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Jesse Eisenberg attending a press conference at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival.
Eisenberg at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival in 2023

Jesse Eisenberg is an American actor and filmmaker who has appeared in film, television, and stage. He began his career as a child with regular and understudy roles in Broadway and off-Broadway theater productions.[1][2] During his senior year of high school at the Professional Performing Arts School, Eisenberg starred in the independent comedy-drama film Roder Dodger (2002), which earned a nomination for the Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Performer.[3]

In 2005, Eisenberg appeared in Wes Craven's horror comedy Cursed and Noah Baumbach's drama The Squid and the Whale.[4] 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).[5] After leading the comedies Adventureland and Zombieland (both 2009),[6] 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).[7] He then starred in the Rio franchise (2011–present) and the Now You See Me film series (2013–present),[8] while working with Woody Allen on the romantic comedies To Rome with Love (2012) and Café Society (2016).[9] 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).[10]

Before starring in the television miniseries Fleishman Is in Trouble,[11] Eisenberg made his feature directorial debut with the comedy-drama film When You Finish Saving the World (2022).[12] He then wrote, directed, and starred opposite Kieran Culkin in the buddy comedy A Real Pain (2024), which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.[13] 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.[14] He has narrated numerous audiobooks and wrote several plays for the New York stage and the West End.[15]

Film

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Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2001 Lightning: Fire from the Sky Eric Dobbs Television film
2002 Roger Dodger Nick
The Emperor's Club Louis Masoudi
2004 The Village Jamison
2005 The Squid and the Whale Walt Berkman
Cursed Jimmy Myers
2007 The Education of Charlie Banks Charlie Banks
The Living Wake Mills Joaquin
One Day Like Rain Mark
The Hunting Party Benjamin Strauss
2009 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 Cheston
2010 Holy Rollers Sam Gold
Camp Hell Daniel Jacobs
The Social Network Mark Zuckerberg
2011 Rio Blu Voice
30 Minutes or Less Nick Davis
2012 Why Stop Now Eli Bloom
To Rome with Love Jack
Free Samples Tex
2013 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 Voice
2015 The End of the Tour David Lipsky
Louder Than Bombs Jonah
American Ultra Mike Howell
2016 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 scene
2018 The World Before Your Feet — Executive producer [16]
The Hummingbird Project Vincent Zaleski
2019 The Art of Self-Defense Casey Davies
Vivarium Tom Also executive producer
Zombieland: Double Tap Columbus
2020 Resistance Marcel Marceau
2021 Wild Indian Jerry Also executive producer
Zack Snyder's Justice League Lex Luthor Director's cut of Justice League
2022 When You Finish Saving the World — Director and writer
2023 Manodrome Ralphie
I'll Be Right There — Executive producer only [17]
2024 Sasquatch Sunset Male Sasquatch Also producer
A Real Pain David Kaplan Also director, writer and producer
2025 Now You See Me 3 J. Daniel Atlas Post-production [18]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
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[19]
2014 Modern Family Asher Episode: "Under Pressure"
2018 Žigosani u reketu Owner of an NBA club Episode #1.9[20]
2019 Live in Front of a Studio Audience David Brewster Episode: "All in the Family and Good Times"[21]
2022 Fleishman Is in Trouble Toby Fleishman 8 episodes

Theatre

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Year Title[22] Role Theatre Notes
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 David
2015 The Final Interrogation of Ceausescu's Dog Man Playing on Air Podcast
The Spoils Ben Pershing Square Signature Center
The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre 		Also playwright; Off-Broadway run
A Little Part of All of Us Joey Playing on Air Also writer, podcast
2016 The Blizzard Neil Podcast
The Spoils Ben Trafalgar Studios Also playwright; West End run
Oh, Hello Himself (guest) Lyceum Theatre Cameo during the #2much2na segment
2017 The People Speak Cast member Arie Crown Theater Part of the People's Summit[23]
Shoshana and Her Lovers — United Artists Theater Playwright and composer only; part of The 24 Hour Musicals: Los Angeles[24]
2019 Happy Talk — Pershing Square Signature Center
The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theatre 		Playwright only[25]
2024 Titanic Frank Carlson Encores! at New York City Center Cameo during the June 12 performance[26]

