The actor shares his only child with wife Anna Strout
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NEED TO KNOW
- Jesse Eisenberg revealed to PEOPLE the song he and his son, Banner, recently learned to play on various instruments
- “It’s the greatest thing in the world,” the actor said of making music with Banner, whom he shares with his wife, Anna Strout
- Banner, whose parents have primarily kept him out of the spotlight, had a brief cameo in his dad’s film, A Real Pain
Jesse Eisenberg once described his young son, Banner, as a "brilliant musical kid." Now, the actor is giving more insight into his child's talents.
Speaking with PEOPLE exclusively during the opening night of Becky Shaw on Broadway, the filmmaker, 42, revealed there is a specific song his 9-year-old son has learned to play on various instruments.
“My kid and I have been working on ‘Waters of March,’ a Brazilian song, and we play it on a few different instruments," Eisenberg said during the April 6 event at New York City’s Hayes Theater.
“My kid plays ukulele and piano. I play drums, guitar,” he continued, then emphasizing, “The quality is low, but the fun is high.”
"It’s the greatest thing in the world,” added the proud father.
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Eisenberg and his wife, Anna Strout, welcomed Banner, their only child, in 2017, the same year the longtime couple wed.
The Social Network star star, who primarily keeps Banner’s face out of the spotlight, previously told PEOPLE in 2025 that he “was happy” to give his son a brief cameo in A Real Pain because he’s “an artsy, interesting kid.”
“My kid is a brilliant musical kid, so we write songs together,” he said.
Eisenberg starred in A Real Pain, and he also served as the director and screenwriter, as well as a producer.
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In another interview with PEOPLE in 2024, the Now You See Me star explained how fatherhood made him a “happier” person.
“My general feeling is I spent the first 35, sorry, 33 years of my life, worrying about myself," he said at the time. “And a lot of these concerns were just narcissistic, self-involved, fantastical problems that I created to just ruin my life.”
Eisenberg added: “And then I spent the next seven years of my life worrying about real things, worrying about another person. And I know it sounds like a self-serving excuse, but it’s made me a lot happier.”
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