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Hirsch at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival
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Born |
Emile Davenport Hirsch March 13, 1985 Palms, California, U.S. |
Residence | Venice, California |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1996–present |
Children | 1 |
Emile Davenport Hirsch (born March 13, 1985) is an American television and film actor, whose works include Wild Iris (2001), The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002), The Emperor's Club (2002), The Girl Next Door (2004), The Mudge Boy (2004), Imaginary Heroes (2005), Lords of Dogtown (2005), Alpha Dog (2007), Into the Wild (2007), Milk (2008), Speed Racer (2008), (2009), The Motel Life (2012), Savages (2012), Lone Survivor (2013), Prince Avalanche (2013), and the A&E networks simulcast miniseries Bonnie & Clyde (2013).
Hirsch, who is of German-Jewish, English, and Scots-Irish ancestry, was born in Palms, California. His mother, Margaret Esther (née Davenport), is a visual artist and teacher who designed pop-up books, and his father, David M. Hirsch, is an entrepreneur, manager, and producer. He has an older sister, Jenny, and was raised in Los Angeles, California, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he lived with his mother for several years.