--- name: "Avner Eisenberg" canonical: "https://film.one/person/avner-eisenberg" fi1m_id: "avner-eisenberg" imdb_id: "nm0251970" tmdb_id: 943150 wikidata_id: "Q4829080" roles: ["Actor"] born: "26 August 1948" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-10-04T18:59:33.368222+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Avner Eisenberg ## Identity Avner Eisenberg - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/avner-eisenberg - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** avner-eisenberg - **IMDb ID:** nm0251970 - **TMDB ID:** 943150 - **Wikidata ID:** Q4829080 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avner_the_Eccentric, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4829080, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0251970/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/943150 Actor. Born 26 August 1948 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 26 August 1948, Atlanta, Georgia, USA - **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avner_the_Eccentric, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4829080, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0251970/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/943150 ## 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*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, avnertheeccentric.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) ### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these - *The Jewel of the Nile* (1985), Fi1m 53, as Jewel — [page](https://film.one/film/the-jewel-of-the-nile.md) ### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *Crimes and Misdemeanors* (1989), Fi1m 84, as Brother-in-law (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/crimes-and-misdemeanors.md) ## Complete filmography (2) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Crimes and Misdemeanors* (1989), as Brother-in-law (uncredited) — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/crimes-and-misdemeanors.md) - *The Jewel of the Nile* (1985), as Jewel — Fi1m 53, [page](https://film.one/film/the-jewel-of-the-nile.md) ## Gallery - ![Avner the Eccentric (Avner Eisenberg) before a performance at Chumleighland, on Camano Island, Washington, USA. (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/3927039/gallery-196489622903.jpg) Avner the Eccentric (Avner Eisenberg) before a performance at Chumleighland, on Camano Island, Washington, USA. (2009) — Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Avner_the_Eccentric_01.jpg/1280px-Avner_the_Eccentric_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Avner Eisenberg](https://film.one/media/person/3927039/gallery-7f6033811897.jpg) Avner Eisenberg — Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Avner_the_Eccentric_09.jpg/1280px-Avner_the_Eccentric_09.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Avner the Eccentric (Avner Eisenberg) performing at Chumleighland, Camano Island, Washington, USA. (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/3927039/gallery-9b0a20526e68.jpg) Avner the Eccentric (Avner Eisenberg) performing at Chumleighland, Camano Island, Washington, USA. (2009) — Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Avner_the_Eccentric_04.jpg/1280px-Avner_the_Eccentric_04.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Avner the Eccentric (Avner Eisenberg) performing at Chumleighland, Camano Island, Washington, USA. (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/3927039/gallery-40990f74bbf8.jpg) Avner the Eccentric (Avner Eisenberg) performing at Chumleighland, Camano Island, Washington, USA. (2009) — Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Avner_the_Eccentric_10.jpg/1280px-Avner_the_Eccentric_10.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Avner the Eccentric (Avner Eisenberg) performing at Chumleighland, Camano Island, Washington, USA. In this routine, Avner makes a twisted cloth napkin appear to (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/3927039/gallery-d2765fc73a91.jpg) Avner the Eccentric (Avner Eisenberg) performing at Chumleighland, Camano Island, Washington, USA. In this routine, Avner makes a twisted cloth napkin appear to (2009) — Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Avner_the_Eccentric_07.jpg/1280px-Avner_the_Eccentric_07.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Avner the Eccentric (Avner Eisenberg) performing at Chumleighland, Camano Island, Washington, USA. Part of a routine in which Avner sits down at a dinner settin (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/3927039/gallery-92c216d27236.jpg) Avner the Eccentric (Avner Eisenberg) performing at Chumleighland, Camano Island, Washington, USA. Part of a routine in which Avner sits down at a dinner settin (2009) — Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Avner_the_Eccentric_20.jpg/1280px-Avner_the_Eccentric_20.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/avner-eisenberg