Residence Venice, California
Atlanta, Georgia
Occupation Actor
Years active 1996–present
Children 1

Emile Davenport Hirsch (born March 13, 1985)[1] is an American actor. He starred in Into the Wild (2007) and the A&E network simulcast miniseries Bonnie & Clyde (2013).[2] His other film roles include The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002), The Mudge Boy (2003), The Girl Next Door (2004), Lords of Dogtown (2005), Alpha Dog (2006), Speed Racer (2008), Milk (2008), The Darkest Hour (2011), The Motel Life (2012), Lone Survivor (2013), and Vincent N Roxxy (2016).

Early life

Hirsch, who is of German-Jewish, English, and Scots-Irish ancestry, was born in the Palms section of Los Angeles. His mother Margaret Esther (née Davenport) is a visual artist, teacher and pop-up books designer, and his father David M. Hirsch is an entrepreneur, manager and producer.[3][4] He has an older sister, Jenny, and was raised in Los Angeles and Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he lived with his mother for several years.[4]

Career

Hirsch began acting on television roles in the late 1990s. He starred in the Showtime original film Wild Iris (2001), with Laura Linney and Gena Rowlands. He made his film debut in Peter Care's The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002)[5] and next acted with Kevin Kline in The Emperor's Club (2002).

Hirsch at Hollywood Life Magazine’s 7th Annual Breakthrough Awards in December 2007

In 2004, Hirsch starred in The Girl Next Door. He starred with Jeff Daniels and Sigourney Weaver in the limited release Imaginary Heroes (2005).[6][7]

In 2005, Hirsch starred in Catherine Hardwicke's film Lords of Dogtown (2005), about a number of skaters in the 1970s and their role in the birth of skateboard culture. Hirsch played Jay Adams. He played a character based on a real-life drug dealer Jesse James Hollywood in Alpha Dog (2007).

Hirsch played Christopher McCandless in Into the Wild (2007). He lost 40 pounds for the role, which earned him a Screen Actors Guild nomination for best actor.[8] Esquire said, "[Hirsch] creates a vivid, unforgettable character you at once admire and pity."[9]

Hirsch had the title role in Lilly and Lana Wachowski's Speed Racer, which was released on May 9, 2008.[10] Hirsch played gay rights activist Cleve Jones in Gus Van Sant's bio-pic Milk (2008). He also appeared in Ang Lee's Taking Woodstock (2009), based on a screenplay of the Elliot Tiber memoir Taking Woodstock. He then starred in the box-office disappointment Killer Joe (2011).

In April 2011, he was cast in Oliver Stone's Savages, which was released in July 2012.[11]

In 2012, Hirsch starred with Penélope Cruz in Venuto al mondo, a film by Italian director Sergio Castellitto. In 2013, he was in Prince Avalanche, co-starring Paul Rudd. Additionally, Hirsch starred in William Friedkin's Killer Joe.

Hirsch also starred in The Motel Life, co-starring Dakota Fanning and Stephen Dorff, directed by the Polsky brothers. In Fall 2013, he starred with Holliday Grainger, Holly Hunter and William Hurt in the miniseries Bonnie & Clyde.

Also in 2013, Hirsch co-starred in the film Lone Survivor, based on the memoir of Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell.

On February 8, 2017, it was announced that Hirsch would star with Aubrey Plaza in the comedy An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn.[12]

On May 25, 2018, Hirsch becomes the new voice for character James Lake jr. in the Netflix original Dreamworks show Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia from Guillmero Del Toro, replacing Anton Yelchin for the role in its third season and is set to respire his role in 3 Below and Wizards.

Personal life

Hirsch splits his time between Venice, California and Atlanta, Georgia.

He had ventured into Africa along with four young activists, and kept a journal of his five-day trip. Reflecting on his trip, Hirsch said, "Now I look back at some of the earlier parts of this travelogue and almost chuckle at my naïveté. Maybe we can all come together to change the world."[13]

On October 27, 2013, Hirsch's first child was born, a boy named Valor. The child's mother is a woman Hirsch dated; however, they are no longer in a relationship.[14][15]

Conviction for assault

On February 12, 2015, Hirsch was charged with aggravated assault after initiating an altercation with, and then strangling, Paramount Pictures executive Daniele Bernfeld on January 25, 2015 at the Tao Nightclub in Park City, Utah.[16][17] On August 17, 2015, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault, and was sentenced to 15 days in jail. He was also fined $4,750, received 90 days of probation, and ordered to undergo 50 hours of community service.[18][19]

