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Emile Davenport Hirsch
March 13, 1985 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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Emile Davenport Hirsch (born March 13, 1985) is an American actor. He is known for playing many different characters in movies and TV shows. Some of his most famous roles include Chris McCandless in Into the Wild (2007) and Speed Racer in the movie Speed Racer (2008). He has also appeared in films like Lords of Dogtown (2005) and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019).
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Emile Hirsch's Early Life
Emile Hirsch was born in Los Angeles, California. His mother, Margaret, is an artist and teacher. His father, David, works as an entrepreneur and producer. Emile has an older sister named Jennifer. He grew up in both Los Angeles and Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Emile Hirsch's Acting Career
Emile Hirsch started acting on television when he was young, in the late 1990s. One of his first big TV roles was in the movie Wild Iris (2001). He then made his first movie appearance in The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002).
Early Movie Roles
In 2004, Emile starred in the movie The Girl Next Door. The next year, in 2005, he played Jay Adams in Lords of Dogtown. This film was about a group of skateboarders in the 1970s.
Breakthrough Role in Into the Wild
Emile Hirsch played Christopher McCandless in the 2007 film Into the Wild. For this role, he lost a lot of weight to look like the real person. His acting in this movie was highly praised. Many people thought he did an amazing job.
Action and Drama Films
In 2008, Emile took on the main role in Speed Racer, a movie based on the popular cartoon. He also played Cleve Jones, a real-life activist, in the movie Milk (2008). Later, he starred in the action movie Lone Survivor (2013). In this film, he played Danny Dietz, a Navy SEAL.
Voice Acting and Recent Projects
In 2018, Emile Hirsch became the new voice for Jim Lake Jr. in the Netflix show Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia. He continued to voice this character in other shows like 3Below and Wizards. He also voiced Jim in the movie Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans. In 2019, he appeared in the movie Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Emile Hirsch's Music Career
Besides acting, Emile Hirsch is also a musician. On October 25, 2019, he released his first music album called Mnemonic. Some of his songs, like "Tooth Fairy" and "Angels Will," became popular on music streaming services.
He has released several singles, which are individual songs. These include "American Dreamin'" and "Casual Animal." He also worked with Mark Foster from the band Foster The People on the song "Remember Days When." In 2021, he released his second album, Denihilism.
Emile Hirsch's Personal Life
Emile Hirsch lives in Los Angeles. He became a father in October 2013 when his son was born.
Filmography
Film Roles
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1996 | Sugared Peas | Brad | Short film |
| 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 | |
| 2004 | The Girl Next Door | Matthew Kidman | Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss (shared with Elisha Cuthbert) |
| Imaginary Heroes | Tim Travis | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Actor 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 2009 | Taking Woodstock | Billy | |
| X Games 3D: The Movie | Narrator | Documentary | |
| 2011 | Killer Joe | Chris Smith | |
| The Darkest Hour | Sean | ||
| 2012 | Savages | Spin | |
| Twice Born (Venuto al mondo) | Diego | ||
| The Motel Life | Frank Flannigan | ||
| 2013 | Prince Avalanche | Lance | |
| Lone Survivor | Danny Dietz | ||
| 2015 | Ten Thousand Saints | Johnny | |
| Just Jim | Dean | ||
| 2016 | Vincent N Roxxy | Vincent | |
| The Autopsy of Jane Doe | Austin Tilden | ||
| 2017 | All Nighter | Martin | |
| I Am Heath Ledger | Himself | Documentary | |
| The Chinese Widow | Jack | ||
| 2018 | An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn | Shane Danger | |
| The Outsider | Paulie Bowers | ||
| Freaks | Henry Lewis | ||
| 2019 | Peel | Peel Munter | |
| Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Jay Sebring | ||
| Never Grow Old | Patrick Tate | ||
| 2020 | Force of Nature | Cardillo | |
| The Comeback Trail | James Moore | ||
| 2021 | Son | Paul | Also executive producer |
| Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans | Jim Lake Jr. (voice) | ||
| Midnight in the Switchgrass | Byron Crawford | ||
| American Night | Michael Rubino | ||
| 2022 | The Immaculate Room | Mike | |
| Pursuit | Rick Calloway | ||
| Dig | Victor | ||
| Devil's Workshop | Donald | ||
| The Price We Pay | Alex | ||
| State of Consciousness | Stephen | ||
| 2023 | Inside Man | Bobby Belucci | |
| The Engineer | Etan | ||
| Helen's Dead | Adam | ||
| Walden | Walden Dean | Also executive producer | |
| 2024 | Prey | Grun | aka Kalahari |
| Bau, Artist at War | Joseph Bau | ||
| Dead Money | Andy | aka Degenerate | |
| TBA | Good Side of a Bad Man | Pretty Boy Floyd | Post-production |
| Woozy | Dusty | Post-production |
Television Roles
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1996 | Kindred: The Embraced | Abel | Episode: "Romeo and Juliet" |
| 1997 | 3rd Rock from the Sun | Punk "Bernstein boy" | Episode: "Scaredy Dick" |
| 1997 | Early Edition | Lance Foster | Episode: "March in Time" |
| 1998 | Players | Adam Paprelli | Episode: "Con-Vivants" |
| 1998 | Gargantua | Brandon Elway | Television film |
| 1998 | Houdini | Young Harry Houdini | Television film |
| 1999 | Two of a Kind | Jeremy | Episode: "Let's Dance" |
| 1999 | Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | Darryl | Episode: "Sabrina, the Matchmaker" |
| 1999 | Promised Land | Walter Elliott | Episode: "A Day in the Life" |
| 1999 | The Pretender | Bryce Banks | Episode: "End Game" |
| 1999 | Profiler | Bryce Banks | Episode: "Grand Master" |
| 1999 | NYPD Blue | Marcello Parisi | Episode: "Voir Dire This" |
| 1999 | ER | Chad Kottmeier | 2 episodes |
| 2001 | Wild Iris | Lonnie Bravard | Television film |
| 2013 | Bonnie & Clyde | Clyde Barrow | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | Trollhunters | Jim Lake Jr. (voice) | 11 episodes |
| 2018–2019 | 3Below: Tales of Arcadia | Jim Lake Jr. (voice) | 3 episodes |
| 2020 | Robot Chicken | Nick Jonas, Ron Weasley (voice) | Episode: "Petless M in: Cars Are Couches On The Road" |
| 2020 | Wizards: Tales of Arcadia | Jim Lake Jr. (voice) | 9 episodes |
Video Game Roles
| Year | Title | Voice role |
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| 2008 | Speed Racer: The Videogame | Speed Racer |
| 2017 | Walden, a game | Henry David Thoreau |
| 2020 | Trollhunters: Defenders of Arcadia | Jim Lake Jr. |
Images for kids
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Emile Hirsch at Hollywood Life Magazine's 7th Annual Breakthrough Awards in 2007
See also
In Spanish: Emile Hirsch para niños
