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