Jesse Plemons
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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
Credits
Digger (2026)
as Kenny
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
as Tom White
Civil War (2024)
as Militia Soldier (uncredited)
American Made (2017)
as Sheriff Downing
The Irishman (2019)
as Chuckie O'Brien
Bugonia (2025)
as Teddy
Kinds of Kindness (2024)
as Robert / Daniel / Andrew
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (2026)
as Plutarch Heavensbee
Bridge of Spies (2015)
as Joe Murphy
Battleship (2012)
as Boatswain Mate Seaman Jimmy "Ordy" Ord
Game Night (2018)
as Gary
Jungle Cruise (2021)
as Prince Joachim
Black Mass (2015)
as Kevin Weeks
The Post (2017)
as Roger Clark
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019)
as Todd
The Power of the Dog (2021)
as George Burbank
Paul (2011)
as Jake
Antlers (2021)
as Paul Meadows
The Master (2012)
as Val Dodd
Vice (2018)
as Kurt
The Homesman (2014)
as Garn Sours
Hostiles (2017)
as Lieutenant Rudy Kidder
Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)
as Roy Mitchell
Varsity Blues (1999)
as Tommy Harbor
Like Mike (2002)
as Ox
I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020)
as Jake
The Program (2015)
as Floyd Landis
The Flyboys (2008)
as Bully #1
All the Pretty Horses (2000)
as Young Grady (uncredited)
Observe and Report (2009)
as Charles
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad (2013)
as Self (uncredited)
The Discovery (2017)
as Toby Harbor
Other People (2016)
as David Mulcahey
The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019)
as Self
The Sacrifice (2008)
as Lemmon
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town (2003)
as Jay
Shrink (2009)
as Jesus
Windfall (2022)
as CEO
Behind the Scenes with Jane Campion (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Children on Their Birthdays (2002)
as Preacher Star
The Birth and The Bees: The Making of Bugonia (2025)
as Self
Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War (2024)
as Self
Jonty (—)
as Jonty
Willie Nelson Presents: King of the Roadies (2025)
as Self
Happiness Runs (2010)
as Chad
Snow Globe: A Breaking Bad Short (2020)
as Todd
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls (2016)
as Self
The Failures (2004)
as Boe
Finding North (1998)
as Hobo
Meeting Spencer (2010)
as Spencer West
Dalai Lama (2013)
as Jeff
Flutter (2014)
as David