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Jesse Plemons
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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.
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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.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Oscars
NCIS
Walker, Texas Ranger
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Breaking Bad
Cold Case
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Judging Amy
The Guardian
Grey's Anatomy
Black Mirror
Huff
Fear Itself
Childrens Hospital
The Lyon's Den
Bent
Drunk History
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Civil War
Fargo
Bridge of Spies
Varsity Blues
Paul
The Irishman
No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking Bad
The Post
Battleship
Olive Kitteridge
Vice
Black Mass
The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Game Night
The Master
Observe and Report
No Activity
Jungle Cruise
Friday Night Lights
The Discovery
American Made
Hostiles
The Power of the Dog
Killers of the Flower Moon
Zero Day
Windfall
Antlers
Kinds of Kindness
Love & Death
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Production Credits
Windfall
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