Acting
Jesse Plemons
EN cinema · 52 credits
Born
2 April 1988 (age 38)
Birthplace
Dallas, Texas, USA
Also known as Jesse Lon Plemons
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.
Known for
Filmography
Jonty
as Jonty, Executive Producer
Digger
as Kenny Rockwell
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
as Plutarch Heavensbee
Bugonia
as Teddy
Kinds of Kindness
as Robert / Daniel / Andrew
Civil War
as Militia Soldier (uncredited)
Killers of the Flower Moon
as Tom White
Behind the Scenes with Jane Campion
as Self (archive footage)
Windfall
as CEO, Producer
Jungle Cruise
as Prince Joachim
Antlers
as Paul Meadows
Judas and the Black Messiah
as Roy Mitchell
The Power of the Dog
as George Burbank
The Irishman
as Chuckie O'Brien
Game Night
as Gary
Vice
as Kurt
American Made
as Sheriff Downing
The Discovery
as Toby Harbor
Hostiles
as Lieutenant Rudy Kidder
The Post
as Roger Clark
Other People
as David Mulcahey
Black Mass
as Kevin Weeks
The Program
as Floyd Landis
Bridge of Spies
as Joe Murphy
The Homesman
as Garn Sours
Flutter
as David
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
as Self (uncredited)
Dalai Lama
as Jeff
Battleship
as Boatswain Mate Seaman Jimmy "Ordy" Ord
The Master
as Val Dodd
Paul
as Jake
Meeting Spencer
as Spencer West
Happiness Runs
as Chad
Observe and Report
as Charles
Shrink
as Jesus
The Flyboys
as Bully #1
The Sacrifice
as Lemmon
The Failures
as Boe
Children on Their Birthdays
as Preacher Star
All the Pretty Horses
as Young Grady (uncredited)
Varsity Blues
as Tommy Harbor
Finding North
as Hobo