Jesse Plemons
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 2, 1988
- Birthplace
- Dallas, Texas, USA
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.
Filmography
Jonty TBA
as Jonty, Executive Producer
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping 2026
as Plutarch Heavensbee
Digger 2026
as Kenny
The Birth and The Bees: The Making of Bugonia 2025
as Self
Bugonia 2025
as Teddy
Willie Nelson Presents: King of the Roadies 2025
as Self
Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War 2024
as Self
Kinds of Kindness 2024
as Robert / Daniel / Andrew
Civil War 2024
as Militia Soldier (uncredited)
Killers of the Flower Moon 2023
as Tom White
Windfall 2022
as CEO, Producer
Behind the Scenes with Jane Campion 2022
as Self (archive footage)
Antlers 2021
as Paul Meadows
The Power of the Dog 2021
as George Burbank
Jungle Cruise 2021
as Prince Joachim
Judas and the Black Messiah 2021
as Roy Mitchell
I'm Thinking of Ending Things 2020
as Jake
Snow Globe: A Breaking Bad Short 2020
as Todd
The Irishman 2019
as Chuckie O'Brien
The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie 2019
as Self
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie 2019
as Todd
Vice 2018
as Kurt
Game Night 2018
as Gary
The Post 2017
as Roger Clark
Hostiles 2017
as Lieutenant Rudy Kidder
American Made 2017
as Sheriff Downing
The Discovery 2017
as Toby Harbor
Other People 2016
as David Mulcahey
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls 2016
as Self
Bridge of Spies 2015
as Joe Murphy
Black Mass 2015
as Kevin Weeks
The Program 2015
as Floyd Landis
The Homesman 2014
as Garn Sours
Flutter 2014
as David
Dalai Lama 2013
as Jeff
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad 2013
as Self (uncredited)
The Master 2012
as Val Dodd
Battleship 2012
as Boatswain Mate Seaman Jimmy "Ordy" Ord
Paul 2011
as Jake
Happiness Runs 2010
as Chad
Meeting Spencer 2010
as Spencer West
Shrink 2009
as Jesus
Observe and Report 2009
as Charles
The Flyboys 2008
as Bully #1
The Sacrifice 2008
as Lemmon
The Failures 2004
as Boe
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town 2003
as Jay
Like Mike 2002
as Ox
Children on Their Birthdays 2002
as Preacher Star
All the Pretty Horses 2000
as Young Grady (uncredited)
Varsity Blues 1999
as Tommy Harbor
Finding North 1998
as Hobo
Credits from TMDB.