Jesse Adam Eisenberg (born October 5, 1983) is an American actor. He made his screen debut with the comedy-drama television series
Get Real from 1999 to 2000. After his first leading role in the film
Roger Dodger (2002), he appeared in such films as
The Squid and the Whale (2005) and
The Education of Charlie Banks (2007).
In 2008, Eisenberg was honored alongside
Olivia Wilde with the
Vail Film Festival Rising Star Award.In 2009, he starred in the comedy drama
Adventureland and the zombie comedy
Zombieland, for which he gained critical acclaim. He then played
Facebook co-founder
Mark Zuckerberg in
The Social Network (2010), for which he received a
Golden Globe and
Academy Award nomination in the Best Actor category. Since then, he voiced the lead role in
Rio (2011), and has filmed the adventure comedy
30 Minutes or Less (2011).
Early life
Eisenberg was born in
Queens, New York City, the son of Amy, who worked as a
clown at children's parties, and Barry Eisenberg, who ran a hospital and later became a college professor. He has two siblings,
Hallie Kate Eisenberg, a former child actress, and Kerri. He was raised in a
secular Jewish family that originated in
Poland and
Ukraine. Eisenberg grew up in Queens and
East Brunswick......
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