Jesse Plemons
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Jesse Plemons is an American actor. Known for his work with auteurs and portrayal of eccentric characters, his accolades include a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor as well as nominations for an Academy Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two British Academy Film Awards and an Actor Award.
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Jesse Plemons is an American actor, singer, and guitarist born in Dallas, Texas, on April 2, 1988. He began his work period in 1991 and is educated at Texas Tech University. His notable works include the films *Killers of the Flower Moon* and the television series *Breaking Bad*. Plemons is a male who speaks and writes in English.
He has received the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series and the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor. He was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. Plemons is the spouse of Kirsten Dunst, with whom he has two children.
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Film & TV
Dallas, Texas, USA
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…
Known for
- Digger — Kenny2026
- The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping — Plutarch Heavensbee2026
- Bugonia — Teddy2025
- Willie Nelson Presents: King of the Roadies — Self2025
- The Birth and The Bees: The Making of Bugonia — Self2025
- Zero Day — Roger Carlson2025
- Variety & CNN Actors on Actors — Self2025
- Kinds of Kindness — Robert / Daniel / Andrew2024
- Civil War — Militia Soldier (uncredited)2024
- Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War — Self2024
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1988-04-02 ) April 2, 1988 (age 38) , Dallas, Texas , U.S.
- Occupation
- Actor
- Years active
- 1991–present
- Spouse
- Kirsten Dunst ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2022 )
- Awards
- Full list
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Dallas
- Spouse
- Kirsten Dunst
- Occupation
- film actor
- Educated at
- Texas Tech University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Notable work
- Breaking Bad
- Field of work
- acting
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Jesse Plemons.png
- Number of children
- 2
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- date of birth
- 1988-04-02
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- unmarried partner
- Kirsten Dunst
- name in native language
- Jesse Plemons
- start of work period
- 1991-00-00
- Commons category
- Jesse Plemons
- time period
- 20th century
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Jesse Plemons (/ˈplɛmənz/; born April 2, 1988) is an American actor. Known for his work with auteurs and portrayal of eccentric characters, his accolades include a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor and nominations for an Academy Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, and an Actor Award.
Plemons began his career as a child actor and had his breakthrough role as Landry Clarke in the NBC drama series Friday Night Lights (2006–2011). He subsequently portrayed Todd Alquist in the fifth and final season of the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad (2012–2013) and its sequel film El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019). He received Emmy nominations for his roles as Ed Blumquist in the second season of the FX anthology series Fargo (2015), the Netflix anthology series Black Mirror (2017–2025), and the HBO Max miniseries Love & Death (2023).
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