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Actor
Jesse Plemons
- Born April 2, 1988 in Dallas, Texas, USA
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).
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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.
Known for
Breaking Bad2008
Grey's Anatomy2005
The Irishman2019
Bridge of Spies2015
Black Mirror2011
Game Night2018
Paul2011
Jungle Cruise2021
Filmography
- TBAJontyFilmJonty, Executive Producer
- 2026DiggerFilmKenny Rockwell
- 2026The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the ReapingFilmPlutarch Heavensbee
- 2025BugoniaFilmTeddy
- 2025Zero DaySeriesRoger Carlson
- 2025Variety & CNN Actors on ActorsSeriesSelf
- 2025Willie Nelson Presents: King of the RoadiesFilmSelf
- 2025The Birth and The Bees: The Making of BugoniaFilmSelf
- 2024Civil WarFilmMilitia Soldier (uncredited)
- 2024Kinds of KindnessFilmRobert / Daniel / Andrew
- 2024Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil WarFilmSelf
- 2023Killers of the Flower MoonFilmTom White
- 2023Love & DeathSeriesAllan Gore
- 2022WindfallFilmCEO, Producer
- 2022Behind the Scenes with Jane CampionFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2021Jungle CruiseFilmPrince Joachim
- 2021The Power of the DogFilmGeorge Burbank
- 2021Judas and the Black MessiahFilmRoy Mitchell
- 2021AntlersFilmPaul Meadows
- 2020I'm Thinking of Ending ThingsFilmJake
- 2020Snow Globe: A Breaking Bad ShortFilmTodd
- 2019The IrishmanFilmChuckie O'Brien
- 2019El Camino: A Breaking Bad MovieFilmTodd
- 2019The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad MovieFilmSelf
- 2018Game NightFilmGary
- 2018ViceFilmKurt
- 2017American MadeFilmSheriff Downing
- 2017The PostFilmRoger Clark
- 2017HostilesFilmLieutenant Rudy Kidder
- 2017The DiscoveryFilmToby Harbor
- 2017No ActivitySeriesAngus
- 2016Other PeopleFilmDavid Mulcahey
- 2016Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux FallsFilmSelf
- 2015Bridge of SpiesFilmJoe Murphy
- 2015Black MassFilmKevin Weeks
- 2015The ProgramFilmFloyd Landis
- 2014FargoSeriesEd Blumquist
- 2014The HomesmanFilmGarn Sours
- 2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSeriesSelf
- 2014Olive KitteridgeSeriesJerry McCarthy
- 2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSeriesSelf - Guest
- 2014FlutterFilmDavid
- 2013No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking BadFilmSelf (uncredited)
- 2013Drunk HistorySeriesEdgar Allan Poe, William Kenward, Charles Ponzi
- 2013Dalai LamaFilmJeff
- 2012BattleshipFilmBoatswain Mate Seaman Jimmy "Ordy" Ord
- 2012The MasterFilmVal Dodd
- 2012BentSeriesGary
- 2011Black MirrorSeriesRobert Daly
- 2011PaulFilmJake
- 2010Happiness RunsFilmChad
- 2010Meeting SpencerFilmSpencer West
- 2009Observe and ReportFilmCharles
- 2009ShrinkFilmJesus
- 2008Breaking BadSeriesTodd
- 2008The FlyboysFilmBully #1
- 2008Fear ItselfSeriesLemmon
- 2008Childrens HospitalSeriesJesse
- 2008The SacrificeFilmLemmon
- 2006Friday Night LightsSeriesLandry Clarke
- 2005Grey's AnatomySeriesJake Burton
- 2004HuffSeriesDawson James
- 2004The FailuresFilmBoe
- 2003NCISSeriesJason Geckler
- 2003Cold CaseSeriesRyan Stewart
- 2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!SeriesSelf - Guest
- 2003When Zachary Beaver Came to TownFilmJay
- 2003The Lyon's DenSeriesRay Ferris
- 2002Like MikeFilmOx
- 2002Children on Their BirthdaysFilmPreacher Star
- 2001The GuardianSeriesLawrence Neal
- 2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationSeriesOwen Durbin
- 2000All the Pretty HorsesFilmYoung Grady (uncredited)
- 1999Varsity BluesFilmTommy Harbor
- 1999Judging AmySeriesJames Franklin
- 1998Finding NorthFilmHobo
- 1996Sabrina, the Teenage WitchSeriesBigger Kid
- 1993Walker, Texas RangerSeriesRussell, Jr.
- 1953The OscarsSeriesSelf
- 1944Golden Globe AwardsSeriesSelf - Nominee