Emile Hirsch
{{short description|American actor}}
{{for|the painter|Emile Hirsch (painter)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Emile Hirsch
| image = Emile Hirsch TIFF 2012.jpg
| caption = Hirsch in 2012
| birth_name = Emile Davenport Hirsch
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1985|3|13}}
| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1996–present
| children = 1
}}
Emile Davenport Hirsch (born March 13, 1985){{cite web|title=Emile Davenport Hirsch 03/13/1985|url=http://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/emile_davenport_hirsch_born_1985_16867714|publisher=California Birth Index|access-date=January 30, 2014}} is an American actor. His portrayal of Chris McCandless in Into the Wild (2007) earned him acclaim and multiple award 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).
Early life
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.{{cite web|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=CaMarrIndex&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=1&msT=1&pcat=BMD_MARRIAGE&gss=ms_r_db&gsfn=Margaret&gsfn_x=XO&gsln=Davenport&gsln_x=XO&uidh=9yi&mssng0=David&mssng0_x=1&mssns0=Hirsch&mssns0_x=1 |title=Margaret Davenport - California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985 |publisher=Ancestry.com |access-date=May 12, 2014}}{{cite news|last=McLean|first=Craig|title=Call of the wild|work=The Daily Telegraph |date=October 20, 2007|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3668669/Call-of-the-wild.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3668669/Call-of-the-wild.html |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=October 20, 2007|location=London}}{{cbignore}} 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. Hirsch attended Alexander Hamilton High School where he studied in the Music program.{{cite web | url=https://www.hamiltonmusic.org/about/distinguished-alumni/ | title=Alumni|accessdate=May 28, 2023 }}
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 cinematic film debut for The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002){{cite news|last=Holden|first=Stephen|title=The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002) FILM REVIEW; Altar Boys Will Be Altar Boys, and They're Drawing Comics, Too|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B0DE4DF153CF937A25755C0A9649C8B63|work=The New York Times|access-date=June 14, 2002}} 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).{{cite news|title=The Numbers.com|work=Emile Hirsch|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/people/EHIRS.html|access-date=March 16, 2006}}{{cite web|title=Rotten Tomatoes|work=Emile Hirsch|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/p/emile_hirsch|access-date=March 16, 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051222202609/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/p/emile_hirsch/|archive-date=December 22, 2005}} 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.{{cite news|last=Levine|first=Stuart|title=Emile Hirsch is here to stay |publisher=Today.com |date=September 18, 2007|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/emile-hirsch-here-stay-wbna20593507|access-date=September 19, 2007}} Esquire said, "[Hirsch] creates a vivid, unforgettable character you at once admire and pity."{{cite news|last=D' Angelo|first=Mike|title=Actors of the Year - Page 6|url=http://www.esquire.com/features/the-screen/greatperformances1207-6|access-date=May 25, 2013|newspaper=Esquire.com|date=November 20, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020160059/http://www.esquire.com/features/the-screen/greatperformances1207-6|archive-date=October 20, 2012}}
Hirsch had the title role in the Wachowskis' Speed Racer, which was released on May 9, 2008{{cite news|last=Dicker |first=Ron |title=Two Postcards From Toronto: Evan Rachel Wood, Emile Hirsch Give Hollywood a Glimpse of Its Future |work=Hartford Courant |date=September 16, 2007 |url=http://www.courant.com/entertainment/movies/hc-sholede0916.artsep16,0,336017.story |access-date=September 16, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071123012812/http://www.courant.com/entertainment/movies/hc-sholede0916.artsep16,0,336017.story |archive-date=November 23, 2007 |url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite web |url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/archives/emile_hirsch_joins_oliver_stones_savages |title=Emile Hirsch Joins Oliver Stone's 'Savages' |publisher=Indiewire |date=April 22, 2011 |access-date=May 12, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429142059/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/archives/emile_hirsch_joins_oliver_stones_savages |archive-date=April 29, 2011 }}
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.{{cite web|last1=McNary|first1=Dave|title=Aubrey Plaza, Emile Hirsch to Star in Indie Comedy 'An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn'|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/festivals/aubrey-plaza-emile-hirsch-evening-with-beverly-luff-linn-1201981457/|website=Variety|date=February 8, 2017|access-date=February 8, 2017}}
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.
