Jesse Plemons

Born: 1988-04-02 in Dallas, Texas, USA

Known For: Acting

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.

Filmography

2026

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping as Plutarch Heavensbee
Judy

2025

Bugonia as Teddy
Zero Day as Roger Carlson
Willie Nelson Presents: King of the Roadies as Self

2024

Civil War as Militia Soldier (uncredited)
Kinds of Kindness as Robert / Daniel / Andrew
Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War as Self

2023

Killers of the Flower Moon as Tom White
Love & Death as Allan Gore

2022

Windfall as CEO
Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion as Self (archive footage)

2021

Jungle Cruise as Prince Joachim
The Power of the Dog as George Burbank
Judas and the Black Messiah as Roy Mitchell
Antlers as Paul Meadows

2020

I'm Thinking of Ending Things as Jake
Snow Globe: A Breaking Bad Short as Todd

2019

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie as Todd
The Irishman as Chuckie O'Brien
The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie as Self

2018

Vice as Kurt
Game Night as Gary

2017

Hostiles as Lieutenant Rudy Kidder
The Discovery as Toby Harbor
American Made as Sheriff Downing
No Activity as Angus
The Post as Roger Clark

2016

Other People as David Mulcahey
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls as Self

2015

The Program as Floyd Landis
Bridge of Spies as Joe Murphy
Black Mass as Kevin Weeks

2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
Fargo as Ed Blumquist
Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
The Homesman as Garn Sours
Flutter as David
Olive Kitteridge as Jerry McCarthy

2013

Drunk History as Edgar Allan Poe
Dalai Lama as Jeff
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad as Self (uncredited)

2012

Battleship as Boatswain Mate Seaman Jimmy "Ordy" Ord
The Master as Val Dodd
Bent as Gary

2011

Black Mirror as Robert Daly
Paul as Jake

2010

Happiness Runs as Chad
Meeting Spencer as Spencer West

2009

Shrink as Jesus
Observe and Report as Charles

2008

Breaking Bad as Todd
Childrens Hospital as Jesse
The Flyboys as Bully #1
Fear Itself as Lemmon
Fear Itself: The Sacrifice as Lemmon

2006

Friday Night Lights as Landry Clarke

2005

Grey's Anatomy as Jake Burton

2004

The Failures as Boe
Huff as Dawson James

2003

NCIS as Jason Geckler
Cold Case as Ryan Stewart
Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
The Lyon's Den as Ray Ferris
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town as Jay

2002

Children on Their Birthdays as Preacher Star
Like Mike as Ox

2001

The Guardian as Lawrence Neal

2000

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Owen Durbin
All the Pretty Horses as Young Grady (uncredited)

1999

Judging Amy as James Franklin
Varsity Blues as Tommy Harbor

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee