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Jesse Eisenberg
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 Award…
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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 (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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2026
The Debut
Movie Todd
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2026
Minions & Monsters
Movie Dort (voice)
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2025
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
Movie J. Daniel Atlas
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2025
The New Yorker at 100
Movie Self
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2025
Hell of a Summer
Movie Thanks
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2025
Secret Mall Apartment
Movie Executive Producer
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2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Movie Self
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2024
A Real Pain
Movie David Kaplan
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2024
I'll Be Right There
Movie Executive Producer
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2024
Sasquatch Sunset
Movie Young Male
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2023
Manodrome
Movie Ralphie
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2023
Thunder Rolls! The World of Blind Baseball
Movie Narrator
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2023
When You Finish Saving the World
Movie Screenplay
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2022
Fleishman Is in Trouble
TV show Toby Fleishman
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2021
Wild Indian
Movie Jerry
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2021
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Movie Lex Luthor
More credits
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2020
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
TV show Self - Contestant
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2020
Resistance
Movie Marcel
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2019
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
Movie David Brewster
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2019
Zombieland: Double Tap
Movie Columbus
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2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV show Self
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2019
Vivarium
Movie Tom
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2019
The Art of Self-Defense
Movie Casey
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2019
The Hummingbird Project
Movie Vincent Zaleski
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2018
The World Before Your Feet
Movie Executive Producer
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2017
Justice League
Movie Lex Luthor (uncredited)
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2016
Quotidien
TV show Self - Guest
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2016
Now You See Me 2
Movie J. Daniel Atlas
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2016
Café Society
Movie Bobby Dorfman
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2016
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Movie Lex Luthor
- 2016
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2015
Louder Than Bombs
Movie Jonah Reed
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2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV show Self - Guest
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2015
American Ultra
Movie Mike Howell
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2015
The End of the Tour
Movie David Lipsky
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2015
Hot Ones
TV show Self
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2014
Night Moves
Movie Josh Stamos
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2014
The Double
Movie Simon James / James Simon
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2014
Rio 2
Movie Blu (voice)
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2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV show Self - Guest
