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.
2025
as Teddy
2024
as Self
2024
as Robert / Daniel / Andrew
2024
as Militia Soldier (uncredited)
2023
as Tom White
2023
as Allan Gore
2022
as CEO
2022
as Self (archive footage)
2021
as Paul Meadows
2021
as George Burbank
2021
as Prince Joachim
2021
as Roy Mitchell
2020
as Jake
2020
as Todd
2019
as Chuckie O'Brien
2019
as Self
2019
as Todd
2018
as Kurt
2018
as Gary
2017
as Lieutenant Rudy Kidder
2017
as Roger Clark
2017
as Angus
2017
as Sheriff Downing
2017
as Toby Harbor
2016
as David Mulcahey
2016
as self
2015
as Joe Murphy
2015
as Kevin Weeks
2015
as Floyd Landis
2014
as Jerry McCarthy
2014
as Garn Sours
2014
as Ed Blumquist
2014
as David
2013
as Jeff
2013
as Self
2012
as Val Dodd
2012
as Boatswain Mate Seaman Jimmy "Ordy" Ord
2012
as Gary
2011
as Robert Daly
2011
as Jake
2010
as Chad
2010
as Spencer West
2009
as Jesus
2009
as Charles
2008
as Jesse
2008
as Bully #1
2008
as Lemmon
2008
as Todd
2006
as Landry Clarke
2005
as Jake Burton
2004
as Dawson James
2004
as Boe
2003
as Jay
2003
as Ryan Stewart
2003
as Ray Ferris
2003
as Jason Geckler
2002
as Ox
2002
as Preacher Star
2001
as Lawrence Neal
2000
as Young Grady (uncredited)
2000
as Owen Durbin
1999
as James Franklin
1999
as Tommy Harbor
1998
as Hobo
1996
as Bigger Kid
1993
as Russell, Jr.
1953
as Self
as Roger Carlson