Jesse Plemons

Acting

Jesse Plemons

Born April 2, 1988Dallas, Texas, USA80 credits

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.

Known For

Filmography

Bugonia
2025Bugonia
as TeddyMovie
Zero Day
2025Zero Day
as Roger CarlsonTV
Kinds of Kindness
2024Kinds of Kindness
as Robert / Daniel / AndrewMovie
Civil War
2024Civil War
as Militia Soldier (uncredited)Movie
Love & Death
2023Love & Death
as Allan GoreTV
Windfall
2022Windfall
as CEOMovie
Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion
2022Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion
as Self (archive footage)Movie
Antlers
2021Antlers
as Paul MeadowsMovie
The Power of the Dog
2021The Power of the Dog
as George BurbankMovie
Jungle Cruise
2021Jungle Cruise
as Prince JoachimMovie
The Irishman
2019The Irishman
as Chuckie O'BrienMovie
Vice
2018Vice
as KurtMovie
Game Night
2018Game Night
as GaryMovie
Hostiles
2017Hostiles
as Lieutenant Rudy KidderMovie
The Post
2017The Post
as Roger ClarkMovie
No Activity
2017No Activity
as AngusTV
American Made
2017American Made
as Sheriff DowningMovie
The Discovery
2017The Discovery
as Toby HarborMovie
Other People
2016Other People
as David MulcaheyMovie
Bridge of Spies
2015Bridge of Spies
as Joe MurphyMovie
Black Mass
2015Black Mass
as Kevin WeeksMovie
The Program
2015The Program
as Floyd LandisMovie
Olive Kitteridge
2014Olive Kitteridge
as Jerry McCarthyTV
The Homesman
2014The Homesman
as Garn SoursMovie
Fargo
2014Fargo
as Ed BlumquistTV
Flutter
2014Flutter
as DavidMovie
Dalai Lama
2013Dalai Lama
as JeffMovie
Drunk History
2013Drunk History
as Edgar Allan PoeTV
The Master
2012The Master
as Val DoddMovie
Battleship
2012Battleship
as Boatswain Mate Seaman Jimmy "Ordy" OrdMovie
Bent
2012Bent
as GaryTV
Black Mirror
2011Black Mirror
as Robert DalyTV
Paul
2011Paul
as JakeMovie
Happiness Runs
2010Happiness Runs
as ChadMovie
Meeting Spencer
2010Meeting Spencer
as Spencer WestMovie
Shrink
2009Shrink
as JesusMovie
Observe and Report
2009Observe and Report
as CharlesMovie
The Flyboys
2008The Flyboys
as Bully #1Movie
Fear Itself
2008Fear Itself
as LemmonTV
Friday Night Lights
2006Friday Night Lights
as Landry ClarkeTV
Grey's Anatomy
2005Grey's Anatomy
as Jake BurtonTV
Huff
2004Huff
as Dawson JamesTV
The Failures
2004The Failures
as BoeMovie
Cold Case
2003Cold Case
as Ryan StewartTV
The Lyon's Den
2003The Lyon's Den
as Ray FerrisTV
NCIS
2003NCIS
as Jason GecklerTV
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - GuestTV
Like Mike
2002Like Mike
as OxMovie
Children on Their Birthdays
2002Children on Their Birthdays
as Preacher StarMovie
The Guardian
2001The Guardian
as Lawrence NealTV
All the Pretty Horses
2000All the Pretty Horses
as Young Grady (uncredited)Movie
Judging Amy
1999Judging Amy
as James FranklinTV
Varsity Blues
1999Varsity Blues
as Tommy HarborMovie
Finding North
1998Finding North
as HoboMovie
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993Walker, Texas Ranger
as Russell, Jr.TV
Golden Globe Awards
1944Golden Globe Awards
as Self - NomineeTV
Jonty
Jonty
as JontyMovie