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Jesse Eisenberg

Jesse Eisenberg

Birthday: 1983-10-05 | Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

Jesse Adam Eisenberg (born October 5, 1983) is an American actor, director , producer, and writer. He made his television debut with the short-lived comedy-drama series Get Real (1999–2000). Following his first leading role in the comedy-drama film Roger Dodger (2002), he appeared in the drama film The Emperor's Club (2002), the psychological thriller film The Village (2004), the comedy-drama film The Squid and the Whale (2005), and the drama film The Education of Charlie Banks (2007). He is also known for playing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in David Fincher's film The Social Network (2010), which earned him nominations for the BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Academy Award for Best Actor. In 2009, Eisenberg had his breakthrough with starring roles in the comedy-drama film Adventureland and the horror comedy Zombieland. His other films include the Woody Allen films To Rome with Love (2012) and Café Society (2016), and the heist film Now You See Me (2013) and its sequel Now You See Me 2 (2016). He also provided the voice of Blu in the animated films Rio (2011) and Rio 2 (2014). In 2016, he portrayed Lex Luthor in the superhero film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. 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. His first book, Bream Gives Me Hiccups: and Other Stories, a short story collection, was released in September 2015.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
Wild Indian

as    Jerry

2020
Resistance

as    Marcel

2019
The Art of Self-Defense

as    Casey

2019
Zombieland: Double Tap

as    Columbus

2019
Vivarium

as    Tom

2019
The Hummingbird Project

as    Vincent Zaleski

2016
Café Society

as    Bobby Dorfman

2016
2016
Now You See Me 2

as    J. Daniel Atlas

2016
Louder Than Bombs

as    Jonah Reed

2016
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

as    Lex Luthor

2015
The End of the Tour

as    David Lipsky

2015
American Ultra

as    Mike Howell

2014
Rio 2

as    Blu (voice)

2014
Night Moves

as    Josh Stamos

2014
The Double

as    Simon James / James Simon

2013
Now You See Me

as    J. Daniel Atlas

2013
Free Samples

as    Tex

2012
Why Stop Now?

as    Eli

2012
Addicted To Fame

as    Eric Dobbs

2012
To Rome with Love

as    Jack

2011
Rio

as    Blu (voice)

2011
30 Minutes or Less

as    Nick Davis

2010
Camp Hell

as    Daniel

2010
The Social Network

as    Mark Zuckerberg

2010
Holy Rollers

as    Sam Gold

2009
Adventureland

as    James Brennan

2007
The Living Wake

as    Mills