Emile Hirsch | |
---|---|
Born | Emile Davenport Hirsch March 13, 1985 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Actor, musician |
Years active | 1996–present |
Children | 1 |
Emile Davenport Hirsch (born March 13, 1985) [1] is an American actor. His portrayal of Chris McCandless in Into the Wild (2007) earned him widespread acclaim and multiple nominations. Other notable roles include The Girl Next Door (2004), Lords of Dogtown (2005), Alpha Dog (2006), Speed Racer (2008), Milk (2008), Lone Survivor (2013), The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016), The Chinese Widow (2017), An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn (2018), and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019).
Emile Hirsch was born in the Palms section of Los Angeles. His mother, Margaret Esther (née Davenport), is a visual artist, teacher, and pop-up book designer, and his father, David Milton Hirsch, is an entrepreneur, manager, and film producer. [2] [3] He has an older sister, Jennifer, and was raised in Los Angeles and Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he lived with his mother for several years. [3] Hirsch attended Alexander Hamilton High School where he studied in the Music program. [4]
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 cinematic film debut for The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002) [5] and next starred with Kevin Kline in The Emperor's Club (2002).
In 2004, Hirsch starred in The Girl Next Door . He starred with Jeff Daniels and Sigourney Weaver in the limited release Imaginary Heroes (2004). [6] [7] In 2005, Hirsch starred in Catherine Hardwicke's film Lords of Dogtown (2005) about a group 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 (2006).
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 the Wachowskis' Speed Racer , which was released on May 9, 2008 [10] and was a box office bomb. Hirsch played gay-rights activist Cleve Jones in Gus Van Sant's biopic 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 William Friedkin's 2011 southern gothic thriller Killer Joe .
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.
Hirsch starred in The Motel Life , co-starring Dakota Fanning and Stephen Dorff, directed by the Polsky brothers. In 2013, he starred with Holliday Grainger, Holly Hunter, and William Hurt in the miniseries Bonnie & Clyde . Hirsch co-starred in the film Lone Survivor , based on the memoir of Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell.
In February 2017, it was announced that Hirsch would star with Aubrey Plaza in the comedy An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn. [12]
In May 2018, Hirsch became the new voice for character James Lake Jr. in the Netflix original DreamWorks show Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia from Guillermo del Toro, replacing Anton Yelchin in its third season following his death. Hirsch continues to reprise the role of Jim in 3 Below , Wizards and Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans .
In 2019, Hirsch portrayed Hollywood hairdresser and Manson family victim Jay Sebring in the film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood .
On October 25, 2019, Hirsch released his first album under Hirsch called Mnemonic . Two of its songs, "Tooth Fairy" and "Angels Will", were selected to be on the New Alt playlist on Spotify. KROQ DJ Megan Holiday also picked Mnemonic as one of her favorite albums of the year. After that album's release, Hirsch released the single "American Dreamin'", and on 2/14 released his new single "Casual Animal." [13]
Hirsch has recently released five singles, "Remember Days When," (which he co-wrote with Foster The People's Mark Foster)[ citation needed ] and "Hard Hearts" (both on 03/13/20). He released "Prisoners" on 03/27/20 & "The Same Different" on 04/03/20, and then "Favors" on 05/08/20. Both "Prisoners" and "Favors" were both put on Spotify's New Noise Playlist. "Favors" was also put on multiple playlists on Deezer, including #3 placement on "Seleccíon Editorial Mexico y Central America," one of Deezer's biggest playlists worldwide, with 6.7 million followers.
After releasing a couple of new singles over a year, Hirsch released his second album called Denihilism on March 12, 2021. [14] [15]
Hirsch is of German Jewish, [16] English, and Ulster-Scot ancestry. He resides in Los Angeles. In October 2013, Hirsch's first child was born, a boy. His child's mother is a woman Hirsch dated; however, they are no longer in a relationship. [17] [18]
On February 12, 2015, Hirsch was charged with aggravated assault after attacking and strangling a female Paramount Pictures executive with his bare hands on January 25, 2015, at Tao Nightclub in Park City, Utah. [19] [20] Hirsch claimed he did not remember what had happened as the event happened when he was taking stimulants while inebriated. [21] 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 was ordered to undergo 50 hours of community service. [22] [23] Hirsch entered a rehab facility following the assault. [24]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
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 |
Year | Title | Voice role |
---|---|---|
2008 | Speed Racer: The Videogame | Speed Racer |
2017 | Walden, a game | Henry David Thoreau |
2020 | Trollhunters: Defenders of Arcadia [35] | Jim Lake Jr. |
Blair Erwin Underwood is an American actor. He made his debut in the 1985 musical film Krush Groove and from 1987 to 1994 starred as attorney Jonathan Rollins in the NBC legal drama series L.A. Law.
