
Jesse Plemons
Known for Acting · 80 credits
- Born
- 1988-04-02 (age 38)
- Place of birth
- Dallas, Texas, USA
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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Known For
TV Shows (28)

Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Jake Burton

NCIS
2003
as Jason Geckler

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Owen Durbin

Breaking Bad
2008
as Todd

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest

Fargo
2014
as Ed Blumquist

Black Mirror
2011
as Robert Daly

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest

Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee

Cold Case
2003
as Ryan Stewart

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
as Bigger Kid

Judging Amy
1999
as James Franklin

The Guardian
2001
as Lawrence Neal

Childrens Hospital
2008
as Jesse

Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Russell, Jr.

Friday Night Lights
2006
as Landry Clarke

Drunk History
2013
as Edgar Allan Poe / William Kenward / Charles Ponzi

The Oscars
1953
as Self

Zero Day
2025
as Roger Carlson

No Activity
2017
as Angus

The Lyon's Den
2003
as Ray Ferris

Fear Itself
2008
as Lemmon

Love & Death
2023
as Allan Gore

Huff
2004
as Dawson James

Olive Kitteridge
2014
as Jerry McCarthy

Bent
2012
as Gary
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
2025
as Self
Movies (52)

Bugonia
2025
as Teddy

Battleship
2012
as Boatswain Mate Seaman Jimmy "Ordy" Ord

Jungle Cruise
2021
as Prince Joachim

Killers of the Flower Moon
2023
as Tom White

Civil War
2024
as Militia Soldier (uncredited) / Militant (uncredited)

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019
as Todd

Paul
2011
as Jake

The Irishman
2019
as Chuckie O'Brien

American Made
2017
as Sheriff Downing

Bridge of Spies
2015
as Joe Murphy

The Post
2017
as Roger Clark

Game Night
2018
as Gary

Hostiles
2017
as Lieutenant Rudy Kidder

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
2026
as Plutarch Heavensbee

Kinds of Kindness
2024
as Robert / Daniel / Andrew

Black Mass
2015
as Kevin Weeks

The Master
2012
as Val Dodd

Vice
2018
as Kurt

Digger
2026

Like Mike
2002
as Ox

Varsity Blues
1999
as Tommy Harbor

I'm Thinking of Ending Things
2020
as Jake

Antlers
2021
as Paul Meadows

The Power of the Dog
2021
as George Burbank

The Flyboys
2008
as Bully #1

Judas and the Black Messiah
2021
as Roy Mitchell

The Homesman
2014
as Garn Sours

Shrink
2009
as Jesus

The Discovery
2017
as Toby Harbor

All the Pretty Horses
2000
as Young Grady (uncredited)

The Program
2015
as Floyd Landis

Observe and Report
2009
as Charles

Windfall
2022
as CEO

No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
2013
as Self (uncredited)

The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019
as Self

Other People
2016
as David Mulcahey

The Failures
2004
as Boe

Meeting Spencer
2010
as Spencer West

Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
2016
as Self

Finding North
1998
as Hobo

Happiness Runs
2010
as Chad

Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War
2024
as Self

Behind the Scenes with Jane Campion
2022
as Self (archive footage)

The Birth and the Bees: The Making of Bugonia
2025
as Self

Snow Globe: A Breaking Bad Short
2020
as Todd

Willie Nelson Presents: King of the Roadies
2025
as Self

When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
2003
as Jay

Jonty
as Jonty

Flutter
2014
as David

Children on Their Birthdays
2002
as Preacher Star

Dalai Lama
2013
as Jeff

Fear Itself: The Sacrifice
2008
as Lemmon
About Jesse Plemons
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… With 80 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Jesse Plemons has appeared in 52 films and 28 TV shows.
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- Bugonia (2025) — as Teddy
- Battleship (2012) — as Boatswain Mate Seaman Jimmy "Ordy" Ord
- Jungle Cruise (2021) — as Prince Joachim
- Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) — as Tom White
- Civil War (2024) — as Militia Soldier (uncredited) / Militant (uncredited)
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