page_title: Jesse Eisenberg
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caption_attribution_description: English: Jesse Eisenberg at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International in San Diego, California.
context_page_description: Jesse Adam Eisenberg is an American actor, author, and playwright. He made his television debut with the short-lived comedy-drama series Get Real. Following his first leading role in the comedy-drama film Roger Dodger, he appeared in the drama film The Emperor's Club, the psychological thriller film The Village, the comedy-drama film The Squid and the Whale, and the drama film The Education of Charlie Banks. He is also known for playing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in David Fincher's The Social Network, which earned him nominations for the BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Academy Award for Best Actor, and for his role as Lex Luthor in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
  In 2009, Eisenberg had his breakthrough with starring roles in the comedy-drama film Adventureland and the horror comedy Zombieland. He also starred in Holy Rollers, which was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.
  His other films include the action-comedy film 30 Minutes or Less, the action-comedy film American Ultra, the Woody Allen films To Rome with Love and Café Society, and the heist film Now You See Me and its sequel Now You See Me 2.
context_section_description: Jesse Adam Eisenberg (born October 5, 1983) is an American actor, author, and playwright. He made his television debut with the short-lived comedy-drama series Get Real (1999–2000). Following his first leading role in the comedy-drama film Roger Dodger (2002), he appeared in the drama film The Emperor's Club (2002), the psychological thriller film The Village (2004), the comedy-drama film The Squid and the Whale (2005), and the drama film The Education of Charlie Banks (2007). He is also known for playing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in David Fincher's The Social Network (2010), which earned him nominations for the BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Academy Award for Best Actor, and for his role as Lex Luthor in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
  In 2009, Eisenberg had his breakthrough with starring roles in the comedy-drama film Adventureland and the horror comedy Zombieland. He also starred in Holy Rollers (2010), which was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival.
  His other films include the action-comedy film 30 Minutes or Less (2011), the action-comedy film American Ultra (2015), the Woody Allen films To Rome with Love (2012) and Café Society (2016), and the heist film Now You See Me (2013) and its sequel Now You See Me 2 (2016). Eisenberg also provided voice-work for Blu in the animated films Rio (2011) and Rio 2 (2014). In 2016, Eisenberg portrayed Lex Luthor in the superhero film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, then briefly reprised the role in 2017's Justice League, and in the upcoming Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021).
  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. Eisenberg's first book, Bream Gives Me Hiccups: and Other Stories, a short story collection, was released in September 2015.
caption: Eisenberg at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con promoting Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
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