Cast & creator
Jesse Eisenberg
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Late Night with Seth Meyers
Jesse Adam Eisenberg (born October 5, 1983) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received numerous accolades, including nominations for two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. Eisenberg debuted on television with the short-lived comedy-drama 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 2016 sequel, and independent dramas such as The Double (2013). He portrayed Lex Luthor in the superhero film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) and had a lead voice role in the animated films Rio(2011) and Rio 2 (2014). In 2022, he starred in the FX / Hulu miniseries Fleishman Is in Trouble. He made his film directorial debut with the black comedy When You Finish Saving the World. He has since directed, written, and starred in A Real Pain (2024), which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. 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. He released his first book, Bream Gives Me Hiccups: and Other Stories in 2015.
Also known as: Jesse Adam Eisenberg
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film credits
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television credits
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1944–2026 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (106)
Showing 106 of 106 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Daily Show
Self
1996
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Conan
Self
2010
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
Modern Family
Asher
2009
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
2003
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Minions & Monsters
Dort (voice)
2026
The One Show
Self
2006
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Quotidien
Self - Guest
2016
Hot Ones
Self
2015
Top Gear
Self
2002
The Last Leg
Self
2013
The Newsroom
Eric Neal (voice) (uncredited)
2012
Now You See Me: Now You Don't
J. Daniel Atlas
2025
The Oscars
Self
1953
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Lex Luthor
2016
Now You See Me
J. Daniel Atlas
2013
The Apartment
Self - Guest
2001
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Lex Luthor
2021
Justice League
Lex Luthor (uncredited)
2017
The Social Network
Mark Zuckerberg
2010
Penn & Teller: Fool Us
Self
2011
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Self - Contestant
2020
Now You See Me 2
J. Daniel Atlas
2016
Rio
Blu (voice)
2011
Zombieland
Columbus
2009
Zombieland: Double Tap
Columbus
2019
A Real Pain
David Kaplan
2024A Real Pain
Director
2024A Real Pain
Writer
2024A Real Pain
Producer
2024
Rio 2
Blu (voice)
2014
The Village
Jamison
2004
Fleishman Is in Trouble
Toby Fleishman
2022
Get Real
Kenny Green
1999
Sucré salé
Self
2002
The Debut
Todd
2026The Debut
Director
2026The Debut
Music
2026The Debut
Lyricist
2026The Debut
Songs
2026The Debut
Producer
2026The Debut
Writer
2026
Vivarium
Tom
2019Vivarium
Executive Producer
2019
Café Society
Bobby Dorfman
2016
Hell of a Summer
Thanks
2025
American Ultra
Mike Howell
2015
To Rome with Love
Jack
2012
Resistance
Marcel
2020
30 Minutes or Less
Nick
2011
The Hummingbird Project
Vincent Zaleski
2019
The Squid and the Whale
Walt Berkman
2005
The Double
Simon James / James Simon
2014
Night Moves
Josh Stamos
2014
Adventureland
James Brennan
2009
The Hunting Party
Benjamin
2007
The Emperor's Club
Louis Masoudi
2002
Louder Than Bombs
Jonah Reed
2015
The End of the Tour
David Lipsky
2015
Cursed
Jimmy
2005
The Art of Self-Defense
Casey
2019
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Self
2025
When You Finish Saving the World
Screenplay
2023When You Finish Saving the World
Director
2023When You Finish Saving the World
Author
2023
Sasquatch Sunset
Young Male
2024Sasquatch Sunset
Producer
2024
Camp Hell
Daniel
2010
Solitary Man
Daniel Cheston
2009
The Education of Charlie Banks
Charlie Banks
2007
The New Yorker at 100
Self
2025
DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League
2016
I'll Be Right There
Executive Producer
2024
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times"
David Brewster
2019
He's Way More Famous Than You
Jesse Eisenberg
2013
Why Stop Now?
Eli
2012
Free Samples
Tex
2013
Wild Indian
Jerry
2021Wild Indian
Executive Producer
2021
Beyond All Boundaries
Lt. Fiske Hanley / Sgt. Benjamin McKinney
2009
The Semplica Girl Diaries
Lightning: Fire from the Sky
Eric Dobbs
2001
Roger Dodger
Nick
2002
How Did They Ever Make a Movie of Facebook?
Self / Mark Zuckerberg
2011
Manodrome
Ralphie
2023
Holy Rollers
Sam Gold
2010
Secret Mall Apartment
Executive Producer
2025
The World Before Your Feet
Executive Producer
2018
One Day Like Rain
Mark
2007
Addicted to Fame
Eric Dobbs (archive footage)
2012
Some Boys Don't Leave
The Boy
2009
The Living Wake
Mills
2007
Becoming a Werewolf
Jesse Eisenberg
2005Becoming a Werewolf
Writer
2005Becoming a Werewolf
Director
2005
Teen Choice Awards
Self
1999
Thunder Rolls! The World of Blind Baseball
Narrator
2023