Audiobooks

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Year Title Role Notes Refs[27]
2004 The Gospel According to Larry Narrator [28]
Vote for Larry [29]
2005 Be More Chill [28]
2010 White Cat: The Curse Workers, Book One [30]
2011 Red Glove: The Curse Workers, Book Two [31]
2012 Black Heart: The Curse Workers, Book Third [32]
Colin Fischer [33]
2015 Bream Gives Me Hiccups: And Other Stories Also writer [34]
2018 The Paris Review (episode 9, "God") Frat Boy Podcast [35]
2020 When You Finish Saving the World Nathan Katz Audible original; also writer [36]

Bibliography

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Short stories and humor pieces

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  • "Marv Albert is my therapist". Shouts & Murmurs. The New Yorker. March 18, 2013.
  • "Men and dancing". Shouts & Murmurs. The New Yorker. 91 (14): 33. May 25, 2015.
  • "An honest film review". Shouts & Murmurs. The New Yorker. 91 (37): 57. November 23, 2015.

From The New Yorker

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Title Date of publication Department Medium
"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

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Title Date of publication Medium
"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

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Title Date of publication Publisher
Bream Gives Me Hiccups: And Other Stories September 8, 2015 Grove Press, New York[37]

Other

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Title Date of publication Notes
"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

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Title[22] Year of publication Publisher
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

