Jesse Plemons

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.

Cast

Like Mike

(Ox)

Battleship

(Boatswain Mate Seaman Jimmy "Ordy" Ord)

The Master

(Val Dodd)

The Failures

(Boe)

Behind the Scenes With Jane Campion

(Self (archive footage))

All the Pretty Horses

(Young Grady (uncredited))

The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

(Self)

No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad

(Self)

Meeting Spencer

(Spencer West)

Children on Their Birthdays

(Preacher Star)

Black Mass

(Kevin Weeks)

The Program

(Floyd Landis)

The Homesman

(Garn Sours)

Observe and Report

(Charles)

Kinds of Kindness

(Robert / Daniel / Andrew)

Flutter

(David)

Finding North

(Hobo)

Varsity Blues

(Tommy Harbor)

The Flyboys

(Bully #1)

Shrink

(Jesus)

Happiness Runs

(Chad)

Paul

(Jake)

Bugonia

(Teddy)

Civil War

(Militia Soldier (uncredited))

American Made

(Sheriff Downing)

Bridge of Spies

(Joe Murphy)

Other People

(David Mulcahey)

The Discovery

(Toby Harbor)

Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls

(self)

Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War

(Self)

Judy

Game Night

(Gary)

Hostiles

(Lieutenant Rudy Kidder)

The Post

(Roger Clark)

Dalai Lama

(Jeff)

The Irishman

(Chuckie O'Brien)

When Zachary Beaver Came to Town

(Jay)

Jungle Cruise

(Prince Joachim)

Antlers

(Paul Meadows)

Vice

(Kurt)

Judas and the Black Messiah

(Roy Mitchell)

El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

(Todd)

The Power of the Dog

(George Burbank)

Snow Globe: A Breaking Bad Short

(Todd)

Killers of the Flower Moon

(Tom White)

Windfall

(CEO)

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

(Jake)

Grey's Anatomy

(Jake Burton)

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

(Owen Durbin)

The Guardian

(Lawrence Neal)

Judging Amy

(James Franklin)

Cold Case

(Ryan Stewart)

Walker, Texas Ranger

(Russell, Jr.)

Friday Night Lights

(Landry Clarke)

NCIS

(Jason Geckler)

The Lyon's Den

(Ray Ferris)

Fear Itself

(Lemmon)

Love & Death

(Allan Gore)

Zero Day

(Roger Carlson)

Fargo

(Ed Blumquist)

Bent

(Gary)

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

(Bigger Kid)

Huff

(Dawson James)

Childrens Hospital

(Jesse)

Drunk History

(Edgar Allan Poe)

Late Night with Seth Meyers

(Self)

Breaking Bad

(Todd)

The Oscars

(Self)

Olive Kitteridge

(Jerry McCarthy)

Black Mirror

(Robert Daly)

Drunk History

(William Kenward)

No Activity

(Angus)

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

(Self)

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

(Self)