Jesse Eisenberg is an American actor, playwright, and filmmaker known for his work on stage and screen. He began his career as a child with regular and understudy roles in Broadway and off-Broadway theater productions. During his senior year of high school at the Professional Performing Arts School, Eisenberg starred in the independent comedy-drama film Roger Dodger (2002), which earned a nomination for the Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Performer.
In 2005, Eisenberg appeared in Wes Craven's horror comedy Cursed and Noah Baumbach's drama The Squid and the Whale. He starred opposite Richard Gere and Terrence Howard as a young Hasidic Jewish man involved in the ecstasy smuggling trade in the comic thriller The Hunting Party (2007). After leading the comedies Adventureland and Zombieland (both 2009), Eisenberg was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in David Fincher's The Social Network (2010). He then starred in the Rio franchise (2011–present) and the Now You See Me film series (2013–present), while working with Woody Allen on the romantic comedies To Rome with Love (2012) and Café Society (2016). He later portrayed Lex Luthor in the superhero films Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016), Justice League (2017), and Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021).
Before starring in the television miniseries Fleishman Is in Trouble, Eisenberg made his feature directorial debut with the comedy-drama film When You Finish Saving the World (2022). He then wrote, directed, and starred opposite Kieran Culkin in the buddy comedy A Real Pain (2024), which earned him a BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay as well as nomination for the Academy Award in the same category. In literature, Eisenberg is a contributing writer for The New Yorker and Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern; his humor essays have also appeared in Harper's Magazine and The New York Times. He has narrated numerous audiobooks and wrote several plays for the New York stage and the West End.
Film
Year Title Role Notes Ref. 2001 Lightning: Fire from the Sky Eric Dobbs Television film2002 Roger Dodger Nick The Emperor's Club Louis Masoudi 2004 The Village Jamison2005 The Squid and the Whale Walt Berkman Cursed Jimmy Myers2007 The Education of Charlie Banks Charlie Banks The Living Wake Mills Joaquin One Day Like Rain Mark The Hunting Party Benjamin Strauss2009 Some Boys Don't Leave Boy Short film Adventureland James Brennan Beyond All Boundaries Lt. Fiske Hanley / Sgt. Benjamin McKinney Voice, short film Zombieland Columbus Solitary Man Daniel Cheston2010 Holy Rollers Sam Gold Camp Hell Daniel Jacobs The Social Network Mark Zuckerberg2011 Rio Blu Voice 30 Minutes or Less Nick Davis2012 Why Stop Now Eli Bloom To Rome with Love Jack Free Samples Tex2013 He's Way More Famous Than You Himself Cameo Now You See Me J. Daniel Atlas Night Moves Josh Stamos The Double Simon James / James Simon 2014 Rio 2 Blu Voice2015 The End of the Tour David Lipsky Louder Than Bombs Jonah American Ultra Mike Howell2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Lex Luthor Café Society Bobby Dorfman Now You See Me 2 J. Daniel Atlas 2017 Justice League Lex Luthor Cameo, post-credits scene2018 The Hummingbird Project Vincent Zaleski2019 The Art of Self-Defense Casey Davies Vivarium Tom Also executive producer Zombieland: Double Tap Columbus 2020 Resistance Marcel Marceau2021 Wild Indian Jerry Also executive producer Zack Snyder's Justice League Lex Luthor Director's cut of Justice League 2023 Manodrome Ralphie2024 Sasquatch Sunset Male Sasquatch Also producer A Real Pain David Kaplan Also director, writer and producer 2025 Now You See Me: Now You Don't J. Daniel Atlas2026 Minions & Monsters Dort Voice The Debut Todd Also director, writer and producer
Filmmaking credits YearTitleWorkNoteRef.DirectorWriterProducer2018The World Before Your Feet2022When You Finish Saving the World2023I'll Be Right There2024A Real PainSecret Mall Apartment2026The Debut
Television Year Title Role NotesRef. 1999–2000 Get Real Kenny Green 22 episodes 2011 Saturday Night Live Himself (host) Episode: "Jesse Eisenberg / Nicki Minaj" 2012 The Newsroom Eric Neal (voice) Episode: "We Just Decided To", uncredited 2014 Modern Family Asher Episode: "Under Pressure" 2018 игосани у рекету|Žigosani u reketu| Owner of an NBA club | Episode #1.9
| 2019 | Live in Front of a Studio Audience| David Brewster | Episode: "All in the Family and Good Times"
| 2022 | Fleishman Is in Trouble'' Toby Fleishman 8 episodes
