Jesse Eisenberg

Known for ActingBorn 1983-10-05 (age 42)New York City, New York, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Sucré salé

Teen Choice Awards

Zack Snyder's Justice League

The Apartment

The Newsroom

Modern Family

Get Real

How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook?

Top Gear

The Social Network

Now You See Me

Fleishman Is in Trouble

Zombieland

Penn & Teller: Fool Us

Conan

The Graham Norton Show

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

The End of the Tour

The New Yorker at 100

The Emperor's Club

Resistance

Secret Mall Apartment

Zombieland: Double Tap

The World Before Your Feet

A Real Pain

The Squid and the Whale

Now You See Me 2

Beyond All Boundaries

Rio

The Art of Self-Defense

Now You See Me: Now You Don't

Saturday Night Live

Rio 2

The Double

Louder Than Bombs

Golden Globe Awards

Some Boys Don't Leave

Café Society

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Hunting Party

The Oscars

The Village

Adventureland

The Hummingbird Project

The Daily Show

Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

American Ultra