Caleb Landry Jones (born December 7, 1989) is an American actor and
musician, best known for his roles as Banshee in X-Men: First Class
(2011), Jeremy Armitage in Get Out (2017), Red Welby in Three
Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), and Ty Carter in The
Outpost.Jones was born in Garland, Texas, the son of Patrick and Cindy
Jones. As a child, his family relocated to the nearby city of
Richardson, where he was raised, and where he later met Robert Hudson
and formed the experimental folk rock band, Robert Jones. After
finding some success as an actor, Jones relocated to Los Angeles to
further pursue his career in film.After some small, sometimes
uncredited roles in such popular films as No Country for Old Men and
Superbad, Jones began to receive work in television, appearing in
Friday Night Lights as Jimmy Adler and in Breaking Bad as Louis. Jones
then had supporting roles in The Last Exorcism, released in 2010, and
X-Men: First Class, released in 2011. The following year saw the
release of Contraband, the English-language remake of award-winning
Icelandic film ReykjavÃk-Rotterdam, and Byzantium, both of which
featured Jones in supporting roles. That year, he had his first
starring role in Antiviral, the feature-film debut from
writer-director Brandon Cronenberg, the son of Canadian horror
director David Cronenberg.Jones has continued to appear in supporting
roles in both independent and mainstream films. In 2017, he appeared
in American Made, The Florida Project, Get Out, and Three Billboards
Outside Ebbing, Missouri. All three films received nominations at the
90th Academy Awards; the latter two films were both nominated for Best
Picture.
musician, best known for his roles as Banshee in X-Men: First Class
(2011), Jeremy Armitage in Get Out (2017), Red Welby in Three
Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), and Ty Carter in The
Outpost.Jones was born in Garland, Texas, the son of Patrick and Cindy
Jones. As a child, his family relocated to the nearby city of
Richardson, where he was raised, and where he later met Robert Hudson
and formed the experimental folk rock band, Robert Jones. After
finding some success as an actor, Jones relocated to Los Angeles to
further pursue his career in film.After some small, sometimes
uncredited roles in such popular films as No Country for Old Men and
Superbad, Jones began to receive work in television, appearing in
Friday Night Lights as Jimmy Adler and in Breaking Bad as Louis. Jones
then had supporting roles in The Last Exorcism, released in 2010, and
X-Men: First Class, released in 2011. The following year saw the
release of Contraband, the English-language remake of award-winning
Icelandic film ReykjavÃk-Rotterdam, and Byzantium, both of which
featured Jones in supporting roles. That year, he had his first
starring role in Antiviral, the feature-film debut from
writer-director Brandon Cronenberg, the son of Canadian horror
director David Cronenberg.Jones has continued to appear in supporting
roles in both independent and mainstream films. In 2017, he appeared
in American Made, The Florida Project, Get Out, and Three Billboards
Outside Ebbing, Missouri. All three films received nominations at the
90th Academy Awards; the latter two films were both nominated for Best
Picture.
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