Theatre Year Title Role Theatre NotesRef. 1996 Summer and Smoke Young John (understudy) Criterion Center Stage Right 1999 The Gathering Michael Playhouse 91 Credited as Jesse Adam Eisenberg 2005 Orphans Phillip Greenway Court Theatre Workshop production 2007 Scarcity Billy Linda Gross Theater 2011 Asuncion Edgar Cherry Lane Theatre Also playwright 2013 The Revisionist David2015 The Final Interrogation of Ceausescu's Dog Man Playing on Air Podcast The Spoils Ben Pershing Square Signature CenterThe Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre Also playwright, Off-Broadway run A Little Part of All of Us Joey Playing on Air Also writer, podcast2016 The Blizzard Neil Podcast The Spoils Ben Trafalgar Studios Also playwright, West End debut Oh, Hello Himself (guest) Lyceum Theatre Cameo during the #2much2na segment2017 The People Speak Cast member Arie Crown Theater Part of the People's Summit Shoshana and Her Lovers United Artists Theater Playwright and composer only, part of The 24 Hour Musicals: Los Angeles 2019 Happy Talk Pershing Square Signature CenterThe Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre Playwright only 2024 Titanic Frank Carlson Encores! at New York City Center Cameo during the June 12 performance
Audiobooks Year Title Role Notes Ref. 2004 The Gospel According to Larry Narrator Vote for Larry 2005 Be More Chill 2010 White Cat: The Curse Workers, Book One 2011 Red Glove: The Curse Workers, Book Two 2012 Black Heart: The Curse Workers, Book Third Colin Fischer 2015 Bream Gives Me Hiccups: And Other Stories Also writer 2018 The Paris Review (episode 9, "God") Frat Boy Podcast 2020 When You Finish Saving the World Nathan Katz Audible original, also writer
Bibliography Short stories and humor pieces
From The New Yorker Title Date of publicationDepartmentMediumRef. "I Didn't Win Any Pulitzer Prizes This Year" April 17, 2013 Daily Shouts Web "A Marriage Counselor Tries to Heckle at a Knicks Game" April 25, 2013 "Separation-Anxiety Sleepaway Camp" July 1, 2013 Shouts & Murmurs Print "My Mother Explains the Ballet to Me" July 10, 2013 Daily Shouts Web "A Short Story Written with Thought-To-Text Technology" August 15, 2013 "A Bully Does His Research" September 9, 2013 "Final Conversations at Pompeii" October 7, 2013 Shouts & Murmurs Print "If I Was Fluent In ..." January 13, 2014 "Carmelo Anthony and I Debrief Our Friends After a Pickup Game at the YMCA" June 10, 2014 Daily Shouts Web "My Nephew Has Some Questions" September 1, 2015 "Why I Broke Up with the Little Mermaid" February 12, 2016 "My Cousin Recently Became a Realtor" May 19, 2016 "Low Talk in High Places"December 11, 2016 "You Never Really Know" January 16, 2017 Shouts & Murmurs "My N.B.A. Knowledge Comes In Handy" May 14, 2018 Print
From McSweeney's Title Date of publicationMediumRef. "Manageable Tongue Twisters" November 30, 2009 Web "Marxist-Socialist Jokes" February 24, 2010 "A Post Gender Normative Man Tries to Pick Up a Woman at a Bar" December 28, 2011 "Jeremy Lin Has Helped Me Through Some Pretty Tough Times" February 15, 2012 "Bream Gives Me Hiccups: Restaurant Reviews from a Privileged Nine-Year-Old: Masgouf" June 6, 2012 "Bream Gives Me Hiccups: Restaurant Reviews from a Privileged Nine-Year-Old: The Whiskey Blue Bar at the W Hotel" July 9, 2012 "Bream Gives Me Hiccups: Restaurant Reviews from a Privileged Nine-Year-Old: Tcby" August 1, 2012 "Bream Gives Me Hiccups: Restaurant Reviews from a Privileged Nine-Year-Old: Robert Frost Elementary School Cafeteria" August 20, 2012 "Bream Gives Me Hiccups: Restaurant Reviews from a Privileged Nine-Year-Old: Organix vs. the San Gennaro Street Festival" October 2, 2012 "Bream Gives Me Hiccups: Restaurant Reviews from a Privileged Nine-Year-Old: Thanksgiving With Vegans" November 11, 2012 "Body Rituals Among the Lauxesortem" December 11, 2012 "Bream Gives Me Hiccups: Restaurant Reviews from a Privileged Nine-Year-Old: Matthew's House" February 22, 2013 "Bream Gives Me Hiccups: Restaurant Reviews from a Privileged Nine-Year-Old: Fuddruckers and an Unreliable New Friend" June 3, 2013 "Bream Gives Me Hiccups: Restaurant Reviews from a Privileged Nine-Year-Old: A Crawfish Boil and Dad's New Family" August 6, 2013 "A Post Gender Normative Woman Tries to Pick Up a Man at a Bar" October 2, 2013 "Bream Gives Me Hiccups: Restaurant Reviews from a Privileged Nine-Year-Old: The Museum of Natural History and Making Compromises" November 1, 2013 "Alexander Graham Bell's First Five Phone Calls" November 12, 2013 "Bream Gives Me Hiccups: Restaurant Reviews from a Privileged Nine-Year-Old: The Ashram and Mom" December 12, 2013 "Bream Gives Me Hiccups: Restaurant Reviews from a Privileged Nine-Year-Old: Sushi Nozawa" September 17, 2015 "Self-Deprecating Heroes" November 4, 2016
Collections Title Date of publication PublisherRef. Bream Gives Me Hiccups: And Other Stories September 8, 2015 Grove Press, New YorkGrove Press, New York NY (first ed. 2015)
Other Title Date of publication NotesRef. "What if I hadn't written that fan letter to Dan Majerle in April 1993?" May 2018 Published in Upon Further Review, a collection of sports what-if short stories compiled by editor Mike Pesca
Plays Title Year of publication PublisherRef. Asuncion 2011 Dramatists Play Service, New York The Revisionist 2013 Grove Press, New York The Spoils 2015 A Little Part of All of Us Playing on Air
See also List of awards and nominations received by Jesse Eisenberg
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