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Jesse Plemons
Actor, ProducerBorn April 2, 1988 (36 years)
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.
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.
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| 2026 | |
| 2025 | Bugonia · as Teddy |
| 2025 | Zero Day (TV Series) · as Roger Carlson |
| 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 (TV Series) · as Allan Gore |
| 2022 | Windfall · as Ceo |
| 2021 | The Power of the Dog · as George Burbank |
| 2021 | Antlers · as Paul Meadows |
| 2021 | Jungle Cruise · as Prince Joachim |
| 2021 | Judas and the Black Messiah · as Roy Mitchell |
| 2020 | I'm Thinking of Ending Things · as Jake |
| 2019 | The Irishman · as Chuckie O'brien |
| 2019 | El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie · as Todd |
| 2018 | |
| 2018 | Game Night · as Gary |
| 2017 | Hostiles · as Lieutenant Rudy Kidder |
| 2017 | The Post · as Roger Clark |
| 2017 | No Activity (US) (TV Series) · as Angus |
| 2017 | American Made · as Sheriff Downing |
| 2017 | The Discovery · as Toby Harbor |
| 2016 | Other People · as David Mulcahey |
| 2015 | Bridge of Spies · as Joe Murphy |
| 2015 | Black Mass · as Kevin Weeks |
| 2015 | The Program · as Floyd Landis |
| 2014 | Olive Kitteridge (TV Series) · as Jerry Mccarthy |
| 2014 | The Homesman · as Garn Sours |
| 2014 | Fargo (TV Series) · as Ed Blumquist |
| 2014 | Flutter · as David |
| 2013 | Dalai Lama · as Jeff |
| 2013 | Drunk History (TV Series) · as Edgar Allan Poe |
| 2012 | The Master · as Val Dodd |
| 2012 | Battleship · as Boatswain Mate Seaman Jimmy "ordy" Ord |
| 2012 | Bent (TV Series) · as Gary |
| 2011 | Black Mirror (TV Series) · as Robert Daly |
| 2011 | Paul · as Jake |
| 2011 | Meeting Spencer · as Spencer West |
| 2010 | Happiness Runs · as Chad |
| 2009 | Shrink · as Jesus |
| 2009 | Observe and Report · as Charles |
| 2008 | Childrens Hospital (TV Series) · as Jesse |
| 2008 | Sky Kids · as Bully #1 |
| 2008 | Fear Itself (TV Series) · as Lemmon |
| 2008 | Breaking Bad (TV Series) · as Todd |
| 2006 | Friday Night Lights (TV Series) · as Landry Clarke |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy (TV Series) · as Jake Burton |
| 2004 | Huff (TV Series) · as Dawson James |
| 2003 | When Zachary Beaver Came to Town · as Jay |
| 2003 | The Failures · as Boe |
| 2003 | Cold Case (TV Series) · as Ryan Stewart |
| 2003 | The Lyon's Den (TV Series) · as Ray Ferris |
| 2003 | NCIS (TV Series) · as Jason Geckler |
| 2002 | Like Mike · as Ox |
| 2002 | Children on Their Birthdays · as Preacher Star |
| 2001 | The Guardian (TV Series) · as Lawrence Neal |
| 2000 | All the Pretty Horses · as Young Grady (uncredited) |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) · as Owen Durbin |
| 1999 | Judging Amy (TV Series) · as James Franklin |
| 1999 | Varsity Blues · as Tommy Harbor |
| 1998 | Finding North · as Hobo |
| 1996 | Sabrina, The Teenage Witch (TV Series) · as Bigger Kid |
| 1993 | Walker, Texas Ranger (TV Series) · as Russell, Jr. |