Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 05, 1983
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Credits
88 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
The Debut
Minions & Monsters
Dort (voice)
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
J. Daniel Atlas
The New Yorker at 100
Self
Hell of a Summer
Thanks
Secret Mall Apartment
Executive Producer
A Real Pain
David Kaplan
I'll Be Right There
Executive Producer
Sasquatch Sunset
Young Male
Manodrome
Ralphie
Thunder Rolls! The World of Blind Baseball
Narrator
When You Finish Saving the World
Screenplay
Fleishman Is in Trouble
Toby Fleishman
Wild Indian
Jerry
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Lex Luthor
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Self - Contestant
Resistance
Marcel
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
David Brewster
Zombieland: Double Tap
Columbus
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Vivarium
Tom
The Art of Self-Defense
Casey
The Hummingbird Project
Vincent Zaleski
The World Before Your Feet
Executive Producer
Justice League
Lex Luthor (uncredited)
Quotidien
Self - Guest
Now You See Me 2
J. Daniel Atlas
Café Society
Bobby Dorfman
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Lex Luthor
DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League
Louder Than Bombs
Jonah Reed
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
American Ultra
Mike Howell
The End of the Tour
David Lipsky
Hot Ones
Self
Night Moves
Josh Stamos
The Double
Simon James / James Simon
Rio 2
Blu (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
Free Samples
Tex
Now You See Me
J. Daniel Atlas
He's Way More Famous Than You
Jesse Eisenberg
The Last Leg
Self
Addicted to Fame
Eric Dobbs (archive footage)
Why Stop Now?
Eli
The Newsroom
Eric Neal (voice) (uncredited)
To Rome with Love
Jack
30 Minutes or Less
Nick
Rio
Blu (voice)