Quick Facts
Born:
1988-04-02
Birthplace:
Dallas, Texas, USA
Credits:
83 Total Roles
Jesse Plemons
Acting
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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.
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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.
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Known For
Breaking Bad
Todd
Grey's Anatomy
Jake Burton
The Irishman
Chuckie O'Brien
Bridge of Spies
Joe Murphy
Game Night
Gary
Paul
Jake
Jungle Cruise
Prince Joachim
Black Mirror
Robert Daly
Full Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping MOVIE | Plutarch Heavensbee |
| 2026 | Digger MOVIE | Self |
| 2025 | The Birth and the Bees: The Making of Bugonia MOVIE | Self |
| 2025 | Variety & CNN Actors on Actors TV | Self |
| 2025 | Bugonia MOVIE | Teddy |
| 2025 | Willie Nelson Presents: King of the Roadies MOVIE | Self |
| 2025 | Zero Day TV | Roger Carlson |
| 2024 | Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War MOVIE | Self |
| 2024 | Kinds of Kindness MOVIE | Robert / Daniel / Andrew |
| 2024 | Civil War MOVIE | Militia Soldier (uncredited) |