Curly haired and with a fast-talking voice, Jesse Eisenberg is a movie actor, known for his Academy Award nominated role as Mark Zuckerberg in the 2010 film The Social Network. He has also starred in the films The Squid and the Whale, Adventureland, The Education of Charlie Banks, 30 Minutes or Less, Now You See Me and Zombieland. Additionally, he played Lex Luthor in the 2016 film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Jesse Adam Eisenberg was born on October 5, 1983 in Queens, New York, and was raised in East Brunswick Township, New Jersey. His mother, Amy .
Older brother of Hallie Kate Eisenberg.
Has been playing the drums since he was age 8.
His mother is a professional clown who performed at childrens birthday parties in their hometown of East Brunswick, N.J. for 20 years.
His family is Ashkenazi Jewish (his ancestors came to the U.S. from Poland, Russia, and Ukraine).
Studied at The New School in New York Citys Greenwich Village. He applied and was accepted to New York University but declined enrollment to complete a film role.
Received his very first kiss from Jennifer Beals in Roger Dodger .
Played brother to real-life sister Hallie Kate Eisenberg in Holy Rollers .
Very good friends with Andrew Garfield.
Good friends with Justin Bartha.
Favorite film is Crimes and Misdemeanors .
Creator of OneUpMe.com - a wordplay website. He also owns Yugoslavio.com.
Despite his iconic portrayal of Facebook co-founder, Mark Zuckerberg , in The Social Network , Jesse himself does not have a Facebook account.
His character in Zombieland , at one point, expresses relief at not having to update his status on Facebook. Jesse did not know what a Facebook status was until a crew member explained it. The following year, Jesse played Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg.
Has played two real-life Harvard graduate students - Benjamin Strauss in The Hunting Party and Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network .
(January 2011) Working on Free Samples with Jess Weixler and Madison Leisle
He is the third Oscar nominated actor to play "Lex Luthor" after Gene Hackman and Kevin Spacey. He is the only one of the three not to have an Academy Award.
He is five months younger than Henry Cavill , making him the first actor to play Lex Luthor who is younger than the actor playing Superman.
He is first cousin with Jamey Eisenberg, famous Fantasy Sports Writer.
Good friends with his "Holy Rollers" co-star Justin Bartha, and attended Barthas marriage to Lia Smith.
Wrote a book of short stories titled "Bream Gives Me Hiccups & Other Stories", and cited the work of Simon Rich (a good friend of his) and B.J. Novak (whose best-selling short story collection was "One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories" as creative inspirations.
Has a role in Cursed alongside Michael Rosenbaum who portrayed Lex Luthor in "Smallville" .
Is one of four actors born in 1980 or after to have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. The other three are Ryan Gosling (two nominations) , the first to be nominated, as well as Eddie Redmayne (one win, one nomination) (born in 1982) and Andrew Garfield (one nomination) (born in 1983).
Lies are for adults who are sad in their lives.
The only way to be turned off to being famous is to be famous.
I grew up in a secular suburban Jewish household where we only observed the religion on very specific times like a funeral or a Bar Mitzvah.
