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Jesse Adam Eisenberg was born on October 5, 1983, in Astoria, Queens, and grew up in East Brunswick, New Jersey, according to Wikipedia. He is known for playing smart, socially awkward characters, and his honors include a BAFTA Award and two Oscar nominations.
He made his TV debut on Get Real (1999-2000) and had his first lead film role in Roger Dodger (2002), then starred in The Squid and the Whale (2005), Adventureland (2009) and Zombieland (2009).
Playing Mark Zuckerberg in David Fincher's The Social Network (2010) earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor. He went on to Woody Allen's To Rome with Love and Café Society, the Now You See Me heist films, The Double, and the voice of Blu in Rio (2011) and Rio 2 (2014). He played Lex Luthor in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) and Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021).
In 2022 he starred in Fleishman Is in Trouble and made his directing debut with When You Finish Saving the World. He wrote, directed and starred in A Real Pain (2024), which won him the BAFTA for Best Original Screenplay and an Oscar nomination in that category. He has also written for The New Yorker and McSweeney's, written and starred in the plays Asuncion, The Revisionist and The Spoils, and published the humor collection Bream Gives Me Hiccups (2015).
At the 2026 BFI London Film Festival, he said his Razzie for Lex Luthor froze him out of studio roles and pushed him to direct, Variety reported. His musical comedy The Debut, with Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti, closed the festival. Read Jesse Eisenberg's Razzie pushed him to direct, and visit the Kieran Culkin hub.
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Our newest Jesse Eisenberg story, from October 19, 2026, is "Jesse Eisenberg's Razzie Pushed Him to Direct, and Look Where That Road Led": At his BFI London Film Festival Screen Talk, the Social Network star said his Lex Luthor Razzie froze him out of studio roles and sent him behind the camera. Three films later, the twist is a very happy one.
When You Finish Saving the World (2022), A Real Pain (2024) and The Debut (2026) (our story).
Yes, for Best Actor for The Social Network and for Best Original Screenplay for A Real Pain (Wikipedia).
Lex Luthor (Wikipedia).
