Jesse Plemons
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 2, 1988 (age 38)
- Birthplace
- Dallas, Texas, USA
Biography
Jesse Lon Plemons (born April 2, 1988) is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor and achieved a breakthrough with his role as Landry Clarke in the NBC drama series Friday Night Lights (2006–2011). He subsequently portrayed Todd Alquist in season 5 of the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad (2012–2013) and its sequel film El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019). He received his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination for his role as Ed Blumquist in season 2 of the FX anthology series Fargo (2015). He won a Critics' Choice Television Award. He received a second Emmy nomination for his performance in "USS Callister", an episode of the anthology series Black Mirror (2017). Plemons has acted in supporting roles in films such as The Master (2012), Bridge of Spies (2015), Game Night (2018), The Irishman (2019), Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023). He starred in Other People (2016) and I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020). For playing a rancher in The Power of the Dog (2021), he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and for playing three roles in the anthology film Kinds of Kindness (2024), he won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor.
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Filmography
Jonty
Movie · as Jonty
Digger
Movie · as Kenny
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
Movie · as Plutarch Heavensbee
Bugonia
Movie · as Teddy
Willie Nelson Presents: King of the Roadies
Movie · as Self
The Birth and The Bees: The Making of Bugonia
Movie · as Self
Zero Day
TV · as Roger Carlson · 6 eps
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Kinds of Kindness
Movie · as Robert / Daniel / Andrew
Civil War
Movie · as Militia Soldier (uncredited)
Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War
Movie · as Self
Killers of the Flower Moon
Movie · as Tom White
Love & Death
TV · as Allan Gore · 7 eps
Behind the Scenes with Jane Campion
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Windfall
Movie · as CEO
Jungle Cruise
Movie · as Prince Joachim
Antlers
Movie · as Paul Meadows
Judas and the Black Messiah
Movie · as Roy Mitchell
The Power of the Dog
Movie · as George Burbank
Snow Globe: A Breaking Bad Short
Movie · as Todd
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Movie · as Jake
The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Movie · as Self
The Irishman
Movie · as Chuckie O'Brien
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Movie · as Todd
Game Night
Movie · as Gary
Vice
Movie · as Kurt
American Made
Movie · as Sheriff Downing
The Discovery
Movie · as Toby Harbor
Hostiles
Movie · as Lieutenant Rudy Kidder
The Post
Movie · as Roger Clark
No Activity
TV · as Angus · 8 eps
Other People
Movie · as David Mulcahey
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
Movie · as Self
Black Mass
Movie · as Kevin Weeks
The Program
Movie · as Floyd Landis
Bridge of Spies
Movie · as Joe Murphy
The Homesman
Movie · as Garn Sours
Flutter
Movie · as David
Fargo
TV · as Ed Blumquist · 10 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 5 eps
Olive Kitteridge
TV · as Jerry McCarthy · 4 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self · 1 ep
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
Dalai Lama
Movie · as Jeff
Drunk History
TV · as Edgar Allan Poe, William Kenward, Charles Ponzi · 1 ep
Battleship
Movie · as Boatswain Mate Seaman Jimmy "Ordy" Ord
The Master
Movie · as Val Dodd
Bent
TV · as Gary · 6 eps
Paul
Movie · as Jake
Black Mirror
TV · as Robert Daly · 2 eps
Meeting Spencer
Movie · as Spencer West
Happiness Runs
Movie · as Chad
Observe and Report
Movie · as Charles
Shrink
Movie · as Jesus
The Flyboys
Movie · as Bully #1
The Sacrifice
Movie · as Lemmon
Fear Itself
TV · as Lemmon · 1 ep
Childrens Hospital
TV · as Jesse · 1 ep
Breaking Bad
TV · as Todd · 11 eps
Friday Night Lights
TV · as Landry Clarke · 63 eps
Grey's Anatomy
TV · as Jake Burton · 1 ep
The Failures
Movie · as Boe
Huff
TV · as Dawson James · 1 ep
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
Movie · as Jay
Cold Case
TV · as Ryan Stewart · 2 eps
NCIS
TV · as Jason Geckler · 1 ep
The Lyon's Den
TV · as Ray Ferris · 1 ep
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Like Mike
Movie · as Ox
Children on Their Birthdays
Movie · as Preacher Star
The Guardian
TV · as Lawrence Neal · 1 ep
All the Pretty Horses
Movie · as Young Grady (uncredited)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV · as Owen Durbin · 1 ep
Varsity Blues
Movie · as Tommy Harbor
Judging Amy
TV · as James Franklin · 1 ep
Finding North
Movie · as Hobo
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
TV · as Bigger Kid · 1 ep
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV · as Russell, Jr. · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep