28 Facts About Emile Hirsch

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Emile Davenport Hirsch was born on March 13,1985 and is an American actor.

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Emile Hirsch's mother, Margaret Esther, is a visual artist, teacher, and pop-up book designer, and his father, David Milton Hirsch, is an entrepreneur, manager, and producer.

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Emile Hirsch 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.

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Emile Hirsch attended at Alexander Hamilton High School where he studied in the Music program.

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Emile Hirsch began acting on television roles in the late 1990s.

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Emile Hirsch starred in the Showtime original film Wild Iris, with Laura Linney and Gena Rowlands.

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Emile Hirsch made his film debut for The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys and next starred with Kevin Kline in The Emperor's Club.

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Emile Hirsch starred with Jeff Daniels and Sigourney Weaver in the limited release Imaginary Heroes.

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In 2005, Emile Hirsch starred in Catherine Hardwicke's film Lords of Dogtown about a group of skaters in the 1970s and their role in the birth of skateboard culture.

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Emile Hirsch played a character based on a real-life drug dealer, Jesse James Hollywood, in Alpha Dog.

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Emile Hirsch lost 40 pounds for the role, which earned him a Screen Actors Guild nomination for best actor.

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Emile Hirsch had the title role in the Wachowskis' Speed Racer, which was released on May 9,2008 and was a box office bomb.

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Emile Hirsch played gay-rights activist Cleve Jones in Gus Van Sant's biopic Milk.

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Emile Hirsch appeared in Ang Lee's Taking Woodstock, based on a screenplay of the Elliot Tiber memoir Taking Woodstock.

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Emile Hirsch then starred in the William Friedkin's 2011 southern gothic thriller Killer Joe.

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In 2012, Emile Hirsch starred with Penelope Cruz in Venuto al Mondo, a film by Italian director Sergio Castellitto.

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Emile Hirsch starred in The Motel Life, co-starring Dakota Fanning and Stephen Dorff, directed by the Polsky brothers.

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Emile Hirsch co-starred in the film Lone Survivor, based on the memoir of Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell.

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In May 2018, Emile Hirsch became the new voice for character James Lake Jr.

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Emile Hirsch continues to reprise the role of Jim in 3 Below, Wizards and Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans.

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In 2019, Emile Hirsch portrayed Hollywood hairdresser and Manson family victim Jay Sebring in the film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

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On October 25,2019, Emile Hirsch released his first album under Emile Hirsch called Mnemonic.

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Emile Hirsch has recently released five singles, "Remember Days When," and "Hard Hearts".

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In October 2013, Emile Hirsch's first child was born, a boy.

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The child's mother is a woman Emile Hirsch dated; however, they are no longer in a relationship.

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On February 12,2015, Emile Hirsch was charged with aggravated assault after attacking and strangling Paramount Pictures executive Daniele Bernfeld on January 25,2015, at Tao Nightclub in Park City, Utah.

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Emile Hirsch claimed he did not remember what had happened as the event happened when he was taking stimulants while inebriated.

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Emile Hirsch was fined $4,750, received 90 days of probation, and was ordered to undergo 50 hours of community service.