Music
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."{{Cite web|url=https://popcrush.com/emile-hirsch-mnemonic-music-interview/|title = Emile Hirsch Details His 'Weird and Sci-Fi' Debut Album 'MNEMONIC'| date=October 24, 2019 }}
Hirsch has released five singles, starting with "Remember Days When," (which he co-wrote with Foster The People's Mark Foster){{citation needed|date=July 2020}} and "Hard Hearts". He released "Prisoners" and "The Same Different" and then "Favors". 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 more singles over the course of a year, Hirsch released his second album called Denihilism on March 12, 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://americansongwriter.com/emile-hirsch-reaches-artistic-apex-with-second-record-denihilism/|title=Emile Hirsch Reaches Artistic Apex with Second Record, 'Denihilism'|date=March 12, 2021}}https://www.ottumwacourier.com/cnhi_network/emile-hirsch-drops-new-album-and-movie-all-in-1-week/video_751bd3fc-83d3-5b67-b2d3-b2b4ea895834.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210407113528/https://www.ottumwacourier.com/cnhi_network/emile-hirsch-drops-new-album-and-movie-all-in-1-week/video_751bd3fc-83d3-5b67-b2d3-b2b4ea895834.html |date=April 7, 2021 }} {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2022}}
Personal life
Hirsch is of German Jewish,{{cite web | url=https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/djnews/djn.2012.08.30.001/62 | title=August 30, 2012 - Image 62 }} 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. They are no longer in a relationship.{{cite web|url=http://uk.eonline.com/news/476868/emile-hirsch-is-a-dad-actor-welcomes-a-baby-boy-with-former-flame |title=Emile Hirsch Is a Dad! Actor Welcomes a Baby Boy with Former Flame |first=Brett |last=Malec |publisher=E! |date=November 2, 2013 |access-date=November 6, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/emile-hirsch-welcomes-baby-boy-valor-with-ex-2013211 |title=Emile Hirsch Welcomes Baby Boy Valor With Ex -- First Photo |work=Us Weekly |first=Nicole |last=Eggenberger |date=November 2, 2013 |access-date=November 6, 2015}}
= Assault charge =
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.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/02/emile-hirsch-charged-felony-assault-sundance-fight-1201372572/|title=Emile Hirsch Charged With Felony Assault In Sundance Fight|date=February 13, 2015}}[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-31451264 "Actor Emile Hirsch charged with Sundance assault"], BBC News, February 13, 2015 Hirsch claimed he did not remember what had happened as the event happened when he was taking stimulants while inebriated.{{Cite news|last=Clarke|first=Donald|title=Emile Hirsch on remorse, Bono's daughter and shooting an Irish western|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/emile-hirsch-on-remorse-bono-s-daughter-and-shooting-an-irish-western-1.3985177|access-date=August 9, 2020|newspaper=The Irish Times}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/emile-hirsch-guilty-assault-15-days-jail-1201571705/|title=Emile Hirsch Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Paramount Exec, Gets 15 Days in Jail|website=Variety|date=August 17, 2015}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/08/emile-hirsch-plea-deal-paramount-executive-assault-daniele-bernfeld-sundance-film-festival-1201500332/|title=Emile Hirsch Gets 15 Days in Jail Over Paramount Exec Assault at Sundance – Update|publisher=Deadline Hollywood|author=Dominic Patten|date=August 17, 2015}} (also cited by [http://www.ibtimes.com/emile-hirsch-gets-15-days-jail-probation-time-assault-paramount-vp-2058654 IBTimes]) Hirsch entered a rehab facility following the assault.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2016/1214/838946-emile-hirsch/|title='So sorry' Emile Hirsch breaks silence over assault|website=RTÉ.ie|date=December 14, 2016}}
