Emile Hirsch

Like I had said already Emile began acting in the late 1990's with small roles on television shows or made for televisons movies. He appeared in shows like 3rd Rock From The Sun, NYPD Blue , Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Two of a Kind, and ER.

Then came Wild Iris in 2001. Emile starred as Lonnie. He and his mom Iris (Laura Linney) are forced to move in with his granmother Min(Gena Rowlands) after his father commits suicide. His grandmother allows them to move into the family home temporarily and help with her bridal shop Bluebird Bridals. Eight years later Iris and Lonnie are still living "Temporarily" with his granmother it shows Iris's drinking problem and relationship with her mother.

In 2002 Emile stars in The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys opposite Kieran Culkin. It takes place during the mid-1970s in Savannah and it deals with two smart and rebellious boys, Francis Doyle and Tim Sullivan. They deal with hormones, boredom, and discipline-heavy teachers in their strict boring catholic school. Francis is a great drawer, whose imagination leads him to come up with a fictional universe of good and evil that fill his notebooks with comic book style drawings and he and his friends create superheros of their own. Francis and Tim create a secret comic book that depicts themselves as superheroes and their teachers as the villains. When the ultra-strict Sister Assumpta takes hold of their artwork one day, the boys become obsessed in seeking revenge and their lives forever change. 

The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys Movie Trailer

Also in 2002 Emile hirsch starred in The Emperor's Club. The movie is about William Hundert who is a passionate and principled Classics professor who finds his tightly-controlled world shaken when a new student, Sedgewick Bell (Emile Hirsch), walks into his classroom. What begins as a fierce battle of wills gives way to a close student-teacher relationship, but results in a life lesson for Hundert that will still haunt him a quarter of a century later.

Music Video of The Emperor's Club

In 2004 Emile starred as Eighteen-year-old Matthew Kidman in The Girl Next Door. His character Matthew is a straight-arrow over-achiever who has never really lived life that's until he falls for his beautiful and seemingly innocent neighbor, Danielle (Elisha Cuthbert). When Matthew discovers that the innocent "girl next door" is a one-time porn star, his goodie two shoes life begins to spin out of control. Danielle ends up helping Matthew emerge from his shell and discover that sometimes you have to risk everything for the person you love, as he helps her rediscover her innocence. It's a funny teen sex comedy but at the same time it has it's innocence it's not the typical teen comedy. I really recommend it.

The Girl Next Door Movie Trailer

Also in 2004 Emile does some very brave acting in the movie The Mudge Boy. He stars as Duncan Mudge who is a sort of an outcast in his town. He and his mom are very close but one day his mom suddenly passes away and  Duncan finds himself unable to deal with her death and starts to mimic her voice, wearing her fur coat to bed and carrying her pet chicken with him everywhere. His father, Edgar (Richard Jenkins), is offended by his bizarre behavior and starts to manipulate his son by laying down new rules and turning him into someone more masculine. Duncan makes himself the target of ridicule among the local teens and finds a friend in Perry (Tom Guiry), the oldest member of the "Townies." After convincing his friends to accept Duncan, bits of Perry's personality surface, threatening to destroy their relationship when the lines between friendship and love are crossed. I think his acting in this movie is great and very brave because of some very strong scenes. This shows he is very talented and is able to take serious roles.

A Clip from The Mudge Boy

Keeping a busy schedule Emile stars as troubled teen Tim Travis in Imaginary Heroes. The movie starts off with family tragedy, the Travises lifes change completely and Tim who was the black sheep of the family is suddendly center of attention. His father Ben (Jeff Daniels) begins treating his wife and children like strangers and completely disengages from the world around him, while his mother Sandy (Sigourney Weaver) takes to smoking pot and letting loose with all the considerable sarcasm she can muster. Meanwhile, she wages a bitter feud with the next-door neighbor over carefully concealed secrets that threaten to tear the family apart. A the end the secret is reavealed and Tim finds out why he always felt like he didn't belong to his family. I seriosuly love his acting here 

Imaginary Heroes Movie Trailer

Still keeping his schedule busy in 2005 Emile starred in Lords of Dogtown a movie based on the true story of the legendary Z-Boys who were revolutionary elements to the art of vert skating. They lived in the rough streets of "Dogtown" in Venice, California. They used their aggressive wave-riding moves and death-defying surf skills and applied it to skating. The Z-Boys were mostly teens with tough lives and rough attitudes that became local legends. They turned empty pools into arenas of extreme skate boarding they would come up with moves never seen before that consists of what we call nowadays "extreme sports". He starred as Jay Adams which is said to have been "the original seed" that sprouted vert skateboarding. Emile did a great job playing this role and really got into character I really recommend this movie for everyone specially ones who enjoy the art of skating.

Lords of Dogtown Movie Trailer

Alpha Dog bearly came out in theaters on January 12th and its still in theaters nation wide. The movie is based on the true story of Jesse James Hollywood but in the movie they chenge the characters names. Emile plays the role of Johnny Truelove aka Jesse James Hollywood who was a Los Angeles drug dealer. He comes from a good family, owns his home, several cars and enjoys partying with his friends. Johnny is 19. When his friend Jake welches on a debt, Johnny and his friends kidnap Jake's 15-year-old brother Butch and hold him as a marker. Even though Butch has numerous chances to escape, he doesn't. He's enjoying partying with them, losing his virginity and having a good time until something goes wrong.

Alpha Dog Movie Trailer

In 2007 Emile starred in a film called Into the Wild. He portrayed the true story of Christopher McCandless, who graduated from college in 1992, abandoned his possessions and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness and return to nature. He died four months later in an abandoned bus at a remote campsite. The movie dealt with the events leading to his death. It came out October 19 of 2007 with great reviews and made Emile Hirsch grow as an actore.  For any pf you who are interested theres a book about McCandless story its called Into The Wild written by Jon Krakauer.

In 2008 Emile participated in The Air I Breathe. Emile played the role of Tony. The film was release in January of 2008. The basis for The Air I breathe sealt with an ancient Chinese proverb that breaks life down into four emotional cornerstones-- happiness, pleasure, sorrow and love.

The Air I Breathe Trailer