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The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
as Plutarch Heavensbee
2026
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Jesse Plemons
Also known as Jesse Lon 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.
Personal details
Full filmography
2025
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Bugonia
as Teddy
2025
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Willie Nelson Presents: King of the Roadies
as Self
2025
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The Birth and The Bees: The Making of Bugonia
as Self
2025
2024
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Kinds of Kindness
as Robert / Daniel / Andrew
2024
C
Civil War
as Militia Soldier (uncredited)
2024
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Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War
as Self
2024
2022
B
Behind the Scenes with Jane Campion
as Self (archive footage)
2022
W
Windfall
2022
2021
J
Jungle Cruise
as Prince Joachim
2021
A
Antlers
as Paul Meadows
2021
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Judas and the Black Messiah
as Roy Mitchell
2021
T
The Power of the Dog
as George Burbank
2021
2020
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Snow Globe: A Breaking Bad Short
as Todd
2020
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I'm Thinking of Ending Things
as Jake
2020
2019
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The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
as Self
2019
T
The Irishman
as Chuckie O'Brien
2019
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El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
as Todd
2019
2018
G
Game Night
as Gary
2018
V
Vice
as Kurt
2018
2017
A
American Made
as Sheriff Downing
2017
T
The Discovery
as Toby Harbor
2017
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Hostiles
as Lieutenant Rudy Kidder
2017
T
The Post
as Roger Clark
2017
2016
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Other People
as David Mulcahey
2016
W
Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux Falls
as Self
2016
2015
B
Black Mass
as Kevin Weeks
2015
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The Program
as Floyd Landis
2015
B
Bridge of Spies
as Joe Murphy
2015
2014
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The Homesman
as Garn Sours
2014
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Flutter
as David
2014
2013
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No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
as Self (uncredited)
2013
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Dalai Lama
as Jeff
2013
2012
B
Battleship
as Boatswain Mate Seaman Jimmy "Ordy" Ord
2012
T
The Master
as Val Dodd
2012
2011
P
Paul
as Jake
2011
2010
M
Meeting Spencer
as Spencer West
2010
H
Happiness Runs
as Chad
2010
2009
O
Observe and Report
as Charles
2009
S
Shrink
as Jesus
2009
2008
T
The Flyboys
as Bully #1
2008
T
The Sacrifice
as Lemmon
2008
2004
T
The Failures
as Boe
2004
2003
W
When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
as Jay
2003
2002
L
Like Mike
as Ox
2002
C
Children on Their Birthdays
as Preacher Star
2002
2000
A
All the Pretty Horses
as Young Grady (uncredited)
2000
1999
V
Varsity Blues
as Tommy Harbor
1999
1998
F
Finding North
as Hobo
1998
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