EMILE HIRSCH
AGE 22

BROKE OUT IN... 2002's independent Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (produced by Jodie Foster), in which he played a rebellious teen alongside Kieran Culkin.

WHY HIM The youngster has been disarmingly good in everything from Altar Boys and The Girl Next Door to Lords of Dogtown. With his stunning turn in Into the Wild last year and what's sure to be a heavy role in Gun Van Sant's upcoming biopic, Milk, Hirsch is gunning for Ryan Gosling's career.

WHAT'S NEXT The plum lead spot of the Wachowskis' Speed Racer movie, which hits screens on May 9.