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Jesse Plemons

Born: 1988

Biography

Jesse 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). For his role as Ed Blumquist in season 2 of the FX anthology series Fargo (2015), he received his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination and won a Critics' Choice Television Award. He received a second Emmy nomination for his performance in "USS Callister", an episode of the Netflix anthology series Black Mirror (2017). Plemons received his third Emmy nomination for his supporting role in the HBO miniseries Love & Death (2023). Plemons has appeared in supporting roles in several films, including The Master (2012), Black Mass, Bridge of Spies (both 2015), Game Night, Vice (both 2018), The Irishman (2019), Judas and the Black Messiah, Jungle Cruise, and The Power of the Dog (all in 2021). He has also starred in the psychological thriller I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020). He was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for his starring role in Other People (2016), and for his performance in The Power of the Dog, he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jesse Plemons, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For Acting
Gender Male
Place of Birth Dallas, Texas, USA

Resources

Movies

Like Mike

Ox in Like Mike

Battleship

Boatswain Mate Seaman Jimmy "Ordy" Ord in Battleship

The Master

Val Dodd in The Master

The Failures

Boe in The Failures

Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion

Self (archive footage) in Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion

All the Pretty Horses

Young Grady (uncredited) in All the Pretty Horses

No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad

Self in No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad

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

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

Meeting Spencer

Spencer West in Meeting Spencer

Children on Their Birthdays

Preacher Star in Children on Their Birthdays

Black Mass

Kevin Weeks in Black Mass

The Program

Floyd Landis in The Program

The Homesman

Garn Sours in The Homesman

Observe and Report

Charles in Observe and Report

Kinds of Kindness

Robert / Daniel / Andrew in Kinds of Kindness

Flutter

David in Flutter

Shrink

Jesus in Shrink

Finding North

Hobo in Finding North

Varsity Blues

Tommy Harbor in Varsity Blues

The Flyboys

Bully #1 in The Flyboys

Happiness Runs

Chad in Happiness Runs

Paul

Jake in Paul

Bugonia

Teddy in Bugonia

Civil War

Militia Soldier (uncredited) in Civil War

American Made

Sheriff Downing in American Made

Bridge of Spies

Joe Murphy in Bridge of Spies

Other People

David Mulcahey in Other People

The Discovery

Toby Harbor in The Discovery

Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls

self in Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls

Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War

Self in Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War

Judy

in Judy

Game Night

Gary in Game Night

Hostiles

Lieutenant Rudy Kidder in Hostiles

The Post

Roger Clark in The Post

Dalai Lama

Jeff in Dalai Lama

The Irishman

Chuckie O'Brien in The Irishman

When Zachary Beaver Came to Town

Jay in When Zachary Beaver Came to Town

Jungle Cruise

Prince Joachim in Jungle Cruise

Antlers

Paul Meadows in Antlers

Vice

Kurt in Vice

Judas and the Black Messiah

Roy Mitchell in Judas and the Black Messiah

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

Todd in El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

The Power of the Dog

George Burbank in The Power of the Dog

Snow Globe: A Breaking Bad Short

Todd in Snow Globe: A Breaking Bad Short

Killers of the Flower Moon

Tom White in Killers of the Flower Moon

Windfall

CEO in Windfall

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

Jake in I'm Thinking of Ending Things

TV Shows