Emile Davenport Hirsch (born March 13, 1985) is an American actor. He
is best known for portraying Chris McCandless in Into the Wild (2007).
Other roles of his are in films such as The Girl Next Door (2004),
Lords of Dogtown (2005), Speed Racer (2008), Milk (2008), Lone
Survivor (2013), and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019).Hirsch is of
German Jewish, English, and Scots-Irish ancestry; he was born in the
Palms section of Los Angeles. His mother, Margaret Esther (née
Davenport), is a visual artist, teacher, and pop-up books designer,
and his father, David Milton Hirsch, is an entrepreneur, manager, and
producer. 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 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 film debut in Peter Care's
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002) and next acted with Kevin
Kline in The Emperor's Club (2002).
is best known for portraying Chris McCandless in Into the Wild (2007).
Other roles of his are in films such as The Girl Next Door (2004),
Lords of Dogtown (2005), Speed Racer (2008), Milk (2008), Lone
Survivor (2013), and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019).Hirsch is of
German Jewish, English, and Scots-Irish ancestry; he was born in the
Palms section of Los Angeles. His mother, Margaret Esther (née
Davenport), is a visual artist, teacher, and pop-up books designer,
and his father, David Milton Hirsch, is an entrepreneur, manager, and
producer. 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 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 film debut in Peter Care's
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002) and next acted with Kevin
Kline in The Emperor's Club (2002).
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