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References

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  1. ^ Green, Adam (October 27, 2011). "Jesse Eisenberg: High Drama". Vogue. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
  2. ^ Schneller, Johanna (June 7, 2013). "Jesse Eisenberg: An actor who's learned to hide in plain sight". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on June 9, 2013. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
  3. ^ Oei, Lily (July 29, 2003). "IFP eyes 6 thesps for breakthrough kudos". Variety. Archived from the original on April 14, 2015. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
  4. ^ Fine, Marshall (August 26, 2007). "Jesse Eisenberg joins the adults in The Hunting Party". New York Daily News. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
  5. ^ Goldstein, Gregg (November 18, 2007). "Drug-dealing Jews inspire comic drama". The Hollywood Reporter. Reuters. Archived from the original on October 22, 2023. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
  6. ^ Balfour, Brad (December 1, 2009). "Jesse Eisenberg Becomes an Action Figure in Zombieland". HuffPost. Archived from the original on December 24, 2023. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
  7. ^ Travers, Peter (October 15, 2010). "The Social Network". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 22, 2024. Retrieved January 25, 2025.
  8. ^ Abrams, Natalie (March 16, 2016). "Now You See Me 2 trailer: Jon M. Chu answers burning questions". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
  9. ^ Denby, David (July 2, 2012). "That's Amore: To Rome with Love". The New Yorker. pp. 84–85. Archived from the original on June 29, 2012. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
  10. ^ "Jesse Eisenberg and Jeremy Irons Join the Cast of Warner Bros. Pictures' Untitled Superman/Batman Film from Director Zack Snyder". Business Wire (Press release). January 31, 2014. Archived from the original on July 3, 2014. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
  11. ^ Reoper, Richard (November 16, 2022). "Fleishman Is in Trouble slides some mystery into its satire of an upscale marriage gone bad". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on November 23, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
  12. ^ Zacharek, Stephanie (January 20, 2023). "Jesse Eisenberg Proves Himself a Thoughtful Filmmaker in When You Finish Saving the World". Time. Archived from the original on February 2, 2023. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
  13. ^ Rooney, David (January 20, 2024). "A Real Pain Review: Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin in a Film That Flows From Humor to Unexpectedly Affecting Places". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on January 23, 2024. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
  14. ^ "Jesse Eisenberg". Penguin Random House. Archived from the original on January 24, 2025. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
  15. ^ Brown, Mark (April 5, 2016). "Jesse Eisenberg to make UK theatre debut in The Spoils". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on April 11, 2016. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
  16. ^ "Marijuana And Threesomes: Films To Look Forward To At SXSW 2018". The Forward. Archived from the original on April 8, 2018. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  17. ^ Grobar, Matt (December 7, 2022). "Edie Falco To Topline Indie Comedy I'll Be Right There From Nurse Jackie Helmer Brendan Walsh; Charlie Tahan, Jeannie Berlin, Bradley Whitford & More Also Set". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  18. ^ Ridgely, Charlie (July 2, 2024). "Now You See Me 3 Release Date Confirmed". ComicBook.com. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
  19. ^ Dionne, Zach (April 16, 2012). "Jesse Eisenberg Has a Cameo in Aaron Sorkin's The Newsroom". Vulture. Archived from the original on March 13, 2013. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
  20. ^ "Holivudski superstar u seriji ŽIGOSANI U REKETU (FOTO)" [Hollywood superstar in the series Žigosani u reketu]. Espreso.rs (in Serbian). February 8, 2019. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  21. ^ Bennett, Anita; Andreeva, Nellie (December 11, 2019). "Woody Harrelson & Marisa Tomei Among 4 Returning For ABC's All In the Family Live Special, 3 New Stars Join". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  22. ^ a b "Jesse Eisenberg Theatre Credits". Broadway World. Archived from the original on August 9, 2016. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  23. ^ "All-Star Lineup of Actors, Musicians to Perform The People Speak at Conference in Chicago" (Press release). National Nurses United. June 5, 2017. Archived from the original on November 3, 2018. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
  24. ^ Czachor, Emily Mae (July 18, 2017). "Jesse Eisenberg had 24 hours to write a musical — and came up with 'four lesbian sisters'". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on January 5, 2025. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
  25. ^ Brantley, Ben (May 17, 2019). "Review: In Happy Talk, Susan Sarandon Escapes Into Amateur Acting". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on December 25, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2025.
  26. ^ Gans, Andrew. "Video: Watch Jesse Eisenberg Make Surprise Appearance in City Center Encores! Titanic". Playbill. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
  27. ^ "Amazon.com: Jesse Eisenberg: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle". Amazon.com. Archived from the original on September 24, 2016. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  28. ^ a b Eisenberg, Jesse; Vizzini, Ned; HarperAudio. Be More Chill: A Novel. HarperAudio.
  29. ^ Eisenberg, Jesse; Tashjian, Janet; Library, Listening. The Gospel According to Larry. Listening Library.
  30. ^ Black, Holly; Eisenberg, Jesse; Library, Listening. White Cat: The Curse Workers, Book One. Listening Library.
  31. ^ Black, Holly; Eisenberg, Jesse; Library, Listening. Red Glove: The Curse Workers, Book Two. Listening Library.
  32. ^ Eisenberg, Jesse; Black, Holly; Library, Listening. Black Heart: The Curse Workers, Book 3. Listening Library.
  33. ^ Miller, Ashley E.; Eisenberg, Jesse; Stentz, Zack; Library, Listening. Colin Fischer. Listening Library.
  34. ^ Eisenberg, Jesse; Eisenberg, Hallie; Sriram, Annapurna; Darke, Erin; Nissan, Colin; Studios, Audible. Bream Gives Me Hiccups. Audible Studios.
  35. ^ "9. God, Etc. (with Jesse Eisenberg, Benjamin Nugent, Rowan Ricardo Phillips, Kristen Dombek) from The Paris Review". www.stitcher.com. Archived from the original on February 9, 2018. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  36. ^ Egan, Elisabeth (August 2, 2020). "It's a Book. It's a Podcast. It's a Three-Act Play, in Your Ears". The New York Times. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  37. ^ Grove Press, New York NY (first ed. 2015) ISBN 978-0-8021-2404-3
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