Jesse Plemons
Acting
Born: Apr 02, 1988
From: Dallas, Texas, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bugonia | Teddy | 2025 | 7.357 |
| Kinds of Kindness | Robert / Daniel / Andrew | 2024 | 6.5 |
| Civil War | Militia Soldier (uncredited) | 2024 | 6.859 |
| Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War | Self | 2024 | 7.4 |
| Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion | Self (archive footage) | 2022 | 6.1 |
| The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie | Self | 2019 | 7.0 |
| American Made | Sheriff Downing | 2017 | 6.902 |
| The Discovery | Toby Harbor | 2017 | 6.261 |
| Other People | David Mulcahey | 2016 | 6.361 |
| Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls | Self | 2016 | — |
| Black Mass | Kevin Weeks | 2015 | 6.531 |
| The Program | Floyd Landis | 2015 | 6.366 |
| Bridge of Spies | Joe Murphy | 2015 | 7.238 |
| The Homesman | Garn Sours | 2014 | 6.531 |
| Flutter | David | 2014 | 5.9 |
| No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad | Self (uncredited) | 2013 | 8.395 |
| Battleship | Boatswain Mate Seaman Jimmy "Ordy" … | 2012 | 5.884 |
| The Master | Val Dodd | 2012 | 7.1 |
| Paul | Jake | 2011 | 6.735 |
| Meeting Spencer | Spencer West | 2010 | 4.5 |
| Happiness Runs | Chad | 2010 | 4.5 |
| Observe and Report | Charles | 2009 | 5.405 |
| Shrink | Jesus | 2009 | 6.202 |
| The Flyboys | Bully #1 | 2008 | 7.529 |
| The Failures | Boe | 2004 | 4.0 |
| Like Mike | Ox | 2002 | 6.117 |
| Children on Their Birthdays | Preacher Star | 2002 | 6.125 |
| All the Pretty Horses | Young Grady (uncredited) | 2000 | 5.727 |
| Varsity Blues | Tommy Harbor | 1999 | 6.136 |
| Finding North | Hobo | 1998 | 5.0 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1988 |
| From | Dallas, Texas, USA |