Jesse Plemons
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Bugonia as Teddy
- 2025 · Zero Day as Roger Carlson
- 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
- 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 · The Post as Roger Clark
- 2017 · Hostiles as Lieutenant Rudy Kidder
- 2017 · No Activity as Angus
- 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
- 2014 · The Homesman as Garn Sours
- 2014 · Fargo as Ed Blumquist
- 2014 · Flutter as David
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 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
- 2013 · Drunk History as William Kenward
- 2012 · The Master as Val Dodd
- 2012 · Battleship as Boatswain Mate Seaman Jimmy "Ordy" Ord
- 2012 · Bent as Gary
- 2011 · Black Mirror as Robert Daly
- 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
- 2008 · The Flyboys as Bully #1
- 2008 · Fear Itself as Lemmon
- 2008 · Breaking Bad as Todd
- 2006 · Friday Night Lights as Landry Clarke
- 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Jake Burton
- 2004 · Huff as Dawson James
- 2004 · The Failures as Boe
- 2003 · When Zachary Beaver Came to Town as Jay
- 2003 · Cold Case as Ryan Stewart
- 2003 · The Lyon's Den as Ray Ferris
- 2003 · NCIS as Jason Geckler
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2002 · Like Mike as Ox
- 2002 · Children on Their Birthdays as Preacher Star
- 2001 · The Guardian as Lawrence Neal
- 2000 · All the Pretty Horses as Young Grady (uncredited)
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Owen Durbin
- 1999 · Judging Amy as James Franklin
- 1999 · Varsity Blues as Tommy Harbor
- 1996 · Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Bigger Kid
- 1993 · Walker, Texas Ranger as Russell, Jr.
- Future · Judy as
- 1998 · Finding North as Hobo
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self