Born and raised in Montreal, Hirsh studied 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. In Canada, Hirsh is well known to TV audiences as the titular role of Dr. Josh Gould in the hit TV series Naked Josh (2004) (Showcase, Oxygen)), playing the love-able professor for three seasons. He starred as the hero (Jake Hersh) in the film adaptation of the iconic Canadian Novel St. Urbain's Horseman (2007) by Mordechai 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. He joined the cast of _Weeds_ (Showtime) for the whole final season as the witty and spiritual Rabbi Dave, Nancy Botwin's (Mary-Louise Parker) love interest and eventual husband. Prior to that, he starred as the sweet and funny nurse Ray Stein, alongside Jada Pinkett Smith and Michael Vartan in Hawthorne (2009) for several seasons. Hirsh can also be seen as recurring and guest starring on Touch, House of Lies, CSI: Vegas (2000), CSI: New York (2004), Flashpoint - Das Spezialkommando (2008), and Ghost Whisperer - Stimmen aus dem Jenseits (2005) among many. Looking forward to 2021, David will be starring in the Netflix Superhero series Jupiter's Legacy as Dr. Richard Conrad aka Blue Bolt. David splits his time between Los Angeles and Palm Springs. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Lina
