Jesse Eisenberg

Eisenberg in 2011, photo by PrPhotos.com
Birth Name: Jesse Adam Eisenberg
Place of Birth: Queens, New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of Birth: October 5, 1983
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Jesse Eisenberg is an American actor, author, playwright, and humourist. He played Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in the film The Social Network (2010), and was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for the performance. His roles also include Zombieland, and its sequel, The Squid and the Whale, Now You See Me, The End of the Tour, Adventureland, and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
Jesse is the son of Amy, a professional clown, and Barry Eisenberg, a college professor. His parents are both Jewish. His sisters are Kerri and former actress Hallie Eisenberg. Jesse is married to Anna Strout, with whom he has one child. Anna is also Jewish.
Jesse has said:
[while not raised in a religious home], I found my Judaism through cultural things like comedy, social justice work, stuff that I didn’t associate with the religion but is inherent in it and is practiced by Jewish people in modern life… Like many Jews, I found my own way to being Jewish. It’s a religion of curious, questioning people, and there are as many ways of practicing it as there are Jews.
One of Jesse’s paternal great-grandfathers was named Sam Eisenberg. He was from Poland.
Jesse’s maternal grandfather was Joseph “Joe” Fishman (the son of Isadore/Isador Fishman and Dora/”Nora” Greenblatt/Nesenblatt). Joseph was born in New York, to parents who were Russian Jews.
Jesse’s maternal grandmother was Renee Mendelsohn (the daughter of Hyman “Herman” Mendelsohn and Yetta Tarkon). Renee was born in New York, to Jewish emigrant parents. The 1930 U.S. Census lists Hyman as born in Poland and Yetta as born in Russia, while the 1940 U.S. Census states that Hyman and Yetta were both born in Russia.
Sources: Genealogy of Jesse Eisenberg (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://www.geni.com
Jesse’s maternal grandfather, Joseph “Joe” Fishman, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Jesse’s maternal grandmother, Renee Mendelsohn, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Renee Mendelsohn on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
He was great in Zombieland. xD
off-topic:
there is an actor of Danish descent, with a surname similar to SkarsgĂ„rd, who played a Jewish character in “An Education”. He’s Peter Sarsgaard.
she cheated on Carey Mulligan in that movie
he*
sorry
there seems to be a wave of trolls coming on this site and calling people “racist” without any real reason to do so. pretty sad.
They’re just insecure idiots.
Of course.
He played Mark Zuckerberg in Social Network.
Haha.
Me, you’re mean.
I have seen Mark’s girlfriend, though, and she’s not cute at all. But, hey, if they’re in it for love, more power to them!
they combine, they are unattractive nerds
http://www.shwedarling.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/p-chan.jpg
Yeah . . . they’re both pretty damn unattractive. But, hey, he’s a billionaire, so I guess she’s living it up.
Oh, I think he’s very handsome in comparrison
with her