Jesse Plemons

Actor / Music Department / Producer

Birthdate – April 2, 1988 (36 Years Old)

Birthplace – Dallas, Texas, USA

Jesse Lon Plemons is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor and achieved a career breakthrough with his major 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 portrayal of Robert Daly in “USS Callister”, an episode of the Netflix anthology series Black Mirror (2017).

Plemons has appeared in supporting roles in several films including The Master (2012), The Homesman (2014), 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 starred in the psychological thriller film I’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020). He was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for his role as David Mulcahey in Other People (2016). 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.

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Filmography

Bugonia

(2025)

Kinds of Kindness

Robert (2024)

Kinds of Kindness

Daniel (2024)

Kinds of Kindness

Andrew (2024)

Killers of the Flower Moon

Tom White (2023)

Jungle Cruise

Prince Joachim (2021)

The Power of the Dog

George Burbank (2021)

Antlers

Paul Meadows (2021)

Judas and the Black Messiah

Roy Mitchell (2021)

Game Night

Gary (2018)

Vice

Kurt (2018)

American Made

Sheriff Downing (2017)

Black Mass

Kevin Weeks (2015)

Battleship

Boatswain Mate Seaman Jimmy 'Ordy' Ord (2012)