<P> Eisenberg started writing screenplays at sixteen, some of which were optioned by major studios, but claimed that he was dissatisfied with the lack of control he had over his creations once they were sold . Pre-fame, Eisenberg got into trouble with Woody Allen's lawyers . As a teenager he penned a play about how Allen came to change his name and managed to get the script to Allen's "people". Instead of a seal of approval, Eisenberg received two "cease and desist" letters . Ironically, Eisenberg went on to star in two films directed by Allen, To Rome with Love, and Café Society . </P> <P> Eisenberg made his television debut in the series Get Real, from 1999 to 2000 . In 2001, he appeared in a UK Dr Pepper commercial as "Butt Naked Boy ." After appearing in the made - for - television film Lightning: Fire from the Sky at 18, he starred in the independent film Roger Dodger (for which he won an award at the San Diego Film Festival for Most Promising New Actor), and in The Emperor's Club, both of which were released in 2002 to generally positive reviews . Eisenberg was sick for the majority of the nightclub scene and can be seen sweating in different shots . </P> <P> In 2005, Eisenberg appeared in Cursed, a horror film directed by Wes Craven, and The Squid and the Whale, a well - reviewed independent drama starring Laura Linney and Jeff Daniels . In 2007, he starred opposite Richard Gere and Terrence Howard in The Hunting Party, a comic thriller in which he plays an American journalist reporting from Bosnia . In 2009, Eisenberg played the lead role Adventureland, a comedy directed by Greg Mottola and filmed in Kennywood Park, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . Filming wrapped in October 2007, and the film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2009 . In November 2007, Eisenberg was cast in the indie comic - drama Holy Rollers alongside his sister, Hallie Eisenberg, who played his fictional sister in the film . He played a young Hasidic Jew who becomes involved in the ecstasy smuggling trade, using his religion as a disguise to deal without suspicion . Filming took place in New York in 2008 . During the late 2000s, he also had roles in the independent films Solitary Man, playing college student Daniel, and Camp Hell, a horror film directed by George Van Buskirk . </P> <P> Jesse Eisenberg's breakthrough starring role was in Zombieland . The horror - comedy, which saw him with Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, and Abigail Breslin on a roadtrip through a post-zombie apocalypse America, was a sleeper hit . In 2010, he portrayed Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg in the film The Social Network, for which he earned the Best Actor Award from the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, and nominations for Best Actor at the BAFTA Awards, Golden Globes, and Academy Awards . According to the film's director, David Fincher, both he and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin knew Eisenberg was the one for the role as soon as they watched his audition tape, despite Eisenberg's own anxieties about his audition . On November 22, 2010, Eisenberg was honored, along with Whoopi Goldberg, Joycelyn Engle, and Harvey Krueger, at the Children at Heart Celebrity Dinner Gala and Fantasy Auction, to benefit the children of the Chernobyl disaster . Steven Spielberg is Chair of the event each year . On January 29, 2011, Eisenberg hosted Saturday Night Live on NBC, with musical guest Nicki Minaj . During his opening monologue, Zuckerberg himself appeared . Eisenberg said that meeting the man he portrayed on - screen was "an overwhelming experience," and was happy that "we were both able to have fun at the situation ." Zuckerberg, who has been a vocal disser on the artistic licenses taken by The Social Network, would later say that he thought Eisenberg "was a little afraid to meet me after his portrayal, but I tried to be nice ." </P>

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