Jesse Lon Plemons (born April 2, 1988 in Dallas, Texas) is an American actor. Although he's been acting since he was a child, he came to more prominence as Landry Clarke in NBC's critically-acclaimed drama Friday Night Lights. He's since become more well-known for his portrayal of Todd Alquist in Breaking Bad and Ed Blomquist in Fargo.
He's famous for his rather uncanny resemblance to actor Matt Damon, leading to many fans jokingly nicknaming his character in Breaking Bad "Meth Damon". Funnily enough: when he was 12 years old, he actually did play Matt Damon's character as a child in a flashback sequence in All the Pretty Horses, which was deleted from the theatrical cut.
In 2017 he became engaged to Kirsten Dunst, his co-star on Fargo, and they have two kids together. They were both nominated for Best Supporting Oscars for The Power of the Dog.
Film Roles
- 1998 Finding North as Hobo
- 1999 Varsity Blues as Tommy Harbor
- 2000 All the Pretty Horses as Young Grady
- 2008 The Flyboys as Bully #1
- 2009 Observe and Report as Charles
- 2011 Paul as Jake
- 2012 The Master as Val Dodd
- 2012 Battleship as Jimmy "Ordy" Ord
- 2014 The Homesman as Garn Sours
- 2015 Black Mass as Kevin Weeks
- 2018 Game Night as Gary
- 2018 Vice
- 2019 The Irishman as Chuckie O'Brien
- 2020 I'm Thinking of Ending Things as Jake
- 2021 Judas and the Black Messiah as Roy Mitchell
- 2021 Jungle Cruise as Prince Joachim
- 2021 Antlers as Paul Meadows
- 2021 The Power of the Dog as George Burbank
- 2023 Killers of the Flower Moon as Tom White
- 2024 Civil War
- TBA Kinds of Kindness
Television Roles
- 2006-2011 Friday Night Lights as Landry Clarke
- 2009 Cold Case as Ryan Stewart
- 2012 Bent as Gary
- 2012-2013 Breaking Bad and El Camino (2019) as Todd Alquist
- 2014 Olive Kitteridge as Jerry McCarthy
- 2015 Fargo as Ed Blomquist
- 2017 Black Mirror: USS Callister as Robert Daly
- 2023 Love & Death as Allan Gore