Filmography

Film and television
Year Title Role Notes
1996 Kindred: The Embraced Abel (Pediatric Patient) Episode: "Romeo and Juliet"
1997 3rd Rock from the Sun Punk Episode: "Scaredy Dick"
Early Edition Lance Foster Episode: "March in Time"
1998 Players Adam Paprelli Episode: "Con-Vivants"
Gargantua Brandon Elway Television film
Houdini Young Houdini Television film
1999 Two of a Kind Jeremy Episode: "Let's Dance"
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch Darryl Episode: "Sabrina, the Matchmaker"
Promised Land Walter Elliott Episode: "A Day in the Life"
The Pretender Bryce Banks Episode: "End Game"
Profiler Bryce Banks Episode: "Grand Master"
NYPD Blue Marcello Parisi Episode: "Voir Dire This"
ER Chad Kottmeier 2 episodes
2001 Wild Iris Lony Brevard
2002 The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys Francis Doyle
The Emperor's Club Sedgewick Bell Nominated – Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actor
2003 The Mudge Boy Duncan Mudge Limited release
2004 The Girl Next Door Matthew Kidman Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss (shared with Elisha Cuthbert)
Imaginary Heroes Tim Travis Limited release
2005 Lords of Dogtown Jay Adams Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice Breakout Movie Actor
2006 Alpha Dog Johnny Truelove
2007 The Air I Breathe Tony Limited release
Into the Wild Chris McCandless National Board of Review Award for Breakthrough Male Performance
Nominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated – Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
Nominated – Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
Nominated – Gotham Award for Breakthrough Artist
Nominated – Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice Drama Movie Actor
2008 Speed Racer Speed Racer Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice Action Movie Actor
Milk Cleve Jones Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Cast
Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2009 Taking Woodstock Billy
X Games 3D: The Movie Narrator Documentary film
2011 Killer Joe Chris Smith
The Darkest Hour Sean
2012 Savages Spin
Venuto al mondo - Twice Born Diego
The Motel Life Frank Flannigan
2013 Prince Avalanche Lance
Bonnie & Clyde Clyde Barrow Miniseries
Lone Survivor Danny Dietz
2015 Ten Thousand Saints Johnny
Just Jim Dean
2016 Vincent N Roxxy Vincent
The Autopsy of Jane Doe Austin
2017 All Nighter Martin
The Chinese Widow Jack
I Am Heath Ledger Himself Documentary
2018 An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn Shane Danger
Trollhunters Jim Lake Season three; voice role; replaces the late Anton Yelchin
The Swimmer Richard Morgan Completed
The Outsider Paulie Bowers
2019 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Jay Sebring Filming
TBA Never Grow Old Patrick Tate Post-production

References

  1. ↑ "Emile Davenport Hirsch 03/13/1985". California Birth Index. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role". IMDB. Retrieved January 27, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Margaret Davenport - California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985". Ancestry.com. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
  4. 1 2 McLean, Craig (October 20, 2007). "Call of the wild". Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved October 20, 2007.
  5. ↑ Holden, Stephen. "The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002) FILM REVIEW; Altar Boys Will Be Altar Boys, and They're Drawing Comics, Too". The New York Times. Retrieved June 14, 2002.
  6. ↑ "The Numbers.com". Emile Hirsch. Retrieved March 16, 2006.
  7. ↑ "Rotten Tomatoes". Emile Hirsch. Archived from the original on December 22, 2005. Retrieved March 16, 2006.
  8. ↑ Levine, Stuart (September 18, 2007). "Emile Hirsch is here to stay". MSNBC. Retrieved September 19, 2007.
  9. ↑ D' Angelo, Mike (November 20, 2007). "Actors of the Year - Page 6". Esquire.com. Archived from the original on October 20, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  10. ↑ Dicker, Ron (September 16, 2007). "Two Postcards From Toronto: Evan Rachel Wood, Emile Hirsch Give Hollywood a Glimpse of Its Future". Hartford Courant. Archived from the original on November 23, 2007. Retrieved September 16, 2007.
  11. ↑ "Emile Hirsch Joins Oliver Stone's 'Savages'". Indiewire. April 22, 2011. Archived from the original on April 29, 2011. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
  12. ↑ McNary, Dave. "Aubrey Plaza, Emile Hirsch to Star in Indie Comedy 'An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn'". Variety. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  13. ↑ Hirsch, Emile (December 15, 2008). "Emile Hirsch's Congo Diary". mensjournal.com. Archived from the original on June 1, 2013. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  14. ↑ Malec, Brett (November 2, 2013). "Emile Hirsch Is a Dad! Actor Welcomes a Baby Boy with Former Flame". E!. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  15. ↑ Eggenberger, Nicole (November 2, 2013). "Emile Hirsch Welcomes Baby Boy Valor With Ex -- First Photo". Us Weekly. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Emile Hirsch Charged With Felony Assault In Sundance Fight".
  17. ↑ "Actor Emile Hirsch charged with Sundance assault", BBC News, 13 February 2015
  18. ↑ "Emile Hirsch Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Paramount Exec, Gets 15 Days in Jail", Variety, 17 August 2015
  19. ↑ Dominic Patten (August 17, 2015). "Emile Hirsch Gets 15 Days in Jail Over Paramount Exec Assault at Sundance – Update". Deadline Hollywood. (also cited by IBTimes)
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