Anton Viktorovich Yelchin was an American actor. Born in the Soviet Union to a Russian Jewish family, he emigrated to the United States with his parents at the age of six months. He began his career as a child actor, appearing as the lead of the mystery drama film Hearts in Atlantis (2001) and a series regular on the Showtime comedy-drama Huff (2004–2006). Yelchin landed higher-profile film roles in 2009, portraying Pavel Chekov in the Star Trek reboot and Kyle Reese in Terminator Salvation. He reprised his role as Chekov in the sequels Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) and Star Trek Beyond (2016).
Sebastian Stan is a Romanian–American actor. He gained recognition for his role as Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier in the Marvel Cinematic Universe media franchise beginning with the film Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), and including the Disney+ miniseries The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021).
Original Film is an American film and television production company founded by Neal H. Moritz. Notable films the company has produced include the Fast & Furious franchise.
Roadside Attractions, LLC is an American production company and film distributor based in Los Angeles, California, founded on July 27, 2000, by Howard Cohen and Eric d'Arbeloff. Lionsgate bought a portion of Roadside in 2007, and has majorly served as the arthouse division for the studio since then.
Jack Reynor is an Irish actor. His notable roles include the films What Richard Did (2012), Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014), Glassland (2014), Macbeth (2015), Sing Street (2016) and Midsommar (2019), as well as the series Strange Angel (2018–2019) and The Peripheral (2022).
American Night is a 2021 neo-noir film written and directed by Alessio Della Valle, in his directorial debut. It stars Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Emile Hirsch, Jeremy Piven, Paz Vega and Michael Madsen.
Jack Dylan Grazer is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Eddie Kaspbrak in the horror film It (2017) and its 2019 sequel, Freddy Freeman in the DC Extended Universe film Shazam! (2019) and its 2023 sequel, and voicing Alberto Scorfano in the Pixar animated film Luca (2021). The Hollywood Reporter named him one of the top 30 stars under age 18 in 2018.
Asher Dov Angel is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor in the film Jolene (2008), starring Jessica Chastain. He is known for his roles as Jonah Beck in the Disney Channel series Andi Mack (2017–2019) and Billy Batson in the DC Extended Universe films Shazam! (2019) and Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023).
Tales of Arcadia is a trilogy of animated science fantasy television series created for Netflix by Guillermo del Toro and produced by DreamWorks Animation and Double Dare You. The series comprising the trilogy follows the inhabitants of the small suburban town of Arcadia Oaks, which is secretly home to various supernatural creatures and the young heroes who fight against the forces of evil that lurk in the shadows.
Danny A. Abeckaser is an Israeli-born American actor, director and filmmaker.
The Immaculate Room is a 2022 American psychological thriller film written and directed by Mukunda Michael Dewil. The film stars Emile Hirsch, Kate Bosworth, Ashley Greene, and M. Emmet Walsh.
Dig is an American thriller film directed by K. Asher Levin from a screenplay by Banipal and Benhur Ablakhad. The film stars Thomas Jane, his daughter Harlow Jane, Emile Hirsch and Liana Liberato.
Decal Releasing, LLC, doing business as Decal, is an American independent film distribution company owned by Neon and Bleecker Street. It was launched in February 2021.
Inside Man is a 2023 American independent crime thriller film directed by Danny A. Abeckaser and written by Kosta Kondilopoulos. It stars Emile Hirsch, Jake Cannavale, Lucy Hale, Ashley Greene, Abeckaser, Vincent Laresca, Kyle Stefanski, James Russo and Robert Davi.
Helen's Dead is a 2023 American comedy mystery film directed by K. Asher Levin for a screenplay by Amy Brown Carver and story she co-wrote with Levin. It stars Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Tyrese Gibson, Emile Hirsch, Dylan Gelula and Oliver Cooper.