1983-10-05 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.
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Now You See Me: Now You Don't | J. Daniel Atlas | 2025-11-12 |
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The New Yorker at 100 | Self | 2025-08-29 |
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Sasquatch Sunset | Young Male | 2024-04-12 |
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A Real Pain | David Kaplan | 2024-11-01 |
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Manodrome | Ralphie | 2023-11-10 |
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Thunder Rolls! The World of Blind Baseball | Narrator | 2023-10-07 |
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Zack Snyder's Justice League | Lex Luthor | 2021-03-18 |
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Wild Indian | Jerry | 2021-09-03 |
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Resistance | Marcel | 2020-03-27 |
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The Hummingbird Project | Vincent Zaleski | 2019-03-15 |
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Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" | David Brewster | 2019-12-18 |
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Zombieland: Double Tap | Columbus | 2019-10-09 |
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The Art of Self-Defense | Casey | 2019-07-12 |
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Vivarium | Tom | 2019-09-07 |
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Justice League | Lex Luthor (uncredited) | 2017-11-15 |
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Café Society | Bobby Dorfman | 2016-05-11 |
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DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League | Self | 2016-01-19 |
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Now You See Me 2 | J. Daniel Atlas | 2016-06-02 |
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice | Lex Luthor | 2016-03-23 |
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The End of the Tour | David Lipsky | 2015-07-31 |
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American Ultra | Mike Howell | 2015-08-19 |
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Louder Than Bombs | Jonah Reed | 2015-10-01 |
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Night Moves | Josh Stamos | 2014-04-23 |
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Rio 2 | Blu (voice) | 2014-03-19 |
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The Double | Simon James / James Simon | 2014-04-03 |
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Now You See Me | J. Daniel Atlas | 2013-05-29 |
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Free Samples | Tex | 2013-05-31 |
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He's Way More Famous Than You | Jesse Eisenberg | 2013-05-10 |
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Why Stop Now? | Eli | 2012-08-17 |
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Addicted to Fame | Eric Dobbs (archive footage) | 2012-11-30 |
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To Rome with Love | Jack | 2012-04-20 |
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Rio | Blu (voice) | 2011-04-03 |
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30 Minutes or Less | Nick | 2011-08-11 |
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How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook? | Self / Mark Zuckerberg | 2011-01-11 |
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Camp Hell | Daniel | 2010-08-13 |
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Holy Rollers | Sam Gold | 2010-05-21 |
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The Social Network | Mark Zuckerberg | 2010-10-01 |
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Beyond All Boundaries | Lt. Fiske Hanley / Sgt. Benjamin McKinney | 2009-11-09 |
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Solitary Man | Daniel Cheston | 2009-09-07 |
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Adventureland | James Brennan | 2009-04-03 |
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Zombieland | Columbus | 2009-10-02 |
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Some Boys Don't Leave | The Boy | 2009-04-09 |
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The Hunting Party | Benjamin | 2007-09-03 |
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The Education of Charlie Banks | Charlie Banks | 2007-03-27 |
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The Living Wake | Mills | 2007-06-06 |
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One Day Like Rain | Mark | 2007-06-15 |
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The Squid and the Whale | Walt Berkman | 2005-10-05 |
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Becoming a Werewolf | Jesse Eisenberg | 2005-06-21 |
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Cursed | Jimmy | 2005-02-25 |
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The Village | Jamison | 2004-07-30 |
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The Emperor's Club | Louis Masoudi | 2002-11-22 |
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Roger Dodger | Nick | 2002-05-09 |
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Lightning: Fire from the Sky | Eric Dobbs | 2001-11-03 |
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Zombieland 3 | Columbus | |
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Untitled Jesse Eisenberg Musical Comedy | ||
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The Semplica Girl Diaries | ||
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Rio 3 | Blu (voice) |