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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 (1999â2000). 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 WoodyâŠ
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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 (1999â2000). 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 CafĂ© 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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Jesse Eisenberg's Filmography
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The Debut
as Todd Brennan
Minions & Monsters
as Dort (voice)
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
as J. Daniel Atlas
The New Yorker at 100
as Self
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
as Self
A Real Pain
as David Kaplan
Sasquatch Sunset
as Young Male
Manodrome
as Ralphie
Thunder Rolls! The World of Blind Baseball
as Narrator
Wild Indian
as Jerry
Zack Snyder's Justice League
as Lex Luthor
Resistance
as Marcel
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
as David Brewster
Zombieland: Double Tap
as Columbus
Vivarium
as Tom
The Art of Self-Defense
as Casey
The Hummingbird Project
as Vincent Zaleski
Justice League
as Lex Luthor (uncredited)
Now You See Me 2
as J. Daniel Atlas
Café Society
as Bobby Dorfman
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
as Lex Luthor
DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League
Louder Than Bombs
as Jonah Reed
American Ultra
as Mike Howell
The End of the Tour
as David Lipsky
Night Moves
as Josh Stamos
The Double
as Simon James / James Simon
Rio 2
as Blu (voice)
Free Samples
as Tex
Now You See Me
as J. Daniel Atlas
He's Way More Famous Than You
as Jesse Eisenberg
Addicted to Fame
as Eric Dobbs (archive footage)
Why Stop Now?
as Eli
To Rome with Love
as Jack
30 Minutes or Less
as Nick
Rio
as Blu (voice)
How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook?
as Self / Mark Zuckerberg
The Social Network
as Mark Zuckerberg
Camp Hell
as Daniel
Holy Rollers
as Sam Gold
Beyond All Boundaries
as Lt. Fiske Hanley / Sgt. Benjamin McKinney
Zombieland
as Columbus
Solitary Man
as Daniel Cheston
Some Boys Don't Leave
as The Boy
Adventureland
as James Brennan
The Hunting Party
as Benjamin
One Day Like Rain
as Mark
The Living Wake
as Mills
The Education of Charlie Banks
as Charlie Banks
The Squid and the Whale
as Walt Berkman
Becoming a Werewolf
as Jesse Eisenberg
Cursed
as Jimmy
The Village
as Jamison
The Emperor's Club
as Louis Masoudi
Roger Dodger
as Nick
Lightning: Fire from the Sky
as Eric Dobbs