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FOXNews.com - Found Aug. 19, 2008 Pop Tarts spotted everyone from Kayne West, Emile Hirsch, Jim Carrey and Jenny McCarthy to Jon Voight, Alicia Silverstone, Amanda Peet and... |
Celebrity Double-Take: Jack Black vs. Emile Hirsch
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Gear Live - Found Aug. 6, 2008 For today?s installment, we have Jack Black (at the March 2000 premiere of High Fidelity) on the left and Emile Hirsch (at the premiere of |
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Article Dashboard.com - Found Aug. 4, 2008 ... providing everything on a plate is synonymous to loving a child, Christopher McCandless (played by Emile Hirsch) grew frustrated by the lack... |
Kirsten Stays Connected to Emil-lion Guys
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POPSUGAR - Insanely addictive. - Found Jul. 18, 2008 Dunst supposedly followed Emile Hirsch to the Bowery Electric club all by herself . |
A Lord of Dogtown Re-Emerges
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New York Times - Found Jul. 29, 2008 Jay Adams, who was played by Emile Hirsch in "Lords of Dogtown," recently left jail and is living in a halfway house. |
Jim, Jenny, Kanye and the Boys Hop on the Pineapple Express
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POPSUGAR - Insanely addictive. - Found Aug. 1, 2008 ... the premiere including Daniel Craig, James Franco, Alicia Silverstone, Jonah Hill, Amanda Peet, Judd Apatow, Emile Hirsch and many others just... |
The Upkeep On Jennifer Aniston Is Ridiculous [Gossip Roundup]
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Gawker - Found Jul. 17, 2008 Before throwing herself at actress Drew Barrymore's ex, Justin Long, actress Kirsten Dunst followed actor Emile Hirsch to a club, by herself. |
The Dark Knight Falls on NYC
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POPSUGAR - Insanely addictive. - Found Jul. 15, 2008 Tons of more photos including Aaron Eckhart, Emile Hirsch, Ed Westwick and many others if you just read more |
Amanda and friends @ the Beach
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Film Experience Blog - Found Jul. 10, 2008 She just exudes need onscreen... whether it's the need to jump Emile Hirsch's bones or just the vague need for an undefinable something. |
Emile Hirsch Biography
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Emile Hirsch
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Emile Davenport Hirsch (born March 13, 1985) is an American television and film actor. He began performing in the late 1990s, appearing in several television films and series, and became known as a film actor after roles in Lords of Dogtown, The Emperor's Club, The Girl Next Door, Alpha Dog, and Into the Wild. In 2008, Hirsch starred in Speed Racer[1] and will appear in Milk with Sean Penn, his director from the film Into the Wild.
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Biography
Early life
Emile Hirsch was born in Topanga, California, the son of Margaret (née Davenport), a visual artist and teacher who designed pop-up books, and David Hirsch, an industrial consultant, manager, and producer.[2][3] His older sister Jenny introduced him to acting.[2] Hirsch was raised in Los Angeles, California, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he lived with his mother after his parents divorced.[2][4] He attended Paul Revere Middle School and the Academy of Music at Alexander Hamilton High School in Los Angeles.
Career
Hirsch began acting at the age of eight,[4] appearing in minor roles on television shows and made-for-television films, including Kindred: the Embraced; Sabrina, the Teenage Witch and NYPD Blue. He made his film debut with the 2002 drama, The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, where he starred opposite Kieran Culkin in the story of two Catholic school boys.[4] His next role was in the prep school drama, The Emperor's Club, which was released later in 2002. Both films received generally positive reviews, but performed only moderately at the box office.
