Jesse Eisenberg
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.
Born: 05 October 1983
Played In
Movie
Jun 2026
Minions & Monsters
Dort (voice)
Movie
Nov 2025
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
J. Daniel Atlas
Movie
Aug 2025
The New Yorker at 100
Self
Movie
Nov 2024
A Real Pain
David Kaplan
Movie
Apr 2024
Sasquatch Sunset
Young Male
Movie
Nov 2023
Manodrome
Ralphie
Movie
Oct 2023
Thunder Rolls! The World of Blind Baseball
Narrator
TV Show
Nov 2022
Fleishman Is in Trouble
Toby Fleishman
Movie
Sep 2021
Wild Indian
Jerry
Movie
Mar 2021
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Lex Luthor
Movie
Mar 2020
Resistance
Marcel
Movie
Dec 2019
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
David Brewster
Movie
Oct 2019
Zombieland: Double Tap
Columbus
TV Show
Sep 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Movie
Sep 2019
Vivarium
Tom
Movie
Jul 2019
The Art of Self-Defense
Casey
Movie
Mar 2019
The Hummingbird Project
Vincent Zaleski
Movie
Nov 2017
Justice League
Lex Luthor (uncredited)
TV Show
Sep 2016
Quotidien
Self - Guest
Movie
Jun 2016
Now You See Me 2
J. Daniel Atlas
Movie
May 2016
Café Society
Bobby Dorfman
Movie
Mar 2016
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Lex Luthor
Movie
Jan 2016
DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League
Movie
Oct 2015
Louder Than Bombs
Jonah Reed
TV Show
Sep 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
Movie
Aug 2015
American Ultra
Mike Howell
Movie
Jul 2015
The End of the Tour
David Lipsky
TV Show
Mar 2015
Hot Ones
Self
Movie
Apr 2014
Night Moves
Josh Stamos
Movie
Apr 2014
The Double
Simon James / James Simon
Movie
Mar 2014
Rio 2
Blu (voice)
TV Show
Feb 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
TV Show
Feb 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
TV Show
Feb 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
Movie
May 2013
Free Samples
Tex
Movie
May 2013
Now You See Me
J. Daniel Atlas
Movie
May 2013
He's Way More Famous Than You
Jesse Eisenberg
TV Show
Jan 2013
The Last Leg
Self
Movie
Nov 2012
Addicted to Fame
Eric Dobbs (archive footage)
Movie
Aug 2012
Why Stop Now?
Eli
TV Show
Jun 2012
The Newsroom
Eric Neal (voice) (uncredited)
Movie
Apr 2012
To Rome with Love
Jack
Movie
Aug 2011
30 Minutes or Less
Nick
Movie
Apr 2011
Rio
Blu (voice)
Movie
Jan 2011
How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook?
Self / Mark Zuckerberg
TV Show
Jan 2011
Penn & Teller: Fool Us
Self
TV Show
Nov 2010
Conan
Self
Movie
Oct 2010
The Social Network
Mark Zuckerberg
Movie
Aug 2010
Camp Hell
Daniel
Movie
May 2010
Holy Rollers
Sam Gold
Movie
Nov 2009
Beyond All Boundaries
Lt. Fiske Hanley / Sgt. Benjamin McKinney
Movie
Oct 2009
Zombieland
Columbus
TV Show
Sep 2009
Modern Family
Asher
Movie
Sep 2009
Solitary Man
Daniel Cheston
Movie
Apr 2009
Some Boys Don't Leave
The Boy
Movie
Apr 2009
Adventureland
James Brennan
Movie
Sep 2007
The Hunting Party
Benjamin
Movie
Jun 2007
One Day Like Rain
Mark
Movie
Jun 2007
The Living Wake
Mills
Movie
Mar 2007
The Education of Charlie Banks
Charlie Banks
TV Show
Feb 2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self
TV Show
Aug 2006
The One Show
Self
Movie
Oct 2005
The Squid and the Whale
Walt Berkman
Movie
Jun 2005
Becoming a Werewolf
Jesse Eisenberg
Movie
Feb 2005
Cursed
Jimmy
Movie
Jul 2004
The Village
Jamison
TV Show
Feb 2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
TV Show
Jan 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
TV Show
Jan 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Movie
Nov 2002
The Emperor's Club
Louis Masoudi
TV Show
Oct 2002
Top Gear
Self
TV Show
Jun 2002
Sucré salé
Self
Movie
May 2002
Roger Dodger
Nick
Movie
Nov 2001
Lightning: Fire from the Sky
Eric Dobbs
TV Show
Sep 2001
The Apartment
Self - Guest
TV Show
Sep 1999
Get Real
Kenny Green
TV Show
Aug 1999
Teen Choice Awards
Self
TV Show
Jul 1996
The Daily Show
Self
TV Show
Sep 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
TV Show
Oct 1975
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
TV Show
Oct 1975
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
TV Show
Mar 1953
The Oscars
Self
TV Show
Jan 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
Movie
The Semplica Girl Diaries