Jesse Plemons
American actor celebrated for transformative roles across acclaimed television dramas and major motion pictures, earning Academy Award and Emmy nominations throughout his career.
Jesse Plemons - Personal Information
- Name: Jesse Plemons
- Date of Birth: April 2, 1988
- Place of Birth: Dallas, Texas, USA
- Gender: Male
- Job Title: Actor
- Crew Jobs: Producer, Executive Producer
Biography
Jesse Plemons (/ˈplɛmənz/; 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.
Selected Filmography
A selection of Jesse Plemons' most notable recent film and television appearances.
- The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (2026) as Plutarch Heavensbee
- Digger (2026)
- Variety & CNN Actors on Actors (TV - 2025) as Self
- Bugonia (2025) as Teddy
- Willie Nelson Presents: King of the Roadies (2025) as Self
- Zero Day (TV - 2025) as Roger Carlson
- Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War (2024) as Self
- Kinds of Kindness (2024) as Robert / Daniel / Andrew
- Civil War (2024) as Militia Soldier (uncredited)
- Civil War (2024) as Militant (uncredited)
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