Jesse Plemons

Jesse Plemons

Birthdate
April 2, 1988 (36 years old)
Place of Birth
Dallas, Texas, USA
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
April 2, 1988 (36 years old)
Place of Birth
Dallas, Texas, USA
Known For
Acting

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.

Jesse Plemons's LGBTQ+ Titles

The Power of the Dog
The Power of the Dog
George Burbank
Other People
Other People
David Mulcahey

Acting (74)

Judy
2025
Bugonia as Teddy
2025
Zero Day as Roger Carlson (6 episodes)
2024
Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War as Self
2024
Kinds of Kindness as Robert / Daniel / Andrew
2024
Civil War as Militia Soldier (uncredited)
2023
Killers of the Flower Moon as Tom White
2023
Love & Death as Allan Gore (7 episodes)
2022
Windfall as CEO
2022
Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion as Self (archive footage)
2021
Antlers as Paul Meadows
2021
The Power of the Dog as George Burbank
2021
Jungle Cruise as Prince Joachim
2021
Judas and the Black Messiah as Roy Mitchell
2020
I'm Thinking of Ending Things as Jake
2020
Snow Globe: A Breaking Bad Short as Todd
2019
The Irishman as Chuckie O'Brien
2019
The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie as Self
2019
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie as Todd
2018
Vice as Kurt
2018
Game Night as Gary
2017
Hostiles as Lieutenant Rudy Kidder
2017
The Post as Roger Clark
2017
No Activity as Angus (8 episodes)
2017
American Made as Sheriff Downing
2017
The Discovery as Toby Harbor
2016
Other People as David Mulcahey
2016
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls as self
2015
Bridge of Spies as Joe Murphy
2015
Black Mass as Kevin Weeks
2015
The Program as Floyd Landis
2014
Olive Kitteridge as Jerry McCarthy (4 episodes)
2014
The Homesman as Garn Sours
2014
Fargo as Ed Blumquist (10 episodes)
2014
Flutter as David
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self (3 episodes)
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self (1 episode)
2013
Dalai Lama as Jeff
2013
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad as Self
2013
Drunk History as Edgar Allan Poe (1 episode)
2013
Drunk History as William Kenward (1 episode)
2012
The Master as Val Dodd
2012
Battleship as Boatswain Mate Seaman Jimmy "Ordy" Ord
2012
Bent as Gary (6 episodes)
2011
Black Mirror as Robert Daly (1 episode)
2011
Paul as Jake
2010
Happiness Runs as Chad
2010
Meeting Spencer as Spencer West
2009
Shrink as Jesus
2009
Observe and Report as Charles
2008
Childrens Hospital as Jesse (1 episode)
2008
The Flyboys as Bully #1
2008
Fear Itself as Lemmon (1 episode)
2008
Breaking Bad as Todd (11 episodes)
2006
Friday Night Lights as Landry Clarke (63 episodes)
2005
Grey's Anatomy as Jake Burton (1 episode)
2004
Huff as Dawson James (1 episode)
2004
The Failures as Boe
2003
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town as Jay
2003
Cold Case as Ryan Stewart (2 episodes)
2003
The Lyon's Den as Ray Ferris (1 episode)
2003
NCIS as Jason Geckler (1 episode)
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self (1 episode)
2002
Like Mike as Ox
2002
Children on Their Birthdays as Preacher Star
2001
The Guardian as Lawrence Neal (1 episode)
2000
All the Pretty Horses as Young Grady (uncredited)
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Owen Durbin (1 episode)
1999
Judging Amy as James Franklin (1 episode)
1999
Varsity Blues as Tommy Harbor
1998
Finding North as Hobo
1996
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Bigger Kid (1 episode)
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger as Russell, Jr. (2 episodes)
1953
The Oscars as Self (1 episode)

Production (1)

2022
Windfall • Producer
• Producer