Jesse Adam Eisenberg (/ˈaɪzənbɜːrɡ/ EYE-zən-burg; 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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RevenueActing
Primarily2025 Now You See Me: Now You Don't as J. Daniel Atlas
2025 Untitled Jesse Eisenberg Musical Comedy Director, Screenplay, Songs
2025 The Semplica Girl Diaries
2025 Secret Mall Apartment Executive Producer
2024 A Real Pain as David Kaplan Director, Writer, Producer
2024 I'll Be Right There Executive Producer
2024 Sasquatch Sunset as Young Male Producer
2023 Manodrome as Ralphie
2023 Thunder Rolls! The World of Blind Baseball as Narrator
2023 When You Finish Saving the World Screenplay, Writer, Director
2021 Wild Indian as Jerry Executive Producer
2021 Zack Snyder's Justice League as Lex Luthor
2020 Resistance as Marcel
2019 Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" as David Brewster
2019 Zombieland: Double Tap as Columbus
2019 Vivarium as Tom Executive Producer
2019 The Art of Self-Defense as Casey
2019 The Hummingbird Project as Vincent Zaleski
2018 The World Before Your Feet Executive Producer
2017 Justice League as Lex Luthor (uncredited)
2016 Now You See Me 2 as J. Daniel Atlas
2016 Café Society as Bobby Dorfman
2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice as Lex Luthor
2016 DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League as Self
2015 Louder Than Bombs as Jonah Reed
2015 American Ultra as Mike Howell
2015 The End of the Tour as David Lipsky
2014 Night Moves as Josh Stamos
2014 The Double as Simon James / James Simon
2014 Rio 2 as Blu (voice)
2013 Free Samples as Tex
2013 Now You See Me as J. Daniel Atlas
2013 He's Way More Famous Than You as Jesse Eisenberg
2012 Addicted to Fame as Eric Dobbs (archive footage)
2012 Why Stop Now? as Eli
2012 To Rome with Love as Jack
2011 30 Minutes or Less as Nick Davis
2011 Rio as Blu (voice)
2011 How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook? as Self / Mark Zuckerberg
2010 14 Actors Acting as Self
2010 The Social Network as Mark Zuckerberg
2010 Camp Hell as Daniel
2010 Holy Rollers as Sam Gold
2009 Beyond All Boundaries as Lt. Fiske Hanley / Sgt. Benjamin McKinney
2009 Zombieland as Columbus
2009 Solitary Man as Daniel Cheston
2009 Some Boys Don't Leave as The Boy
2009 Adventureland as James Brennan
2007 The Hunting Party as Benjamin
2007 One Day Like Rain as Mark
2007 The Living Wake as Mills
2007 The Education of Charlie Banks as Charlie Banks
2005 The Squid and the Whale as Walt Berkman
2005 Becoming a Werewolf as Jesse Eisenberg Writer, Director
2005 Cursed as Jimmy
2004 The Village as Jamison
2002 The Emperor's Club as Louis Masoudi
2002 Roger Dodger as Nick
2001 Lightning: Fire from the Sky as Eric Dobbs