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Jesse Plemons
Born · April 2, 1988 (36 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Dallas, Texas, USA
Bio
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.
Bugonia
Teddy
0.0
2025
Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War
Self
8.7
2024
Kinds of Kindness
Robert / Daniel / Andrew
6.6
2024
Civil War
Militia Soldier (uncredited)
6.9
2024
Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion
Self (archive footage)
6.1
2022
The Irishman
Chuckie O'Brien
7.6
2019
The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Self
7.0
2019
Game Night
Gary
6.9
2018
Hostiles
Lieutenant Rudy Kidder
6.9
2017
The Post
Roger Clark
7.0
2017
American Made
Sheriff Downing
6.9
2017
The Discovery
Toby Harbor
6.3
2017
Other People
David Mulcahey
6.3
2016
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
self
0.0
2016
Bridge of Spies
Joe Murphy
7.2
2015
Black Mass
Kevin Weeks
6.5
2015
The Program
Floyd Landis
6.4
2015
The Homesman
Garn Sours
6.5
2014
Flutter
David
5.9
2014
Dalai Lama
Jeff
0.0
2013
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
Self
8.4
2013
The Master
Val Dodd
7.1
2012
Battleship
Boatswain Mate Seaman Jimmy "Ordy" Ord
5.9
2012
Paul
Jake
6.7
2011
Happiness Runs
Chad
4.2
2010
Meeting Spencer
Spencer West
4.5
2010
Shrink
Jesus
6.2
2009
Observe and Report
Charles
5.5
2009
The Flyboys
Bully #1
7.6
2008
The Failures
Boe
0.0
2004
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
Jay
6.5
2003
Like Mike
Ox
6.1
2002
Children on Their Birthdays
Preacher Star
6.6
2002
All the Pretty Horses
Young Grady (uncredited)
5.8
2000
Varsity Blues
Tommy Harbor
6.2
1999
Finding North
Hobo
4.9
1998
Judy
0.0
Zero Day
Roger Carlson · (6 episodes)
0.0
2025
Killers of the Flower Moon
Tom White
7.4
2023
Love & Death
Allan Gore · (7 episodes)
7.9
2023
Windfall
CEO
5.4
2022
Antlers
Paul Meadows
6.2
2021
The Power of the Dog
George Burbank
6.8
2021
Jungle Cruise
Prince Joachim
7.4
2021
Judas and the Black Messiah
Roy Mitchell
7.3
2021
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Jake
6.6
2020
Snow Globe: A Breaking Bad Short
Todd
5.6
2020
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Todd
7.0
2019
Vice
Kurt
7.0
2018
No Activity
Angus · (8 episodes)
6.8
2017
Olive Kitteridge
Jerry McCarthy · (4 episodes)
7.5
2014
Fargo
Ed Blumquist · (10 episodes)
8.3
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (3 episodes)
5.5
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (1 episode)
5.8
2014
Drunk History
Edgar Allan Poe · (1 episode)
6.8
2013
Drunk History
William Kenward · (1 episode)
6.8
2013
Bent
Gary · (6 episodes)
6.4
2012
Black Mirror
Robert Daly · (1 episode)
8.3
2011
Childrens Hospital
Jesse · (1 episode)
7.2
2008
Fear Itself
Lemmon · (1 episode)
6.8
2008
Breaking Bad
Todd · (11 episodes)
8.9
2008
Friday Night Lights
Landry Clarke · (63 episodes)
8.0
2006
Grey's Anatomy
Jake Burton · (1 episode)
8.2
2005
Huff
Dawson James · (1 episode)
7.7
2004
Cold Case
Ryan Stewart · (2 episodes)
7.8
2003
The Lyon's Den
Ray Ferris · (1 episode)
9.3
2003
NCIS
Jason Geckler · (1 episode)
7.6
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · (1 episode)
5.5
2003
The Guardian
Lawrence Neal · (1 episode)
6.9
2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Owen Durbin · (1 episode)
7.6
2000
Judging Amy
James Franklin · (1 episode)
7.5
1999
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Bigger Kid · (1 episode)
7.8
1996
Walker, Texas Ranger
Russell, Jr. · (2 episodes)
7.0
1993
The Oscars
Self · (1 episode)
7.0
1953