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Jesse Plemons
Jesse Plemons’s screen credits include Roy Mitchell in Judas and the Black Messiah, Sheriff Downing in American Made, and Boatswain Mate Seaman Jimmy "Ordy" Ord in Battleship.
Born April 2, 1988 Dallas, Texas, USA5 movies on MoviHero
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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). …
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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.
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- 2026The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the ReapingAction · AdventurePlutarch HeavensbeeUpcoming
- 2026Digger2h 9m · ComedyKenny
- 2021Judas and the Black Messiah2h 5m · Drama · HistoryRoy Mitchell
- 2017American Made1h 55m · Comedy · CrimeSheriff Downing
- 2012Battleship2h 11m · Action · AdventureBoatswain Mate Seaman Jimmy "Ordy" Ord
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- 2025The Birth and The Bees: The Making of BugoniaSelf
- 2025BugoniaTeddy
- 2025Willie Nelson Presents: King of the RoadiesSelf
- 2024Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil WarSelf
- 2024Kinds of KindnessRobert / Daniel / Andrew
- 2024Civil WarMilitia Soldier (uncredited)
- 2023Killers of the Flower MoonTom White
- 2022WindfallProducer · CEO
- 2022Behind the Scenes with Jane CampionSelf (archive footage)
- 2021AntlersPaul Meadows
- 2021The Power of the DogGeorge Burbank
- 2021Jungle CruisePrince Joachim
- 2020I'm Thinking of Ending ThingsJake
- 2020Snow Globe: A Breaking Bad ShortTodd
- 2019The IrishmanChuckie O'Brien
- 2019The Road to El Camino: Behind the Scenes of El Camino: A Breaking Bad MovieSelf
- 2019El Camino: A Breaking Bad MovieTodd
- 2018ViceKurt
- 2018Game NightGary
- 2017HostilesLieutenant Rudy Kidder
- 2017The PostRoger Clark
- 2017The DiscoveryToby Harbor
- 2016Other PeopleDavid Mulcahey
- 2016Waffles and Bullet Holes: A Return to Sioux FallsSelf
- 2015Bridge of SpiesJoe Murphy
- 2015Black MassKevin Weeks
- 2015The ProgramFloyd Landis
- 2014The HomesmanGarn Sours
- 2014FlutterDavid
- 2013Dalai LamaJeff
- 2013No Half Measures: Creating the Final Season of Breaking BadSelf (uncredited)
- 2012The MasterVal Dodd
- 2011PaulJake
- 2010Happiness RunsChad
- 2010Meeting SpencerSpencer West
- 2009ShrinkJesus
- 2009Observe and ReportCharles
- 2008The FlyboysBully #1
- 2008The SacrificeLemmon
- 2004The FailuresBoe
- 2003When Zachary Beaver Came to TownJay
- 2002Like MikeOx
- 2002Children on Their BirthdaysPreacher Star
- 2000All the Pretty HorsesYoung Grady (uncredited)
- 1999Varsity BluesTommy Harbor
- 1998Finding NorthHobo
- JontyProducer · Jonty
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