Filmography
=Film=
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1996
| Abel | Episode: "Romeo and Juliet" |
| 1997
| Punk "Bernstein boy" | Episode: "Scaredy Dick" |
| 1997
| Lance Foster | Episode: "March in Time" |
| 1998
| Players | Adam Paprelli | Episode: "Con-Vivants" |
| 1998
| Brandon Elway |
| 1998
| Young Harry Houdini | Television film |
| 1999
| Jeremy | Episode: "Let's Dance" |
| 1999
| Darryl | Episode: "Sabrina, the Matchmaker" |
| 1999
| Walter Elliott | Episode: "A Day in the Life" |
| 1999
| Bryce Banks | Episode: "End Game" |
| 1999
| Profiler | Bryce Banks | Episode: "Grand Master" |
| 1999
| Marcello Parisi | Episode: "Voir Dire This" |
| 1999
| ER | Chad Kottmeier | 2 episodes |
| 2001
| Lonnie Bravard | Television film |
| 2013
| 2 episodes |
| 2018
| Jim Lake Jr. (voice) | 11 episodes |
| 2018–2019
| Jim Lake Jr. (voice) | 3 episodes |
| 2020
| Nick Jonas, Ron Weasley (voice) | Episode: "Petless M in: Cars Are Couches On The Road" |
| 2020
| Jim Lake Jr. (voice) | 9 episodes |
=Video games=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Voice role |
|---|
| 2008
|Speed Racer |
| 2017
|Henry David Thoreau |
| 2020
|Trollhunters: Defenders of Arcadia{{Cite web|url=https://www.nintendo-insider.com/wayforward-developed-dreamworks-trollhunters-defenders-of-arcadia-hits-nintendo-switch-this-september/|title=WayForward-Developed DreamWorks Trollhunters Defenders of Arcadia Hits Nintendo Switch This September|date=May 12, 2020}} |Jim Lake Jr. |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Award !Category !Nominated work !Result |
| 2003
|Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actor |{{Nominated}} |
| rowspan="2" |2005
|{{Nominated}} |
| Teen Choice Awards
|Choice Breakout Movie Actor |{{Nominated}} |
| rowspan="5" |2007
|Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | rowspan="10" |Into the Wild |{{Nominated}} |
| Gotham Awards
|{{Nominated}} |
| National Board of Review Awards
|{{Won}} |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists Awards
|Unforgettable Moment |{{Nominated}} |
| Detroit Film Critics Society Awards
|{{Nominated}} |
| rowspan="8" |2008
|{{Nominated}} |
| Online Film Critics Society Awards
|Best Actor |{{Nominated}} |
| rowspan="2" |Screen Actors Guild Awards
|Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |{{Nominated}} |
| Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
|{{Nominated}} |
| rowspan="2" |Teen Choice Awards
|Choice Movie Actor: Drama |{{Nominated}} |
| Choice Movie Actor: Action/Adventure
|{{Nominated}} |
| Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards
| rowspan="2" |Into the Wild |{{Nominated}} |
| Houston Film Critics Society Awards
|{{Nominated}} |
| rowspan="2" |2009
| rowspan="2" |Milk |{{Won}} |
| rowspan="2" |Screen Actors Guild Awards
| rowspan="2" |Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |{{Nominated}} |
| 2020
|Once Upon a Time in Hollywood |{{Nominated}} |
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|386472}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20071015030257/http://www.observer.com/2007/penn-s-good-boy New York Observer Profile (2007)]
- [http://www.esquire.com/features/the-screen/greatperformances1207 Actor of the Year]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090911130116/http://www.mensjournal.com/emile-hirsch Men's Journal 2009]
{{National Board of Review Award for Breakthrough Performance}}
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