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
- Digger
2025
- Bugonia as Teddy
- Zero Day as Roger Carlson
- Variety & CNN Actors on Actors as Self
- The Birth and the Bees: The Making of Bugonia as Self
- 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
- Antlers as Paul Meadows
- Judas and the Black Messiah as Roy Mitchell
2020
- I'm Thinking of Ending Things as Jake
- Snow Globe: A Breaking Bad Short as Todd
2019
- The Irishman as Chuckie O'Brien
- El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie as Todd
- The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie as Self
2018
- Game Night as Gary
- Vice as Kurt
2017
- American Made as Sheriff Downing
- No Activity as Angus
- Hostiles as Lieutenant Rudy Kidder
- The Post as Roger Clark
- The Discovery as Toby Harbor
2016
- Other People as David Mulcahey
- Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls as Self
2015
- Bridge of Spies as Joe Murphy
- Black Mass as Kevin Weeks
- The Program as Floyd Landis
2014
- Fargo as Ed Blumquist
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
- Olive Kitteridge as Jerry McCarthy
- The Homesman as Garn Sours
- Flutter as David
2013
- Drunk History as Edgar Allan Poe
- No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad as Self (uncredited)
- Dalai Lama as Jeff
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
- Observe and Report as Charles
- Shrink as Jesus
2008
- Breaking Bad as Todd
- Childrens Hospital as Jesse
- Fear Itself as Lemmon
- The Flyboys as Bully #1
- Fear Itself: The Sacrifice as Lemmon
2006
- Friday Night Lights as Landry Clarke
2005
- Grey's Anatomy as Jake Burton
2004
- Huff as Dawson James
- The Failures as Boe
2003
- NCIS as Jason Geckler
- Cold Case as Ryan Stewart
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- The Lyon's Den as Ray Ferris
- When Zachary Beaver Came to Town as Jay
2002
- Like Mike as Ox
- Children on Their Birthdays as Preacher Star
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
1998
- Finding North as Hobo
1996
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Bigger Kid
1993
- Walker, Texas Ranger as Russell, Jr.
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee