Jesse Eisenberg Is Donating His Kidney to a Stranger
- - Jesse Eisenberg Is Donating His Kidney to a Stranger
Cara Lynn ShultzOctober 31, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Jesse Eisenberg is donating his kidney to a stranger. -
Jesse Eisenberg is donating his kidney to a stranger, in what’s called an altruistic donation
A regular blood donor, Eisenberg, 42, shared the news during an Oct. 30 appearance on Today
Eisenberg called it a “no-brainer,” explaining it’s “essentially risk-free and so needed”
Jesse Eisenberg is donating a kidney to a stranger, calling it a “no-brainer.”
The Now You See Me: Now You Don’t star, 42, shared the news while recalling his participation in a Today show-sponsored blood drive over the summer. "I just have so much blood in me, and I feel like I should spill it," Eisenberg quipped during an Oct. 30 appearance on the NBC morning show. "I really like doing it, and I don't know why."
“I’m actually donating my kidney in six weeks. I really am,” Eisenberg shared.
“That’s amazing,” host Craig Melvin said.
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Jesse Eisenberg in L.A. in October 2025.
Eisenberg explained that “I got, like, bitten by the blood donation bug. I love it.”
“That’s a big jump up,” Melvin commented.
“I’m doing an altruistic donation [in] mid-December,” Eisenberg said.
An altruistic donation — also known as a non-directed living donation — is when someone donates an organ to a stranger, Weill Cornell Medicine explains. The recipient is selected by medical compatibility.
"It's essentially risk-free and so needed," Eisenberg told TODAY.com separately. "I think people will realize that it's a no-brainer, if you have the time and the inclination."
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The dad to son Banner, 8, said that by becoming a donor, his family would be prioritized in the future should they ever need a living kidney donation, via the National Kidney Foundation's family voucher program. "The way it works now is you can put a list of whoever you would like to be the first to be at the top of the list. So it's risk-free for my family, as well."
After a kidney donation, most donors are able to resume their normal activities within 2 to 4 weeks, the Mayo Clinic explains. Approximately 5,000 living kidney donations are performed annually in the U.S.
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