Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1983-10-05 (Age: 43)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Jesse Eisenberg
Biography
Jesse Adam Eisenberg (born October 5, 1983) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received numerous accolades, including nominations for two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. Eisenberg debuted on television with the short-lived comedy-drama Get Real (1999–2000). Following his first leading role in the film Roger Dodger (2002), he starred in films such as The Squid and the Whale (2005), Adventureland(2009) and Zombieland (2009). He gained wider recognition for starring as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in David Fincher's film The Social Network (2010), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Eisenberg then starred in the Woody Allen films To Rome with Love (2012) and Café Society (2016), the heist films Now You See Me (2013) and its 2016 sequel, and independent dramas such as The Double (2013). He portrayed Lex Luthor in the superhero film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) and had a lead voice role in the animated films Rio(2011) and Rio 2 (2014). In 2022, he starred in the FX / Hulu miniseries Fleishman Is in Trouble. He made his film directorial debut with the black comedy When You Finish Saving the World. He has since directed, written, and starred in A Real Pain (2024), which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Eisenberg has contributed pieces to The New Yorker and McSweeney's websites. He has written and starred in three plays for the New York stage: Asuncion, The Revisionist, and The Spoils. He released his first book, Bream Gives Me Hiccups: and Other Stories in 2015.
Filmography (54)
Minions & Monsters
2026
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
2025
The New Yorker at 100
2025
A Real Pain
2024
Sasquatch Sunset
2024
Manodrome
2023
Thunder Rolls! The World of Blind Baseball
2023
Wild Indian
2021
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021
Resistance
2020
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
2019
Zombieland: Double Tap
2019
Vivarium
2019
The Art of Self-Defense
2019
