Jesse Plemons

Jesse Plemons

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.

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Filmography

2026

Movie
Judy
Movie - Released: 10/2/2026

2025

Bugonia
Bugonia
as Teddy
Movie - Released: 11/5/2025
Zero Day
Zero Day
as Roger Carlson
TV - Released: 2/20/2025

2024

Kinds of Kindness
Kinds of Kindness
as Robert / Daniel / Andrew
Movie - Released: 5/30/2024
Civil War
Civil War
as Militia Soldier (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 4/10/2024
Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War
Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War
as Self
Movie - Released: 8/9/2024

2023

Killers of the Flower Moon
Killers of the Flower Moon
as Tom White
Movie - Released: 10/18/2023
Love & Death
Love & Death
as Allan Gore
TV - Released: 4/27/2023

2022

Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion
Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion
as Self (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 1/27/2022
Windfall
Windfall
as CEO
Movie - Released: 3/11/2022

2021

Jungle Cruise
Jungle Cruise
as Prince Joachim
Movie - Released: 7/28/2021
Antlers
Antlers
as Paul Meadows
Movie - Released: 10/28/2021
Judas and the Black Messiah
Judas and the Black Messiah
as Roy Mitchell
Movie - Released: 2/12/2021
The Power of the Dog
The Power of the Dog
as George Burbank
Movie - Released: 10/25/2021

2020

Snow Globe: A Breaking Bad Short
Snow Globe: A Breaking Bad Short
as Todd
Movie - Released: 2/16/2020
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
as Jake
Movie - Released: 8/28/2020

2019

The Irishman
The Irishman
as Chuckie O'Brien
Movie - Released: 11/1/2019
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
as Todd
Movie - Released: 10/11/2019

2018

Game Night
Game Night
as Gary
Movie - Released: 2/15/2018
Vice
Vice
as Kurt
Movie - Released: 12/25/2018

2017

American Made
American Made
as Sheriff Downing
Movie - Released: 8/18/2017
The Discovery
The Discovery
as Toby Harbor
Movie - Released: 3/31/2017
Hostiles
Hostiles
as Lieutenant Rudy Kidder
Movie - Released: 12/22/2017
The Post
The Post
as Roger Clark
Movie - Released: 12/22/2017
No Activity
No Activity
as Angus
TV - Released: 11/11/2017

2016

Other People
Other People
as David Mulcahey
Movie - Released: 9/9/2016
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
as Self
Movie - Released: 2/23/2016

2015

Black Mass
Black Mass
as Kevin Weeks
Movie - Released: 9/17/2015
The Program
The Program
as Floyd Landis
Movie - Released: 9/16/2015
Bridge of Spies
Bridge of Spies
as Joe Murphy
Movie - Released: 10/15/2015

2014

The Homesman
The Homesman
as Garn Sours
Movie - Released: 5/18/2014
Flutter
Flutter
as David
Movie - Released: 4/4/2014
Fargo
Fargo
as Ed Blumquist
TV - Released: 4/15/2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
TV - Released: 2/25/2014
Olive Kitteridge
Olive Kitteridge
as Jerry McCarthy
TV - Released: 11/2/2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
TV - Released: 2/17/2014

2013

Dalai Lama
Dalai Lama
as Jeff
Movie - Released: 12/31/2013
Drunk History
Drunk History
as Edgar Allan Poe
TV - Released: 7/9/2013
Drunk History
Drunk History
as William Kenward
TV - Released: 7/9/2013

2012

Battleship
Battleship
as Boatswain Mate Seaman Jimmy "Ordy" Ord
Movie - Released: 4/11/2012
The Master
The Master
as Val Dodd
Movie - Released: 9/14/2012
Bent
Bent
as Gary
TV - Released: 3/21/2012

2011

Paul
Paul
as Jake
Movie - Released: 2/14/2011
Black Mirror
Black Mirror
as Robert Daly
TV - Released: 12/4/2011

2010

Meeting Spencer
Meeting Spencer
as Spencer West
Movie - Released: 1/1/2010
Happiness Runs
Happiness Runs
as Chad
Movie - Released: 5/14/2010

2009

Observe and Report
Observe and Report
as Charles
Movie - Released: 4/10/2009
Shrink
Shrink
as Jesus
Movie - Released: 7/24/2009

2008

The Flyboys
The Flyboys
as Bully #1
Movie - Released: 8/15/2008
Fear Itself
Fear Itself
as Lemmon
TV - Released: 6/5/2008
Childrens Hospital
Childrens Hospital
as Jesse
TV - Released: 12/8/2008
Breaking Bad
Breaking Bad
as Todd
TV - Released: 1/20/2008

2006

Friday Night Lights
Friday Night Lights
as Landry Clarke
TV - Released: 10/3/2006

2005

Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy
as Jake Burton
TV - Released: 3/27/2005

2004

The Failures
The Failures
as Boe
Movie - Released: 10/14/2004
Huff
Huff
as Dawson James
TV - Released: 11/7/2004

2003

When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
as Jay
Movie - Released: 10/9/2003
Cold Case
Cold Case
as Ryan Stewart
TV - Released: 9/28/2003
NCIS
NCIS
as Jason Geckler
TV - Released: 9/23/2003
The Lyon's Den
The Lyon's Den
as Ray Ferris
TV - Released: 9/28/2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
TV - Released: 1/26/2003

2002

Like Mike
Like Mike
as Ox
Movie - Released: 7/3/2002
Children on Their Birthdays
Children on Their Birthdays
as Preacher Star
Movie - Released: 2/16/2002

2001

The Guardian
The Guardian
as Lawrence Neal
TV - Released: 9/25/2001

2000

All the Pretty Horses
All the Pretty Horses
as Young Grady (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 12/11/2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Owen Durbin
TV - Released: 10/6/2000

1999

Varsity Blues
Varsity Blues
as Tommy Harbor
Movie - Released: 1/15/1999
Judging Amy
Judging Amy
as James Franklin
TV - Released: 9/19/1999

1998

Finding North
Finding North
as Hobo
Movie - Released: 6/12/1998

1996

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
as Bigger Kid
TV - Released: 9/27/1996

1993

Walker, Texas Ranger
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Russell, Jr.
TV - Released: 4/21/1993

1953

The Oscars
The Oscars
as Self
TV - Released: 3/19/1953