Jesse Eisenberg Dazzles the Silver Screen

Screen actor Jesse Eisenberg was born in Queens in 1983. His father was a college professor and his mother a professional clown who performed at birthday parties. Eisenberg loved acting and began performing in children's theatre when he was 10. He performed in an off-Broadway play as well as a short-lived television series before landing his first feature film role his senior year in high school. He received the Most Promising New Actor award at the San Diego Film Festival for his role in that film, titled "Roger Dodger."

Although Eisenberg has more than a dozen feature films to his name, the role that catapulted him into the limelight was that of Mark Zuckerberg in the movie, "The Social Network." Eisenberg even received a Best Actor Academy Award nomination for the role. The film star shows no sign of slowing down. He's got several new movies due out in 2012 as well as a few in pre and post-production.