Jesse Plemons

Acting

Jesse Plemons

2 April 1988 (age 38)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.

Known For

Digger

Digger

2026

Killers of the Flower Moon

Killers of the Flower Moon

2023

Civil War

Civil War

2024

The Irishman

The Irishman

2019

Bugonia

Bugonia

2025

American Made

American Made

2017

Kinds of Kindness

Kinds of Kindness

2024

Bridge of Spies

Bridge of Spies

2015

Battleship

Battleship

2012

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping

2026

Jungle Cruise

Jungle Cruise

2021

Game Night

Game Night

2018