Actor: Jesse Eisenberg
Age: 27
Role: Mark Zuckerman in The Social Network
Synopsis: Social reject and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) is a geek with a capital G! Desperate to be one of the popular kids at Harvard he sits down at his computer and invents Facebook.
A few years later, having hit the big time, he drops out of college and sits back as the money comes rolling in.
However, although he may be a high-achieving entrepreneur with millions of online friends, he finds that in the real world things are not quite so straightforward.
Mark finds his phenomenal dotcom success leads to legal problems when his best friends accuse him of stealing their idea.
Previous Golden Globe Wins: He has now previous Golden Globe wins.
Previous Golden Globe Nominations: This is his first nomination.
Awards For Role: He has already won the National Board of Review Award and Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor.
Critics: “Jesse Eisenberg, who, for a time, was looking like the next Michael Cera (the geeky go-to guy), comes out of his shell here as Mark Zuckerberg and although he still needs to be the geeky guy, he shows a side to him which is much more than just that.” - FemaleFirst
“Just how much of the story is really true is anyone's guess but the brilliant script and Eisenberg's performance make it worth seeing in any case.” - The Mercury
“ In his first venture over to the dark side, the central performance by Jesse Eisenberg is a revelation. It's Oscar-worthy stuff.”
FemaleFirst Helen Earnshaw
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