I grew up in Queens and New Jersey. I started doing children's theater when I was seven to get out of school because I didn't fit in.

In 2004 Eisenberg was honored with the Vail Film Festival Rising Star Award. After his first leading role in the film Roger Dodger (2002) he appeared in the movies The Emperor's Club (2002) The Squid and the Whale (2005) and The Education of Charlie Banks (2007). He has two siblings Hallie Kate Eisenberg a former child actress who was once famous as the "Pepsi girl" in a series of commercials and Kerri.

Since then he has voiced the main character in the animated film Rio (2011) and starred in the comedy 30 Minutes or Less (2011). 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. Jesse Adam Eisenberg (born October 5 1983) is an American actor.