9.0
TV
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
9.0
TV
8.2
TV
Grey's Anatomy
7.6
Movie
The Irishman
7.2
Movie
Bridge of Spies
8.3
TV
Black Mirror
6.9
Movie
Game Night
6.8
Movie
Paul
7.3
Movie
Jungle Cruise
5.9
Movie
Battleship
7.1
Movie
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
6.9
Movie
American Made
7.0
Movie
The Post
7.4
Movie
Killers of the Flower Moon
7.0
Movie
Vice
6.5
Movie
Black Mass
8.3
TV
Fargo
7.1
Movie
The Master
6.7
Movie
The Power of the Dog
Acting credits 80
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | Jonty Film | Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Windfall Film | Producer |