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Puzzle #769: Chris Hemsworth → Jesse Eisenberg

Wednesday, September 23, 2026

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On Wednesday, September 23, 2026, the daily puzzle asked players to link Chris Hemsworth and Jesse Eisenberg. The two have never been credited in the same movie, so there's no one-move answer. But 14 actors have worked with both of them in their best-known films, so it can be done in just 2 moves.

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The shortest solution

Show the 2-move answer (spoiler)
  1. Chris Hemsworth as Thor in The Avengers (2012), which also stars Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner / The Hulk.
  2. Mark Ruffalo as Dylan Rhodes in Now You See Me (2013), alongside Jesse Eisenberg as J. Daniel Atlas.

The full chain: Chris Hemsworth → The Avengers (2012) → Mark Ruffalo → Now You See Me (2013) → Jesse Eisenberg.

Other ways to solve it

Show 3 more 2-move routes (spoilers)
  • Chris Hemsworth → Avengers: Infinity War (2018) → William Hurt → The Village (2004) → Jesse Eisenberg
  • Chris Hemsworth → Ghostbusters (2016) → Bill Murray → Zombieland (2009) → Jesse Eisenberg
  • Chris Hemsworth → 12 Strong (2018) → Michael Shannon → Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) → Jesse Eisenberg

About Chris Hemsworth

Born
August 11, 1983 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Film career
2009–2026
Widely seen films
31 (films with a sizeable audience on TMDB)

Best-known films, which are often the quickest places to start a chain:

About Jesse Eisenberg

Born
October 5, 1983 in New York City, New York, USA
Film career
2002–2025
Widely seen films
37 (films with a sizeable audience on TMDB)

Best-known films, which are often the quickest places to start a chain: