Jesse Plemons
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Grey's Anatomy
Jake Burton
2005
Series
Breaking Bad
Todd
2008
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Series
NCIS
Jason Geckler
2003
Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
Series
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Owen Durbin
2000
Film
Digger
Kenny
2026
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Series
Fargo
Ed Blumquist
2014
Series
Black Mirror
Robert Daly
2011
Series
Cold Case
Ryan Stewart
2003
Series
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Bigger Kid
1996
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Series
Judging Amy
James Franklin
1999
Series
Walker, Texas Ranger
Russell, Jr.
1993
Film
Bugonia
Teddy
2025
Series
Friday Night Lights
Landry Clarke
2006
Series
Childrens Hospital
Jesse
2008
Film
Killers of the Flower Moon
Tom White
2023
Series
The Guardian
Lawrence Neal
2001
Series
Drunk History
Edgar Allan Poe
2013
Series
Drunk History
William Kenward
2013
Series
Drunk History
Charles Ponzi
2013
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
Zero Day
Roger Carlson
2025
Film
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
Plutarch Heavensbee
2026
Film
Civil War
Militia Soldier (uncredited)
2024
Series
No Activity
Angus
2017
Series
Love & Death
Allan Gore
2023
Series
Huff
Dawson James
2004
Film
Battleship
Boatswain Mate Seaman Jimmy "Ordy" Ord
2012
Film
The Irishman
Chuckie O'Brien
2019
Film
American Made
Sheriff Downing
2017
Series
Fear Itself
Lemmon
2008
Film
Jungle Cruise
Prince Joachim
2021
Film
Black Mass
Kevin Weeks
2015
Film
Kinds of Kindness
Robert / Daniel / Andrew
2024
Film
Game Night
Gary
2018
Film
Bridge of Spies
Joe Murphy
2015
Film
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Todd
2019
Film
Antlers
Paul Meadows
2021
Series
The Lyon's Den
Ray Ferris
2003
Film
Paul
Jake
2011
Film
The Post
Roger Clark
2017
Film
The Power of the Dog
George Burbank
2021
Series
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
Self
2025
Film
Vice
Kurt
2018
Film
The Master
Val Dodd
2012
Series
Olive Kitteridge
Jerry McCarthy
2014
Film
The Sacrifice
Lemmon
2008
Series
Bent
Gary
2012
Film
Other People
David Mulcahey
2016
Film
Hostiles
Lieutenant Rudy Kidder
2017
Film
The Flyboys
Bully #1
2008
Film
Judas and the Black Messiah
Roy Mitchell
2021
Film
The Homesman
Garn Sours
2014
Film
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Jake
2020
Film
Observe and Report
Charles
2009
Film
All the Pretty Horses
Young Grady (uncredited)
2000
Film
The Discovery
Toby Harbor
2017
Film
Like Mike
Ox
2002
Film
The Program
Floyd Landis
2015
Film
Varsity Blues
Tommy Harbor
1999
Film
Jonty
Jonty
Film
The Birth and The Bees: The Making of Bugonia
Self
2025
Film
Windfall
CEO
2022
Film
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
Self (uncredited)
2013
Film
Shrink
Jesus
2009
Film
The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Self
2019
Film
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
Jay
2003
Film
Behind the Scenes with Jane Campion
Self (archive footage)
2022
Film
Finding North
Hobo
1998
Film
Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War
Self
2024
Film
Children on Their Birthdays
Preacher Star
2002
Film
Snow Globe: A Breaking Bad Short
Todd
2020
Film
Happiness Runs
Chad
2010
Film
Meeting Spencer
Spencer West
2010
Film
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
Self
2016
Film
Willie Nelson Presents: King of the Roadies
Self
2025
Film
Flutter
David
2014
Film
The Failures
Boe
2004
Film
Dalai Lama
Jeff
2013