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Jesse Plemons

Jesse Plemons

Known For Acting
Birthday Apr 02, 1988 (37)
Birthplace Dallas, Texas, USA
Popularity 3 (history)
Updated Oct 10, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 seri ... es 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jesse Plemons, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Filmography

Bugonia

Bugonia

2025

as Teddy

Kinds of Kindness

Kinds of Kindness

2024

as Robert / Daniel / Andrew

Civil War

Civil War

2024

as Militia Soldier (uncredited)

Killers of the Flower Moon

Killers of the Flower Moon

2023

as Tom White

Windfall

Windfall

2022

as CEO

Antlers

Antlers

2021

as Paul Meadows

Judas and the Black Messiah

Judas and the Black Messiah

2021

as Roy Mitchell

The Power of the Dog

The Power of the Dog

2021

as George Burbank

Jungle Cruise

Jungle Cruise

2021

as Prince Joachim

The Irishman

The Irishman

2019

as Chuckie O'Brien

Game Night

Game Night

2018

as Gary

Vice

Vice

2018

as Kurt

American Made

American Made

2017

as Sheriff Downing

Hostiles

Hostiles

2017

as Lieutenant Rudy Kidder

The Discovery

The Discovery

2017

as Toby Harbor

The Post

The Post

2017

as Roger Clark

Other People

Other People

2016

as David Mulcahey

The Program

The Program

2015

as Floyd Landis

Black Mass

Black Mass

2015

as Kevin Weeks

Bridge of Spies

Bridge of Spies

2015

as Joe Murphy

Flutter

Flutter

2014

as David

The Homesman

The Homesman

2014

as Garn Sours

Dalai Lama

Dalai Lama

2013

as Jeff

The Master

The Master

2012

as Val Dodd

Battleship

Battleship

2012

as Boatswain Mate Seaman Jimmy "Ordy" Ord

Paul

Paul

2011

as Jake

Meeting Spencer

Meeting Spencer

2010

as Spencer West

Happiness Runs

Happiness Runs

2010

as Chad

Observe and Report

Observe and Report

2009

as Charles

Shrink

Shrink

2009

as Jesus

The Flyboys

The Flyboys

2008

as Bully #1

The Failures

The Failures

2004

as Boe

Children on Their Birthdays

Children on Their Birthdays

2002

as Preacher Star

Like Mike

Like Mike

2002

as Ox

All the Pretty Horses

All the Pretty Horses

2000

as Young Grady (uncredited)

Varsity Blues

Varsity Blues

1999

as Tommy Harbor

Finding North

Finding North

1998

as Hobo

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Windfall

Windfall

2022

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BAFTA Awards Best Supporting Actor News of the World Nominated
Academy Awards Best Supporting Actor The Power of the Dog Nominated
Golden Globes Best Supporting Actor The Power of the Dog Won
SAG Awards Best Supporting Actor The Power of the Dog Won
Venice Film Festival Best Supporting Actress The Power of the Dog Nominated
Television Credits

Friday Night Lights

as Landry Clarke

Episodes: 63

First Aired: Oct 03, 2006

Breaking Bad

as Todd

Episodes: 11

First Aired: Jan 20, 2008

Fargo

as Ed Blumquist

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Apr 15, 2014

No Activity

as Angus

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Nov 11, 2017

Love & Death

as Allan Gore

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Apr 27, 2023

Zero Day

as Roger Carlson

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Feb 20, 2025

Bent

as Gary

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Mar 21, 2012

Olive Kitteridge

as Jerry McCarthy

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Nov 02, 2014

Cold Case

as Ryan Stewart

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 28, 2003

Walker, Texas Ranger

as Russell, Jr.

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Apr 21, 1993

Grey's Anatomy

as Jake Burton

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 27, 2005

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Owen Durbin

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 06, 2000

The Guardian

as Lawrence Neal

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 25, 2001

Judging Amy

as James Franklin

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 19, 1999

NCIS

as Jason Geckler

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 2003

The Lyon's Den

as Ray Ferris

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 28, 2003

Fear Itself

as Lemmon

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 05, 2008

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

as Bigger Kid

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 27, 1996

Huff

as Dawson James

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 07, 2004

Childrens Hospital

as Jesse

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 08, 2008

Drunk History

as Edgar Allan Poe

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 09, 2013

Black Mirror

as Robert Daly

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 04, 2011

Drunk History

as William Kenward

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 09, 2013

Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Feb 25, 2014

The Oscars

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 19, 1953

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 26, 2003

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 17, 2014

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