Jesse Eisenberg

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 starred in the adventure comedy 30 Minutes or Less (2011).


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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.[2][3] He has two siblings, Hallie Kate Eisenberg, a former child actress, and Kerri.[4] He was raised in a secular Jewish family[5] that originated in Poland and Ukraine.[6][7] Eisenberg grew up in Queens and East Brunswick Township, New Jersey, attending the East Brunswick Public Schools at Frost School, Hammarskjold Middle School, Churchill Junior High School, and spending his sophomore year at East Brunswick High School.[8]
Eisenberg struggled to fit in at school and began acting in plays at the age of ten, stating "when playing a role, I would feel more comfortable, as you're given a prescribed way of behaving."[9] Eisenberg studied contemporary architecture at The New School in New York City's Greenwich Village neighborhood. Originally, he had applied and was accepted to New York University, but declined enrollment in order to complete a film role.[10][11]
[edit]Career

Eisenberg's first professional role was in Arje Shaw's off-Broadway play, The Gathering. Eisenberg made his Broadway debut as an understudy in a 1996 revival of Summer and Smoke. He made his screen debut on the 1999 television series Get Real, which was canceled in 2000. In 2001, Eisenberg appeared in a Dr. Pepper commercial in the UK. After appearing in the made-for-television film Lightning: Fire from the Sky, he starred in the independent film Roger Dodger (for which he won an award at the San Diego film festival), and in The Emperor's Club, both of which were released in 2002 to generally positive reviews.
In 2005, Eisenberg appeared in Cursed, a horror film directed by Wes Craven, and The Squid and the Whale, a well-reviewed independent drama also starring Laura Linney and Jeff Daniels.[10] In 2007, he starred opposite Richard Gere and Terrence Howard in The Hunting Party, a comic thriller in which he plays a young journalist in Bosnia. In 2009, Eisenberg played the lead role in Adventureland, a comedy directed by Greg Mottola and filmed in Kennywood Park near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Filming ended in October 2007,[12] and the movie premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2009. In November 2007, Eisenberg was cast in the indie comic-drama Holy Rollers. He played a young Hasidic Jew who gets lured into becoming an ecstasy dealer. Filming took place in New York in 2008.[13] During the late 2000s, he also had roles in the independent films Solitary Man, playing Cheston, and Camp Hope, a horror film directed by George Van Buskirk.[14][15]
Eisenberg's breakthrough starring role was as the neurotic Columbus in Zombieland. The horror comedy, which paired him with Woody Harrelson on a roadtrip through an America that has fallen into anarchy after an outbreak of zombies, was a surprise hit. In 2010, he starred alongside Andrew Garfield in the role of Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg in the film The Social Network, for which he earned the Best Actor Award from the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures,[16] and nominations for Best Actor at the Golden Globes and Academy Awards.
On November 22, 2010, Eisenberg was honored, along with Whoopi Goldberg, Joycelyn Engle and Harvey Krueger, at the Children at Heart Celebrity Dinner Gala and Fantasy Auction, to benefit The Children of Chernobyl. Steven Spielberg is Chair of the event each year.[6] On January 29, 2011, Eisenberg hosted Saturday Night Live on NBC, with musical guest Nicki Minaj. During his opening monologue, Eisenberg was joined by Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg.
In 2011, he starred in the box-office animated hit Rio, as the main character Blu, a Spix's Macaw who learns how to fly, starring alongside, Anne Hathaway, his former co-star (and onscreen sibling) from Get Real, George Lopez, Jake T. Austin, Tracy Morgan, Jemaine Clement, Leslie Mann, Rodrigo Santoro, will.i.am, Jamie Foxx, and he contributed his singing voice for one of the songs in the soundtrack, called "Real in Rio". He also starred in 30 Minutes or Less, released August 2011.
Eisenberg is set to make his playwriting debut Off-Broadway in the production "Asuncion." Eisenberg will act in the play that will be directed by Kip Fagan. The play highlights two liberal-minded friends who have their minds opened by their new Filipina roommate.[17]
In 2012, he will star alongside Melissa Leo in Predisposed, a drama about a drug addict mother and her piano prodigy son[18] and in the romantic comedy The Bop Decameron.
Eisenberg plans to write for stage and screen.[19]
[edit]Personal life

Eisenberg is fond of cats and has been involved in fostering the animals.[20] He has mentioned that he has obsessive–compulsive disorder.[21]
[edit]Filmography



Eisenberg at the Zombieland world premiere at Fantastic Fest on September 25, 2009
Film and television credits
Year Title Role Notes
1999 Get Real Kenny Green TV
Nominated—Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Series – Young Ensemble
2001 Lightning: Fire from the Sky Eric Dobbs TV
2002 Roger Dodger Nick San Diego Film Festival Award for Most Promising New Actor
The Emperor's Club Louis Masoudi
2004 The Village Jamison
2005 The Squid and the Whale Walt Berkman Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Cast
Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Young Performer
Nominated—Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor
Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male
Cursed Jimmy
2007 The Education of Charlie Banks Charlie Banks
The Hunting Party Benjamin Strauss
One Day Like Rain Mark
The Living Wake Mills Joaquin
2009 Some Boys Don't Leave Boy short film
Adventureland James Brennan Nominated—Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Cast
Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Breakout Male (also for Zombieland)
Zombieland Columbus Nominated— Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Frightened Performance
Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie: Breakout Male (also for Adventureland)
2010 Holy Rollers Sam Gold
Camp Hope Daniel
Solitary Man Daniel Cheston
The Social Network Mark Zuckerberg Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor
Hollywood Film Festival Award for Ensemble of the Year
Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
National Board of Review Award for Best Actor
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor
Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Empire Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated—Indiana Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Irish Film and Television Award for Best International Actor
Nominated—London Critics Circle Film Award for Actor of the Year
Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Male Performance
Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Line from a Movie
Nominated—Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Palm Springs International Film Festival for Ensemble Cast
Nominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast
Nominated—San Diego Film Critis Society Award for Best Actor
Nominated—San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble Performance
Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated—Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Nominated—St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Teen Choice Awards for Actor Drama
Nominated—Utah Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble
2011 Rio Blu Voice role
30 Minutes or Less Nick
Saturday Night Live Himself Unknown
2012 Predisposed Eli post-production
The Bop Decameron filming

References from Wikipedia.com