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Works by Jesse Eisenberg

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 Roger 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]

  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.
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