Jesse Eisenberg

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Jesse Adam Eisenberg (born October 5, 1983) is an American actor, playwright, and filmmaker noted for his frequent depiction of anxious, intellectually sharp protagonists in independent cinema and stage works. and The Squid and the Whale (2005), establishing a niche for portraying precocious, neurotic young men., followed by an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for embodying Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network (2010), a role that also earned him BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations. and voiced characters in animated features such as Rio (2011), while maintaining an output in theater, authoring and starring in Off-Broadway plays including Asuncion (2011), The Revisionist (2013), and The Spoils (2015)., for which he received the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at Sundance and a Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Screenplay.(

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Jesse Adam Eisenberg ( EYE-zən-burg; born October 5, 1983) is an American actor, playwright, and filmmaker. Recognized for playing smart but socially awkward characters in both comedies and dramas, his accolades include a BAFTA Award as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, and three Golden Globes. Eisenberg made his television debut with the short-lived comedy-drama series Get Real (1999–2000).

Following his first leading role in the film Roger Dodger (2002), he starred in films such as The Squid and the Whale (2005), Adventureland (2009) and Zombieland (2009). He gained wider recognition for starring as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in David Fincher's film The Social Network (2010), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Eisenberg then starred in the Woody Allen films To Rome with Love (2012) and Café Society (2016), the heist films Now You See Me (2013) and its two sequels (2016 and 2025), and independent dramas such as The Double (2013).