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Jesse Plemons

Jesse Plemons

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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jesse Plemons, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Like Mike

Like Mike

2002

Battleship

Battleship

2012

The Master

The Master

2012

The Failures

The Failures

2004

Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion

Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion

2022

All the Pretty Horses

All the Pretty Horses

2000

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

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

2019

No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad

No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad

2013

Meeting Spencer

Meeting Spencer

2010

Children on Their Birthdays

Children on Their Birthdays

2002

Black Mass

Black Mass

2015

The Program

The Program

2015

The Homesman

The Homesman

2014

Observe and Report

Observe and Report

2009

Kinds of Kindness

Kinds of Kindness

2024

Flutter

Flutter

2014

Finding North

Finding North

1998

Shrink

Shrink

2009

The Flyboys

The Flyboys

2008

Varsity Blues

Varsity Blues

1999

Happiness Runs

Happiness Runs

2010

Paul

Paul

2011

Bugonia

Bugonia

2025

Civil War

Civil War

2024

American Made

American Made

2017

Bridge of Spies

Bridge of Spies

2015

Other People

Other People

2016

The Discovery

The Discovery

2017

Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls

Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls

2016

Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War

Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War

2024

Digger

Digger

2026

Game Night

Game Night

2018

Hostiles

Hostiles

2017

The Post

The Post

2017

Dalai Lama

Dalai Lama

2013

The Irishman

The Irishman

2019

When Zachary Beaver Came to Town

When Zachary Beaver Came to Town

2003

Jungle Cruise

Jungle Cruise

2021

Antlers

Antlers

2021

Vice

Vice

2018

Judas and the Black Messiah

Judas and the Black Messiah

2021

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

2019

The Power of the Dog

The Power of the Dog

2021

Snow Globe: A Breaking Bad Short

Snow Globe: A Breaking Bad Short

2020

Killers of the Flower Moon

Killers of the Flower Moon

2023

Windfall

Windfall

2022

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

2020

Willie Nelson Presents: King of the Roadies

Willie Nelson Presents: King of the Roadies

2025

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping

2026

Jonty

Jonty

Fear Itself: The Sacrifice

Fear Itself: The Sacrifice

2008

Civil War

Civil War

2024

The Birth and the Bees: The Making of Bugonia

The Birth and the Bees: The Making of Bugonia

2025

Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

2005

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000

The Guardian

The Guardian

2001

Judging Amy

Judging Amy

1999

Cold Case

Cold Case

2003

Walker, Texas Ranger

Walker, Texas Ranger

1993

Friday Night Lights

Friday Night Lights

2006

NCIS

NCIS

2003

The Lyon's Den

The Lyon's Den

2003

Fear Itself

Fear Itself

2008

Love & Death

Love & Death

2023

Zero Day

Zero Day

2025

Fargo

Fargo

2014

Bent

Bent

2012

Huff

Huff

2004

Drunk History

Drunk History

2013

Childrens Hospital

Childrens Hospital

2008

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

1996

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

Breaking Bad

Breaking Bad

2008

The Oscars

The Oscars

1953

Olive Kitteridge

Olive Kitteridge

2014

Black Mirror

Black Mirror

2011

Drunk History

Drunk History

2013

No Activity

No Activity

2017

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

1944

Drunk History

Drunk History

2013

Variety & CNN Actors on Actors

Variety & CNN Actors on Actors

2025