Jesse Eisenberg is an Academy Award nominated actor and an acclaimed playwright and author. Eisenberg’s film credits include Roger Dodget, The Squid and the Whale, Adventureland, Zombieland, The Social Network, Now You See Me, The Double, Night Movies, The End of Tour, American Ultra, Louder Than Bombs, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Now You See Me 2, Cafe Society, Justice League, The Hummingbird Project, The Art of Self-Defense, and Zombieland: Double Tap. He also stars in Resistance in which he plays the French mime Marcel Marceau in the incredible true story of his time in the French Resistance. Eisenberg has written four plays, including The Spoils, which recently completed a box office, record-breaking West End run. He also wrote and starred alongside Vanessa Redgrave in his play The Revisionist and in 2011, he wrote and starred in Asuncion. His play, Happy Talk, starring Susan Sarandon and Marin Ireland, opened at the Signature Theater in New York.
Born in New York, Eisenberg is a frequent contributor to The New Yorker, the author of the collection, Bream Gives Me Hiccups (from Grove Press), and the forthcoming novel, The Ziegfeld Files (for Audible).