Jesse Plemons

Jesse Lon Plemons (born April 2, 1988) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for playing Landry Clarke in the NBC drama series Friday Night Lights, Todd Alquist in the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad, and Ed Blumquist in the second season of the FX anthology series Fargo. He has also appeared in movies such as Like Mike (2002), Observe and Report (2009), Battleship (2012), The Master (2012), Black Mass (2015), Bridge of Spies (2015) and The Post (2017). In 2017, he starred in the Black Mirror episode "USS Callister".

Plemons later started appearing in more serious roles such as in The Irishman (2019), Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) and Bugonia (2025). For playing a rancher in The Power of the Dog (2021), he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. For playing three roles in the anthology movie Kinds of Kindness (2024), he received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor and his first Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy nomination. 

Plemons was born in Dallas, Texas. He is married to actress Kirsten Dunst. They have two children.

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