Jesse Plemons

Jesse Plemons is an actor with an extensive career in both television and film. He kick-started his acting journey as a child, achieving his first major role as Landry Clarke in the NBC drama series "Friday Night Lights." He went on to portray Todd Alquist in season 5 of the AMC crime drama series "Breaking Bad" and its sequel film "El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie." Plemons' performance as Ed Blumquist in season 2 of the FX anthology series "Fargo" not only scored him his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination but also led him to win a Critics' Choice Television Award. He secured another Emmy nomination for his critically acclaimed performance in "USS Callister," an episode of the Netflix anthology series "Black Mirror." In 2023, Plemons led the HBO mini-series "Love & Death" cast and starred in Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon".

Plemons' film credits include supporting roles in numerous films such as "The Master," "Black Mass," "Bridge of Spies," "Game Night," "Vice," "The Irishman," "Judas and the Black Messiah," "Jungle Cruise," and "The Power of the Dog." His leading role in the psychological thriller "I'm Thinking of Ending Things" earned him critical praise and a Gotham Independent Film Award nomination for Best Actor. His performance in "The Power of the Dog" garnered him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Plemons' extraordinary performance in "Kinds of Kindness" brought him the coveted Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor in 2024 and a Golden Globe nomination.

More recently, Plemons has taken on a role in the Netflix political thriller series "Zero Day" and is set to appear in the upcoming science fiction comedy film "Bugonia."