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