Jesse Adam Eisenberg\u00a0(born October 5, 1983) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received\u00a0numerous accolades, including nominations for two\u00a0Academy Awards, three\u00a0BAFTA Awards, and three\u00a0Golden Globe Awards.<\/p>\n
Eisenberg debuted on television with the short-lived comedy-drama \u00a0Get Real\u00a0(1999\u20132000). Following his first leading role in the film\u00a0Roger Dodger\u00a0(2002), he starred in films such as\u00a0The Squid and the Whale\u00a0(2005),\u00a0Adventureland(2009) and\u00a0Zombieland\u00a0(2009). He gained wider recognition for starring as\u00a0Facebook\u00a0founder\u00a0Mark Zuckerberg\u00a0in\u00a0David Fincher’s film\u00a0The Social Network\u00a0(2010), for which he was nominated for the\u00a0Academy Award for Best Actor. Eisenberg then starred in the\u00a0Woody Allen\u00a0films\u00a0To Rome with Love\u00a0(2012) and\u00a0Caf\u00e9 Society\u00a0(2016), the heist films\u00a0Now You See Me\u00a0(2013) and its\u00a02016 sequel, and independent dramas such as\u00a0The Double\u00a0(2013).<\/p>\n
He portrayed\u00a0Lex Luthor\u00a0in the superhero film\u00a0Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice\u00a0(2016) and had a lead voice role in the animated films\u00a0Rio(2011) and\u00a0Rio 2\u00a0(2014). In 2022, he starred in the\u00a0FX \/ Hulu\u00a0miniseries\u00a0Fleishman Is in Trouble. He made his film directorial debut with the black comedy\u00a0When You Finish Saving the World. He has since directed, written, and starred in\u00a0A Real Pain\u00a0(2024), which earned him a nomination for the\u00a0Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.<\/p>\n
Eisenberg has contributed pieces to \u00a0The New Yorker\u00a0and\u00a0McSweeney’s websites. He has written and starred in three plays for the New York stage:\u00a0Asuncion,\u00a0The Revisionist, and\u00a0The Spoils. He released his first book,\u00a0Bream Gives Me Hiccups: and Other Stories in 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jesse Adam Eisenberg\u00a0(born October 5, 1983) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received\u00a0numerous accolades, including nominations for two\u00a0Academy Awards, three\u00a0BAFTA Awards, and three\u00a0Golden Globe Awards. Eisenberg debuted on television with the short-lived comedy-drama \u00a0Get Real\u00a0(1999\u20132000). Following his first leading role in the film\u00a0Roger Dodger\u00a0(2002), he starred in films such as\u00a0The Squid and the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-98","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n