Kieran Culkin is taking home his first Oscar for his performance in the Jesse Eisenberg film “ A Real Pain .” Culkin, who was a favorite to win best supporting actor heading into the 97th Academy Awards Sunday, has consistently won accolades for the role throughout awards season.

"A Real Pain" star, director and writer Jesse Eisenberg has been granted Polish citizenship by the president of Poland, Andrzej Duda.

"This is an honor of a lifetime and something I have been very interested in for two decades," said Eisenberg, who filmed the Oscar-winning film he wrote and directed in Poland

Jesse Eisenberg is officially a Polish citizen. The actor, writer and director was granted citizenship by President Andrzej Duda at a ceremony in New York on Tuesday night, just days after his film “A Real Pain” won Kieran Culkin an Oscar for best supporting actor.

Jesse Eisenberg, who says he reconnected with his family’s Polish roots while filming A Real Pain in the country, was granted Polish citizenship yesterday by President Andrzej Duda. "While we were filming this movie in Poland and I was walking the streets and starting to get a little more comfortable in the country,

Credit: Marek Borawski/KPRP/Cover Images Actor and director Jesse Eisenberg has been granted Polish citizenship by President Andrzej Duda, following his portrayal of Poland’s Jewish history during World War Two in his Oscar-winning film A Real Pain.