Emile Davenport Hirsch is an American actor. He starred in Into the Wild (2007) and the A&E network simulcast miniseries Bonnie & Clyde (2013). His other film roles include The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002), The Mudge Boy (2003), The Girl Next Door (2004), Lords of Dogtown (2005), Alpha Dog (2006), Speed Racer (2008), Milk (2008), The Darkest Hour (2011), The Motel Life (2012), Lone Survivor (2013), and Vincent N Roxxy (2016).

Hirsch, who is of German-Jewish, English, and Scots-Irish ancestry, 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 M. Hirsch is an entrepreneur, manager and producer. He has an older sister, Jenny, and was raised in Los Angeles and Santa Fe, New Mexico, where he lived with his mother for several years.\n', '

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).\n', '

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