United Kingdom, March 5 -- Jesse Eisenberg has been granted Polish citizenship.

The 41-year-old actor began exploring his roots while filming 'A Real Pain' in Poland and he is thrilled that having the "amazing honour" granted by President Andrzej Duda will help bring his family closer to "reconnecting" with their heritage.

Speaking during a ceremony in New York, he said: "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, something so obvious occurred to me, which is that my family had lived in this place far longer than we've lived in New York,.

"And of course, the history ended so tragically, but in addition to that tragedy of history is also the trag...