Jesse Plemons

Acting

Jesse Plemons

Born
(age 38)
Birthplace
Dallas, Texas, USA
Credits
80 titles

Biography

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.

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 80

YearTitleRole
TBA Jonty Film Jonty
2026 The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping Film Plutarch Heavensbee
2026 Digger Film Kenny Rockwell
2025 The Birth and The Bees: The Making of Bugonia Film Self
2025 Variety & CNN Actors on Actors TV Self (1 ep)
2025 Bugonia Film Teddy
2025 Willie Nelson Presents: King of the Roadies Film Self
2025 Zero Day TV Roger Carlson (6 ep)
2024 Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War Film Self
2024 Kinds of Kindness Film Robert / Daniel / Andrew
2024 Civil War Film Militia Soldier (uncredited)
2023 Killers of the Flower Moon Film Tom White
2023 Love & Death TV Allan Gore (7 ep)
2022 Windfall Film CEO
2022 Behind the Scenes with Jane Campion Film Self (archive footage)
2021 Antlers Film Paul Meadows
2021 The Power of the Dog Film George Burbank
2021 Jungle Cruise Film Prince Joachim
2021 Judas and the Black Messiah Film Roy Mitchell
2020 I'm Thinking of Ending Things Film Jake
2020 Snow Globe: A Breaking Bad Short Film Todd
2019 The Irishman Film Chuckie O'Brien
2019 The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie Film Self
2019 El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie Film Todd
2018 Vice Film Kurt
2018 Game Night Film Gary
2017 Hostiles Film Lieutenant Rudy Kidder
2017 The Post Film Roger Clark
2017 No Activity TV Angus (8 ep)
2017 American Made Film Sheriff Downing
2017 The Discovery Film Toby Harbor
2016 Other People Film David Mulcahey
2016 Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls Film Self
2015 Bridge of Spies Film Joe Murphy
2015 Black Mass Film Kevin Weeks
2015 The Program Film Floyd Landis
2014 Olive Kitteridge TV Jerry McCarthy (4 ep)
2014 The Homesman Film Garn Sours
2014 Fargo TV Ed Blumquist (10 ep)
2014 Flutter Film David
2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers TV Self - Guest (5 ep)
2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon TV Self (1 ep)
2013 Dalai Lama Film Jeff
2013 No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad Film Self (uncredited)
2013 Drunk History TV Edgar Allan Poe, William Kenward, Charles Ponzi (1 ep)
2012 The Master Film Val Dodd
2012 Battleship Film Boatswain Mate Seaman Jimmy "Ordy" Ord
2012 Bent TV Gary (6 ep)
2011 Black Mirror TV Robert Daly (2 ep)
2011 Paul Film Jake
2010 Happiness Runs Film Chad
2010 Meeting Spencer Film Spencer West
2009 Shrink Film Jesus
2009 Observe and Report Film Charles
2008 Childrens Hospital TV Jesse (1 ep)
2008 The Flyboys Film Bully #1
2008 The Sacrifice Film Lemmon
2008 Fear Itself TV Lemmon (1 ep)
2008 Breaking Bad TV Todd (11 ep)
2006 Friday Night Lights TV Landry Clarke (63 ep)

Crew credits 2

YearTitleJob
TBA Jonty Film Executive Producer
2022 Windfall Film Producer
Ask the AI