Jesse Plemons facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Jesse Plemons
Plemons in 2015
Born	(1988-04-02) April 2, 1988 (age 37) Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1991–present
Spouse(s)	Kirsten Dunst ​ (m. 2022)​
Children	2

Jesse Plemons (born April 2, 1988) is an American actor. He started acting when he was a child. He became well-known for his role as Landry Clarke in the TV show Friday Night Lights (2006–2011).

Later, he played Todd Alquist in the crime drama Breaking Bad (2012–2013). He also appeared in the movie that followed, El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019). For his role in Fargo (2015), he won a Critics' Choice Television Award. He was also nominated for an Primetime Emmy Award for his acting in the show Black Mirror (2017).

Jesse Plemons has been in many movies. Some of these include The Master (2012), Bridge of Spies (2015), and The Irishman (2019). He also starred in Other People (2016) and I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020). For his role in The Power of the Dog (2021), he was nominated for an Academy Award. In 2024, he won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his work in Kinds of Kindness.

Early Life and Education

Jesse Plemons was born in Dallas, Texas. He grew up in Mart, Texas, which is close to Waco. He has an older sister named Jill.

In 2007, Jesse finished high school through a special online program. This program let him earn his diploma while he was also acting. He used to play football in middle school and high school in Mart. But as he got more acting jobs, he switched to the online school.

Acting Career Highlights

Early Roles (1991–2006)

Jesse Plemons started acting very young. He was only three and a half years old when he appeared in a Coca-Cola commercial. When he was eight, he began doing extra work in movies and TV shows. His family supported him as he went to auditions in Los Angeles.

He had small parts in movies like Varsity Blues (1999) and All the Pretty Horses (2000). He also appeared on TV shows such as Walker, Texas Ranger and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. His first bigger role was in the film Children on their Birthdays (2002). He also appeared in Like Mike (2002) and When Zachary Beaver Came to Town (2003).

Breakthrough with Friday Night Lights (2006–2011)

Plemons in 2007

In 2006, when Jesse was 18, he joined the cast of Friday Night Lights. This TV show was filmed in Austin, Texas. It was about a high school football team in a fictional town called Dillon, Texas.

In the first season, Jesse played Landry Clarke. Landry was the best friend of the football quarterback, Matt Saracen. Landry's character often brought humor to the show. Even though Landry wasn't on the football team at first, Jesse was actually a good football player in real life.

Landry joined the football team in the second season. Jesse, who had played football in high school, told the director he would do his own stunts. During one scene, he got a cut on his chin that needed stitches. Friday Night Lights was very popular with fans and critics. The show ran for five seasons and ended in 2011.

In 2012, Jesse worked again with Taylor Kitsch, who played Tim Riggins in Friday Night Lights. They were in the movie Battleship, which was directed by Peter Berg, the creator of Friday Night Lights. Peter Berg said he knew Jesse was good for Taylor and made him better.

Character Roles and Recognition (2011–2019)

From 2012 to 2013, Jesse Plemons played Todd Alquist in the final season of the TV show Breaking Bad. He was a recurring character at first and then became a regular cast member.

In 2012, Jesse also had a supporting role in the movie The Master. He played the son of a character played by Philip Seymour Hoffman. People sometimes compared Jesse's looks to Philip Seymour Hoffman's. In 2014, Jesse was considered for a role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but the part went to another actor.

In 2015, Jesse played a mobster named Kevin Weeks in the movie Black Mass. He also appeared in The Program and the Steven Spielberg film Bridge of Spies.

Later in 2015, Jesse co-starred in the second season of Fargo. He played Ed Blumquist, a butcher married to Peggy Blumquist, played by Kirsten Dunst. His performance earned him a nomination for an Primetime Emmy Award. In 2016, Jesse starred in the movie Other People. In 2017, he was in several films, including American Made and The Post.

In December 2017, Jesse appeared in "USS Callister", an episode of the show Black Mirror. In 2018, he had supporting roles in the comedy Game Night and the movie Vice. In 2019, he was in the crime drama The Irishman. He also played Todd Alquist again in El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie.

Recent Work (2020–present)

In 2020, Jesse Plemons received praise for his main role in the movie I'm Thinking of Ending Things. In 2021, he had supporting roles in Judas and the Black Messiah and the Disney adventure film Jungle Cruise. That same year, he starred in the horror film Antlers.

He also starred alongside his real-life partner and Fargo co-star Kirsten Dunst in The Power of the Dog. For this role, he received many awards and nominations, including an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination. In 2022, Jesse starred in and produced the thriller Windfall.

In 2023, Jesse starred with Elizabeth Olsen in the TV series Love & Death. He also worked again with director Martin Scorsese in the movie Killers of the Flower Moon. This film also starred Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro. In 2024, Jesse won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his roles in the film Kinds of Kindness.

Jesse Plemons will next appear in the TV series Zero Day and the movie Bugonia.

Personal Life

Jesse Plemons is married to fellow actor Kirsten Dunst. They started dating in March 2016 after working together on Fargo. They got engaged a year later.

The couple has two sons. Their first son was born in 2018, and their second son was born in 2021. In February 2022, both Jesse and Kirsten were nominated for Academy Awards for their roles in The Power of the Dog. They officially got married in July 2022.

Filmography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Finding North	Hobo
1999	Varsity Blues	Tommy Harbor
2000	All the Pretty Horses	Young John Grady Cole
2002	Children on Their Birthdays	Preacher Star
	Like Mike	Ox
2003	When Zachary Beaver Came to Town	Jay
	The Failures	Boe
2008	The Flyboys	Bully No. 1
2009	Observe and Report	Charles
	Shrink	Jesus
2010	Happiness Runs	Chad
	Meeting Spencer	Spencer West
2011	Paul	Jake
2012	The Master	Val Dodd
	Battleship	Jimmy "Ordy" Ord
2014	The Homesman	Garn Sours
	Flutter	David
2015	Black Mass	Kevin Weeks
	The Program	Floyd Landis
	Bridge of Spies	Joe Murphy
2016	Other People	David Mulcahey
2017	The Discovery	Toby Harbor
	American Made	Sheriff Joe Downing
	Hostiles	Lieutenant Rudy Kidder
	The Post	Roger Clark
2018	Game Night	Gary Kingsbury
	Vice	Kurt
2019	The Irishman	Chuckie O'Brien
	El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie	Todd Alquist
2020	Snow Globe: A Breaking Bad Short		Short film
	I'm Thinking of Ending Things	Jake
2021	Judas and the Black Messiah	Roy Mitchell
	Jungle Cruise	Prince Joachim
	The Power of the Dog	George Burbank
	Antlers	Sheriff Paul Meadows
2022	Windfall	CEO	Also producer
2023	Killers of the Flower Moon	Tom White
2024	Civil War	Militiaman	Uncredited cameo
	Kinds of Kindness	Robert, Daniel, Andrew
2025	Bugonia	TBA	Post-production
2026	Untitled Alejandro González Iñárritu film	TBA	Filming

Television

Awards and Nominations

See also

In Spanish: Jesse Plemons para niños