Jesse Plemons
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.
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Movies (52)
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
2026 · Plutarch Heavensbee
Digger
2026 · Kenny
The Birth and The Bees: The Making of Bugonia
2025 · Self
Bugonia
2025 · Teddy
Willie Nelson Presents: King of the Roadies
2025 · Self
Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War
2024 · Self
Tipos de gentileza
2024 · Robert / Daniel / Andrew
Civil War
2024 · Militia Soldier (uncredited)
Los asesinos de la luna
2023 · Tom White
Frutos del viento
2022 · CEO, Producer
Detrás de las cámaras con Jane Campion
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Espíritus oscuros
2021 · Paul Meadows
El Poder Del Perro
2021 · George Burbank
Jungle Cruise
2021 · Prince Joachim
Judas y el mesías negro
2021 · Roy Mitchell
Pienso en el final
2020 · Jake
Snow Globe: A Breaking Bad Short
2020 · Todd
El irlandés
2019 · Chuckie O'Brien
Detrás de cámaras de El Camino: Una película de Breaking Bad
2019 · Self
El Camino: Una película de Breaking Bad
2019 · Todd
El Vicepresidente: Más allá del poder
2018 · Kurt
Noche de juegos
2018 · Gary
Hostiles: Violencia americana
2017 · Lieutenant Rudy Kidder
The Post: Los Oscuros Secretos del Pentágono
2017 · Roger Clark
Barry Seal: Sólo en América
2017 · Sheriff Downing
El descubrimiento
2017 · Toby Harbor
Other People
2016 · David Mulcahey
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
2016 · Self
Puente de espías
2015 · Joe Murphy
Pacto criminal
2015 · Kevin Weeks
El engaño del siglo
2015 · Floyd Landis
Deuda de Honor
2014 · Garn Sours
Flutter
2014 · David
Dalai Lama
2013 · Jeff
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
2013 · Self (uncredited)
The Master: Todo hombre necesita un guía
2012 · Val Dodd
Battleship: Batalla Naval
2012 · Boatswain Mate Seaman Jimmy "Ordy" Ord
Paul
2011 · Jake
Happiness Runs
2010 · Chad
Meeting Spencer
2010 · Spencer West
Los locos de Hollywood
2009 · Jesus
(In)Seguridad
2009 · Charles
Dos chicos en fuga
2008 · Bully #1
The Sacrifice
2008 · Lemmon
The Failures
2004 · Boe
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
2003 · Jay
Minicampeones
2002 · Ox
Children on Their Birthdays
2002 · Preacher Star
Espíritu salvaje
2000 · Young Grady (uncredited)
Varsity Blues
1999 · Tommy Harbor
Finding North
1998 · Hobo
Jonty
· Jonty, Executive Producer
TV shows (28)
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
2025 · Self
Zero Day
2025 · Roger Carlson
Amor y muerte
2023 · Allan Gore
No Activity
2017 · Angus
Olive Kitteridge
2014 · Jerry McCarthy
Fargo
2014 · Ed Blumquist
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self
Drunk History
2013 · Edgar Allan Poe, William Kenward, Charles Ponzi
Bent
2012 · Gary
Black Mirror
2011 · Robert Daly
Hospital Infantil
2008 · Jesse
El miedo mismo
2008 · Lemmon
Breaking Bad
2008 · Todd
Viernes de Fútbol
2006 · Landry Clarke
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · Jake Burton
Huff
2004 · Dawson James
Caso Cerrado
2003 · Ryan Stewart
The Lyon's Den
2003 · Ray Ferris
NCIS
2003 · Jason Geckler
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Guest
The Guardian
2001 · Lawrence Neal
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · Owen Durbin
Judging Amy
1999 · James Franklin
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996 · Bigger Kid
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993 · Russell, Jr.
The Oscars
1953 · Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee