Biography
Avner Eisenberg, also known professionally as Avner the Eccentric, is an American actor, vaudeville performer, clown, mime, juggler and sleight-of-hand magician. Born on 26 August 1948 in Atlanta, Georgia, he received a theatre degree from the University of Washington in 1971. He later studied mime in Paris under Jacques Lecoq and taught at the Dell'Arte International School of Physical Theatre in California.
Eisenberg is known for his role as Jewel in the 1985 film The Jewel of the Nile. He also appeared uncredited in Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) and as Carlos the Magnificent in Brenda Starr (1989). On stage, he performed his one-man show Avner the Eccentric on Broadway in the 1984–85 season, appeared in a 1987 Lincoln Center production of The Comedy of Errors, and played a principal role in the 1989 Broadway production of Ghetto.
