Jesse Plemons
Biography
Jesse Lon 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). 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.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
NCIS
2003
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Digger
2026
Breaking Bad
2008
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Fargo
2014
Black Mirror
2011
Cold Case
2003
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
1996
Filmography
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self · 2014
Grey's Anatomy
as Jake Burton · 2005
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest · 2014
NCIS
as Jason Geckler · 2003
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Owen Durbin · 2000
Digger
as Kenny Rockwell · 2026
Breaking Bad
as Todd · 2008
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest · 2003
Fargo
as Ed Blumquist · 2014
Black Mirror
as Robert Daly · 2011
Cold Case
as Ryan Stewart · 2003
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
as Bigger Kid · 1996
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee · 1944
Judging Amy
as James Franklin · 1999
The Guardian
as Lawrence Neal · 2001
Childrens Hospital
as Jesse · 2008
Friday Night Lights
as Landry Clarke · 2006
Walker, Texas Ranger
as Russell, Jr. · 1993
The Oscars
as Self · 1953
Killers of the Flower Moon
as Tom White · 2023
Drunk History
as Edgar Allan Poe · 2013
Drunk History
as William Kenward · 2013
Drunk History
as Charles Ponzi · 2013
Civil War
as Militia Soldier (uncredited) · 2024
The Irishman
as Chuckie O'Brien · 2019
Bugonia
as Teddy · 2025
American Made
as Sheriff Downing · 2017
Zero Day
as Roger Carlson · 2025
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
as Plutarch Heavensbee · 2026
Love & Death
as Allan Gore · 2023
Battleship
as Boatswain Mate Seaman Jimmy "Ordy" Ord · 2012
Kinds of Kindness
as Robert / Daniel / Andrew · 2024
No Activity
as Angus · 2017
Bridge of Spies
as Joe Murphy · 2015
Jungle Cruise
as Prince Joachim · 2021
Huff
as Dawson James · 2004
Black Mass
as Kevin Weeks · 2015
Fear Itself
as Lemmon · 2008
Game Night
as Gary · 2018
The Post
as Roger Clark · 2017
The Lyon's Den
as Ray Ferris · 2003
The Power of the Dog
as George Burbank · 2021
Olive Kitteridge
as Jerry McCarthy · 2014
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
as Todd · 2019
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
as Self · 2025
Paul
as Jake · 2011
Antlers
as Paul Meadows · 2021
The Master
as Val Dodd · 2012
Vice
as Kurt · 2018
The Homesman
as Garn Sours · 2014
Hostiles
as Lieutenant Rudy Kidder · 2017
Judas and the Black Messiah
as Roy Mitchell · 2021
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
as Jake · 2020
Varsity Blues
as Tommy Harbor · 1999
Like Mike
as Ox · 2002
The Program
as Floyd Landis · 2015
Bent
as Gary · 2012
The Flyboys
as Bully #1 · 2008
All the Pretty Horses
as Young Grady (uncredited) · 2000
Observe and Report
as Charles · 2009
The Discovery
as Toby Harbor · 2017
Other People
as David Mulcahey · 2016
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
as Self (uncredited) · 2013
The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
as Self · 2019
The Sacrifice
as Lemmon · 2008
Shrink
as Jesus · 2009
Windfall
as CEO · 2022
Behind the Scenes with Jane Campion
as Self (archive footage) · 2022
The Birth and The Bees: The Making of Bugonia
as Self · 2025
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
as Jay · 2003
Children on Their Birthdays
as Preacher Star · 2002
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
as Self · 2016
Jonty
as Jonty
Willie Nelson Presents: King of the Roadies
as Self · 2025
Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War
as Self · 2024
Snow Globe: A Breaking Bad Short
as Todd · 2020
The Failures
as Boe · 2004
Happiness Runs
as Chad · 2010
Finding North
as Hobo · 1998
Meeting Spencer
as Spencer West · 2010
Dalai Lama
as Jeff · 2013
Flutter
as David · 2014