Jesse Plemons
Acting • Born 1988-04-02
Biography
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.
Filmography
82 credits
Like Mike
Movie • 2002
Ox
Battleship
Movie • 2012
Boatswain Mate Seaman Jimmy "Ordy" Ord
The Master
Movie • 2012
Val Dodd
The Failures
Movie • 2004
Boe
Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
All the Pretty Horses
Movie • 2000
Young Grady (uncredited)
The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Movie • 2019
Self
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
Movie • 2013
Self (uncredited)
Meeting Spencer
Movie • 2010
Spencer West
Children on Their Birthdays
Movie • 2002
Preacher Star
Black Mass
Movie • 2015
Kevin Weeks
The Program
Movie • 2015
Floyd Landis
The Homesman
Movie • 2014
Garn Sours
Observe and Report
Movie • 2009
Charles
Kinds of Kindness
Movie • 2024
Robert / Daniel / Andrew
Flutter
Movie • 2014
David
Finding North
Movie • 1998
Hobo
Varsity Blues
Movie • 1999
Tommy Harbor
The Flyboys
Movie • 2008
Bully #1
Shrink
Movie • 2009
Jesus
Happiness Runs
Movie • 2010
Chad
Paul
Movie • 2011
Jake
Bugonia
Movie • 2025
Teddy
Civil War
Movie • 2024
Militia Soldier (uncredited)
American Made
Movie • 2017
Sheriff Downing
Bridge of Spies
Movie • 2015
Joe Murphy
Other People
Movie • 2016
David Mulcahey
The Discovery
Movie • 2017
Toby Harbor
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
Movie • 2016
Self
Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War
Movie • 2024
Self
Digger
Movie • 2026
Game Night
Movie • 2018
Gary
Hostiles
Movie • 2017
Lieutenant Rudy Kidder
The Post
Movie • 2017
Roger Clark
Dalai Lama
Movie • 2013
Jeff
The Irishman
Movie • 2019
Chuckie O'Brien
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
Movie • 2003
Jay
Jungle Cruise
Movie • 2021
Prince Joachim
Antlers
Movie • 2021
Paul Meadows
Vice
Movie • 2018
Kurt
Judas and the Black Messiah
Movie • 2021
Roy Mitchell
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Movie • 2019
Todd
The Power of the Dog
Movie • 2021
George Burbank
Snow Globe: A Breaking Bad Short
Movie • 2020
Todd
Killers of the Flower Moon
Movie • 2023
Tom White
Windfall
Movie • 2022
CEO
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Movie • 2020
Jake
Willie Nelson Presents: King of the Roadies
Movie • 2025
Self
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
Movie • 2026
Plutarch Heavensbee
Jonty
Movie
Jonty
Fear Itself: The Sacrifice
Movie • 2008
Lemmon
Civil War
Movie • 2024
Militant (uncredited)
Grey's Anatomy
TV • 2005
Jake Burton
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Owen Durbin
The Guardian
TV • 2001
Lawrence Neal
Judging Amy
TV • 1999
James Franklin
Cold Case
TV • 2003
Ryan Stewart
Walker, Texas Ranger
TV • 1993
Russell, Jr.
Friday Night Lights
TV • 2006
Landry Clarke
NCIS
TV • 2003
Jason Geckler
The Lyon's Den
TV • 2003
Ray Ferris
Fear Itself
TV • 2008
Lemmon
Love & Death
TV • 2023
Allan Gore
Zero Day
TV • 2025
Roger Carlson
Fargo
TV • 2014
Ed Blumquist
Bent
TV • 2012
Gary
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
TV • 1996
Bigger Kid
Huff
TV • 2004
Dawson James
Childrens Hospital
TV • 2008
Jesse
Drunk History
TV • 2013
Edgar Allan Poe
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Breaking Bad
TV • 2008
Todd
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Olive Kitteridge
TV • 2014
Jerry McCarthy
Black Mirror
TV • 2011
Robert Daly
Drunk History
TV • 2013
William Kenward
No Activity
TV • 2017
Angus
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
Drunk History
TV • 2013
Charles Ponzi
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
TV • 2025
Self