Hirsch was subsequently cast opposite Elisha Cuthbert in the 2004 teen comedy, The Girl Next Door, and as a result gained recognition amongst teenage audiences. The Mudge Boy, an independent film that he had starred in before making Girl Next Door, was given a limited release in the summer of 2004. Hirsch next appeared in Imaginary Heroes, a drama about a dysfunctional family, which received a limited release in February 2005 but failed to reach a wider audience, despite mostly positive reviews.[5][6]
In 2005, Hirsch starred in Lords of Dogtown; the film, about a number of well-known skaters of the 1970s, was released on June 3, 2005, but ultimately performed poorly at the box office.[5][6] He subsequently appeared in Alpha Dog, a dark drama starring Bruce Willis and Sharon Stone in which he played a character based on real-life drug dealer Jesse James Hollywood; the film was shot in 2004 and released on January 12, 2007. Hirsch consulted with Hollywood's real life father before playing the role,[7] and has said that he felt "pretty afraid in my bones most of the time" while filming because of the film's raw characters and dialogue.[8]
Hirsch next played adventurer Christopher McCandless in Sean Penn's critically acclaimed adventure-drama Into the Wild, released on September 21, 2007. He lost 40 pounds for the role and was noted in reviews as a potential Academy Award nominee for the film, also receiving a Screen Actors Guild nomination for best actor.[4][9] Hirsch had the lead role in Speed Racer, which was released on Friday, May 9, 2008.[1]
Hirsch played gay rights activist Cleve Jones as a teenager in Gus Van Sant's 2008 Harvey Milk bio-pic Milk starring Sean Penn in the title role as slain San Francisco politician, Harvey Milk. The film is set in the 1970's.
He is presently co-starring in Taking Woodstock, based on a screenplay of Elliot Tiber's memoir "Taking Woodstock", adapted by James Schamus. The film is being directed by Academy Award Winning Director Ang Lee. His co-stars are Demetri Martin, Liev Schreiber, Imelda Staunton, Eugene Levy and Henry Goodman. The film is being shot in upstate New York and it is reported that it will be released sometime next year.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2001 | Wild Iris | Lony Brevard | |
| 2002 | The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys | Francis Doyle | |
| The Emperor's Club | Sedgewick Bell | ||
| 2004 | The Girl Next Door | Matthew Kidman | |
| The Mudge Boy | Duncan Mudge | limited release | |
| 2005 | Imaginary Heroes | Tim Travis | limited release |
| Lords of Dogtown | Jay Adams | ||
| 2007 | Alpha Dog | Johnny Truelove | |
| The Air I Breathe | Tony | ||
| Into the Wild | Christopher McCandless | ||
| 2008 | Speed Racer | Speed | |
| Milk | Cleve Jones | awaiting release | |
| 2009 | Taking Woodstock | TBA | filming |
References
- ^ a b Dicker, Ron (2007-09-16). "Two Postcards From Toronto: Evan Rachel Wood, Emile Hirsch Give Hollywood A Glimpse Of Its Future", Hartford Courant. Retrieved on 2007-09-16.
- ^ a b c McLean, Craig (2007-10-20). "Call of the wild", Telegraph. Retrieved on 2007-10-20.
- ^ Toppman, Lawrence (2007-10-21). "C`Wild' sets young star soaring", The Charlotte Observer. Retrieved on 2007-10-21.
- ^ a b c d Piccalo, Gina (2007-09-22). "Emile Hirsch comes 'Into the Wild'", Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on 2007-09-22.
- ^ a b "The Numbers.com". Emile Hirsch. Retrieved on March 16, 2006.
- ^ a b "Rotten Tomatoes". Emile Hirsch. Retrieved on March 16, 2006.
- ^ "Hirsch Talked To Fugitive's Dad For Film", Playfuls (2007-01-07). Retrieved on 2007-01-07.
- ^ Shuster, Fred (2007-01-06). "'Alpha Dog' has its day", San Bernardino Sun. Retrieved on 2007-01-07.
- ^ Levine, Stuart (2007-09-18). "Emile Hirsch is here to stay", MSNBC. Retrieved on 2007-09-19.
External links
- Emile Hirsch at the Internet Movie Database
- New York Observer Profile (2007)
- Interview with Emile Hirsch talks about his career, Into The Wild, and future projects
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Hirsch, Emile |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1985-3-13 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Topanga, California |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
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