Jesse Plemons

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jesse Plemons, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Grey's Anatomy

NCIS

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Breaking Bad

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Fargo

Black Mirror

All Movies (52)

• The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping2026 · as Plutarch Heavensbee
• Digger2026
• The Birth and the Bees: The Making of Bugonia2025 · as Self
• Bugonia2025 · as Teddy
• Willie Nelson Presents: King of the Roadies2025 · as Self
• Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War2024 · as Self
• Kinds of Kindness2024 · as Robert / Daniel / Andrew
• Civil War2024 · as Militia Soldier (uncredited)
• Killers of the Flower Moon2023 · as Tom White
• Windfall2022 · as CEO
• Behind the Scenes with Jane Campion2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• Antlers2021 · as Paul Meadows
• The Power of the Dog2021 · as George Burbank
• Jungle Cruise2021 · as Prince Joachim
• Judas and the Black Messiah2021 · as Roy Mitchell
• I'm Thinking of Ending Things2020 · as Jake
• Snow Globe: A Breaking Bad Short2020 · as Todd
• The Irishman2019 · as Chuckie O'Brien
• The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie2019 · as Self
• El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie2019 · as Todd
• Vice2018 · as Kurt
• Game Night2018 · as Gary
• Hostiles2017 · as Lieutenant Rudy Kidder
• The Post2017 · as Roger Clark
• American Made2017 · as Sheriff Downing
• The Discovery2017 · as Toby Harbor
• Other People2016 · as David Mulcahey
• Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls2016 · as Self
• Bridge of Spies2015 · as Joe Murphy
• Black Mass2015 · as Kevin Weeks
• The Program2015 · as Floyd Landis
• The Homesman2014 · as Garn Sours
• Flutter2014 · as David
• Dalai Lama2013 · as Jeff
• No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad2013 · as Self (uncredited)
• The Master2012 · as Val Dodd
• Battleship2012 · as Boatswain Mate Seaman Jimmy "Ordy" Ord
• Paul2011 · as Jake
• Happiness Runs2010 · as Chad
• Meeting Spencer2010 · as Spencer West
• Shrink2009 · as Jesus
• Observe and Report2009 · as Charles
• The Flyboys2008 · as Bully #1
• Fear Itself: The Sacrifice2008 · as Lemmon
• The Failures2004 · as Boe
• When Zachary Beaver Came to Town2003 · as Jay
• Like Mike2002 · as Ox
• Children on Their Birthdays2002 · as Preacher Star
• All the Pretty Horses2000 · as Young Grady (uncredited)
• Varsity Blues1999 · as Tommy Harbor
• Finding North1998 · as Hobo
• Jonty— · as Jonty

All TV Shows (30)

• Variety & CNN Actors on Actors2025 · as Self
• Zero Day2025 · as Roger Carlson
• Love & Death2023 · as Allan Gore
• No Activity2017 · as Angus
• Olive Kitteridge2014 · as Jerry McCarthy
• Fargo2014 · as Ed Blumquist
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• Drunk History2013 · as Edgar Allan Poe
• Drunk History2013 · as William Kenward
• Drunk History2013 · as Charles Ponzi
• Bent2012 · as Gary
• Black Mirror2011 · as Robert Daly
• Childrens Hospital2008 · as Jesse
• Fear Itself2008 · as Lemmon
• Breaking Bad2008 · as Todd
• Friday Night Lights2006 · as Landry Clarke
• Grey's Anatomy2005 · as Jake Burton
• Huff2004 · as Dawson James
• Cold Case2003 · as Ryan Stewart
• The Lyon's Den2003 · as Ray Ferris
• NCIS2003 · as Jason Geckler
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• The Guardian2001 · as Lawrence Neal
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000 · as Owen Durbin
• Judging Amy1999 · as James Franklin
• Sabrina, the Teenage Witch1996 · as Bigger Kid
• Walker, Texas Ranger1993 · as Russell, Jr.
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee