Name: Emile Hirsch
Birth Name: Emile Davenport Hirsch
Birthdate: March 13, 1985
Birthplace: Topanga Canyon, Calif.
1-MINUTE RESUME FOR EMILE HIRSCH
Emile Hirsch made his acting debut at age 11 in an episode of TV's
Kindred: The Embraced and later,
Sabrina the Teenage Witch,
Third Rock From the Sun,
NYPD Blue and
ER. After appearing in several well-received but little seen films like 2002's
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys and 2004's
The Mudge Boy,
Hirsch gained notoriety in the indie world. But it was playing a kid
who falls in love with his porn-star neighbor in the teen comedy
The Girl Next Door
(2004) — which he initially resisted — that introduced him to
mainstream audiences. In early 2007, he played leading man Johnny
Truelove in
Alpha Dog, based on the real-life murder/kidnap story of Jesse James Hollywood, followed that with another indi,
Into the Wild and then as Speed in the fanboy fave
Speed Racer.
5 Things:
1. A body double was used for his nude scene in The Girl Next Door because he was only 17.
2. His father is an industrial consultant, his mother a pop-up book artist and his older sister an actress.
3. Starring in Lords of Dogtown wasn't a huge stretch; he's a skateboarder in real life, too.
4. He was the kid on TV's Project Greenlight that everyone wanted to cast in The Battle of Shaker Heights.
5. Marlon Brando 's performance in A Streetcar Named Desire inspired him to become an actor.
Quote:
"Sometimes I'm totally sure of myself, and other times I think I don't know anything. Confidence is very elusive."
— Interview, April 2004
FILMS
Alpha Dog - (2007) - Actor
Into the Wild - (2007) - Actor
The Girl Next Door - (2004) - Actor
The Mudge Boy - (2004) - Actor
Imaginary Heroes - (2004) - Actor
Lords of Dogtown - (2004) - Actor
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys - (2002) - Actor
The Emperor's Club - (2002) - Actor
Wild Iris - (2001) - Actor
