logo
home/actors/

Jesse Plemons

placeholder

Jesse Plemons

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Apr 2, 1988 (38 years old)

Place of Birth

Dallas, Texas, USA

Biography

Jesse Plemons (/ˈplɛmənz/; 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jesse Plemons, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting
2026Digger
2026The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the ReapingPlutarch Heavensbee
2025BugoniaTeddy
2025Willie Nelson Presents: King of the RoadiesSelf
2025The Birth and the Bees: The Making of Bugonia
2025Zero DayRoger Carlson
2025Variety & CNN Actors on ActorsSelf
2024Kinds of KindnessRobert / Daniel / Andrew
2024Civil WarMilitia Soldier (uncredited)
2024Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil WarSelf
2024Civil WarMilitant (uncredited)
2023Killers of the Flower MoonTom White
2023Love & DeathAllan Gore
2022Behind the Scenes With Jane CampionSelf (archive footage)
2022WindfallCEO
2021Jungle CruisePrince Joachim
2021AntlersPaul Meadows
2021Judas and the Black MessiahRoy Mitchell
2021The Power of the DogGeorge Burbank
2020Snow Globe: A Breaking Bad ShortTodd
2020I'm Thinking of Ending ThingsJake
2019The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad MovieSelf
2019The IrishmanChuckie O'Brien
2019El Camino: A Breaking Bad MovieTodd
2018Game NightGary
2018ViceKurt
2017American MadeSheriff Downing
2017The DiscoveryToby Harbor
2017HostilesLieutenant Rudy Kidder
2017The PostRoger Clark
2017No ActivityAngus
2016Other PeopleDavid Mulcahey
2016Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux FallsSelf
2015Black MassKevin Weeks
2015The ProgramFloyd Landis
2015Bridge of SpiesJoe Murphy
2014The HomesmanGarn Sours
2014FlutterDavid
2014FargoEd Blumquist
2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest
2014Olive KitteridgeJerry McCarthy
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf
2013No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking BadSelf (uncredited)
2013Dalai LamaJeff
2013Drunk HistoryEdgar Allan Poe
2013Drunk HistoryWilliam Kenward
2013Drunk HistoryCharles Ponzi
2012BattleshipBoatswain Mate Seaman Jimmy "Ordy" Ord
2012The MasterVal Dodd
2012BentGary
2011PaulJake
2011Black MirrorRobert Daly
2010Meeting SpencerSpencer West
2010Happiness RunsChad
2009Observe and ReportCharles
2009ShrinkJesus
2008The FlyboysBully #1
2008Fear Itself: The SacrificeLemmon
2008Fear ItselfLemmon
2008Childrens HospitalJesse
2008Breaking BadTodd
2006Friday Night LightsLandry Clarke
2005Grey's AnatomyJake Burton
2004The FailuresBoe
2004HuffDawson James
2003When Zachary Beaver Came to TownJay
2003Cold CaseRyan Stewart
2003NCISJason Geckler
2003The Lyon's DenRay Ferris
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest
2002Like MikeOx
2002Children on Their BirthdaysPreacher Star
2001The GuardianLawrence Neal
2000All the Pretty HorsesYoung Grady (uncredited)
2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationOwen Durbin
1999Varsity BluesTommy Harbor
1999Judging AmyJames Franklin
1998Finding NorthHobo
1996Sabrina, the Teenage WitchBigger Kid
1993Walker, Texas RangerRussell, Jr.
1953The OscarsSelf
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee
-JontyJonty
Production
2022WindfallProducer
-JontyExecutive Producer