David Julian Hirsh
Actor · Born October 26, 1973 (53) · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
A Canadian Screen Award-winner and nominee, David was recently seen starring as superhero Blue Bolt/Richard Conrad in Jupiter's Legacy (Netflix). He's best known to audiences as Rabbi Dave Bloom in Weeds (Showtime), Ray Stein in Hawthorne (TNT), and Dr. Josh Gould in Naked Josh (Showcase). Born and raised in Montreal, Hirsh studied Law at McGill and majored in Criminology at The University of Toronto. He left school one credit shy of his degree to train as an actor at the Lee Strasberg Institute in New York. He has performed both On and Off Broadway. Hirsh also starred as the hero (Jake Hersh) in the film adaptation of the iconic Canadian Novel St. Urbain's Horseman (2007) by Mordecai Richler for CBC/BBC. Hirsh won a Canadian Gemini Award for producing the critically acclaimed Camp Hollywood (2004) - a film about the residents of dilapidated hotel in Hollywood. He was nominated for Best Actor at the Canadian Screen Awards for his role in Twist of Faith opposite Toni Braxton. Hirsh can also be seen as recurring and guest starring on Taken, House of Lies, CSI, Rosewood, and Grimm, among many. David splits his time between Los Angeles, Palm Springs and Canada.
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Biography from IMDb.
- October 26, 1973 (53)
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Actor
- 25 on MovieCove · 38 credits in all
What are David Julian Hirsh's films like?
Across their 9 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 6
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 2 · Dark 3
Grounded 6 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 2 · Charged 4 · Intense 1
Steady 3 · Shifting 3 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 0
A split, not a type: Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1
A split, not a type: Easy watch 2 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 3
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Allyas Mitch Bennett in The Surrogacy Trap (2013)
- Heroas Jacob Fisher in Twist of Fate (2013)
- Mentoras Rabbi Levi Cohen in Oy to the World! (2025)
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet5
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch David Julian Hirsh's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 21 of their 25 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (11).
Subscription and free streaming for David Julian Hirsh's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
38 credits, 25 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Trust Me, I'm a Doctor(2026)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Oy to the World!(2025)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Jupiter's Legacy(2021)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows
Sons of God (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Taken(2017)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all shows
Love Locks(2017)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Rosewood(2015)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows
Stalker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Twist of Fate(2013)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Motive(2013)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
The Surrogacy Trap(2013)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Touch(2012)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
House of Lies(2012)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
Grimm(2011)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
The Chicago 8(2011)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
The Trotsky(2009)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Hawthorne(2009)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows
St. Urbain's Horseman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Ghost Whisperer(2005)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all shows
Weeds(2005)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Heritage Minutes: Andrew Mynarski (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Noel(2004)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
CSI: NY(2004)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Naked Josh (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Coast to Coast(2003)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
Cold Case (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
The Dead Zone(2002)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all showsLeap Years (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Largo Winch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Twice in a Lifetime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Heritage Minutes: Frontier College (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
The Practice(1997)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Once a Thief (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Heritage Minutes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Heritage Minutes: Andrew Mynarksi (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 85th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 38 titles, 37 of them dated from 1991 to 2026; peak year 2011.
Film career
Peak 2011 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2002Screen debut· Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do David Julian Hirsh's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 59th percentile, the median of all 11; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 52nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up6
- 50th to 74th10
- 25th to 49th8
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
14 of their 25 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Cult Classic3
- Crowd Pleaser14
- Mixed7
Reviewers score the acting 68/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 44. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.