Jesse Lon Plemons (born April 2, 1988) is an American actor. He began
his career as a child actor and achieved a career breakthrough with
his supporting role as Landry Clarke in the NBC drama series Friday
Night Lights (2006â€"11). He subsequently portrayed Todd Alquist in
season 5 of the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad and won a Screen
Actors Guild Award for his performance as part of the show's ensemble
cast; he reprised the role in the television film El Camino: A
Breaking Bad Movie (2019). Following Breaking Bad, Plemons received
his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination and won a Critics' Choice
Television Award for portraying Ed Blumquist in season 2 of the FX
anthology series Fargo. He received a second Primetime Emmy Award
nomination for his portrayal of Robert Daly in "USS Callister", an
episode of the Netflix anthology series Black Mirror.Plemons' film
credits include Val Dodd in The Master (2012), Kevin Weeks in Black
Mass (2015), Joe Murphy in Bridge of Spies (2015), Roger Clark in The
Post (2017), Gary Kingsbury in Game Night and Kurt in Vice (both
2018), Chuckie O'Brien in The Irishman (2019) and Jake in I’m
Thinking of Ending Things (2020). He was nominated for the Independent
Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for his role as David Mulcahey in
Other People (2016).Plemons was born in Dallas, Texas, the son of Lisa
Beth (née Cason) and Jim Bob Plemons. He was raised in Mart, a small
town outside Waco. He has an older sister named Jill.
his career as a child actor and achieved a career breakthrough with
his supporting role as Landry Clarke in the NBC drama series Friday
Night Lights (2006â€"11). He subsequently portrayed Todd Alquist in
season 5 of the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad and won a Screen
Actors Guild Award for his performance as part of the show's ensemble
cast; he reprised the role in the television film El Camino: A
Breaking Bad Movie (2019). Following Breaking Bad, Plemons received
his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination and won a Critics' Choice
Television Award for portraying Ed Blumquist in season 2 of the FX
anthology series Fargo. He received a second Primetime Emmy Award
nomination for his portrayal of Robert Daly in "USS Callister", an
episode of the Netflix anthology series Black Mirror.Plemons' film
credits include Val Dodd in The Master (2012), Kevin Weeks in Black
Mass (2015), Joe Murphy in Bridge of Spies (2015), Roger Clark in The
Post (2017), Gary Kingsbury in Game Night and Kurt in Vice (both
2018), Chuckie O'Brien in The Irishman (2019) and Jake in I’m
Thinking of Ending Things (2020). He was nominated for the Independent
Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for his role as David Mulcahey in
Other People (2016).Plemons was born in Dallas, Texas, the son of Lisa
Beth (née Cason) and Jim Bob Plemons. He was raised in Mart, a small
town outside Waco. He has an older sister named Jill.
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