Jesse Plemons
Acting
Born: April 2, 1988 (age 38) · Dallas, Texas, USA
Highest Rated
Biography
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.
Known for
Breaking Bad
2008
Grey's Anatomy
2005
The Irishman
2019
Bridge of Spies
2015
Game Night
2018
Paul
2011
Black Mirror
2011
Jungle Cruise
2021
Battleship
2012
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
2019
American Made
2017
The Post
2017
Photos (16)
Movies (42)
Killers of the Flower Moon
Tom White
Bugonia
Teddy
Bridge of Spies
Joe Murphy
Civil War
Militia Soldier (uncredited)
Jungle Cruise
Prince Joachim
Battleship
Boatswain Mate Seaman Jimmy "Ordy" Ord
The Irishman
Chuckie O'Brien
Kinds of Kindness
Robert / Daniel / Andrew
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Todd
Paul
Jake
Game Night
Gary
Vice
Kurt
American Made
Sheriff Downing
Hostiles
Lieutenant Rudy Kidder
Black Mass
Kevin Weeks
The Power of the Dog
George Burbank
Antlers
Paul Meadows
The Master
Val Dodd
Judas and the Black Messiah
Roy Mitchell
The Post
Roger Clark
The Flyboys
Bully #1
The Homesman
Garn Sours
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Jake
Like Mike
Ox
The Discovery
Toby Harbor
All the Pretty Horses
Young Grady (uncredited)
The Program
Floyd Landis
Varsity Blues
Tommy Harbor
Windfall
CEO
Other People
David Mulcahey
Observe and Report
Charles
Shrink
Jesus
The Sacrifice
Lemmon
Meeting Spencer
Spencer West
The Failures
Boe
Finding North
Hobo
Happiness Runs
Chad
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
Jay
Dalai Lama
Jeff
Children on Their Birthdays
Preacher Star
Snow Globe: A Breaking Bad Short
Todd
Flutter
David
TV Shows (24)
NCIS
Jason Geckler · 1 eps
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Owen Durbin · 1 eps
Grey's Anatomy
Jake Burton · 1 eps
Breaking Bad
Todd · 11 eps
Black Mirror
Robert Daly · 2 eps
Cold Case
Ryan Stewart · 2 eps
Fargo
Ed Blumquist · 10 eps
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Bigger Kid · 1 eps
Judging Amy
James Franklin · 1 eps
Friday Night Lights
Landry Clarke · 63 eps
Childrens Hospital
Jesse · 1 eps
Walker, Texas Ranger
Russell, Jr. · 1 eps
The Guardian
Lawrence Neal · 1 eps
Drunk History
Edgar Allan Poe · 1 eps
Drunk History
William Kenward · 1 eps
Drunk History
Charles Ponzi · 1 eps
Zero Day
Roger Carlson · 6 eps
Love & Death
Allan Gore · 7 eps
No Activity
Angus · 8 eps
Fear Itself
Lemmon · 1 eps
Huff
Dawson James · 1 eps
Olive Kitteridge
Jerry McCarthy · 4 eps
The Lyon's Den
Ray Ferris · 1 eps
Bent
Gary · 6 eps
Self / Appearances (13)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · 1 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 5 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 2 eps
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
Self · 1 eps
The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Self
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
Self (uncredited)
Behind the Scenes with Jane Campion
Self (archive footage)
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
Self
The Birth and the Bees: The Making of Bugonia
Self
Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War
Self
Willie Nelson Presents: King of the Roadies
Self
