Jesse Plemons
{{Short description|American actor (born 1988)}}
{{Use American English|date=September 2019}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2021}}
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| caption = Plemons at the Cannes Film Festival in 2024
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|4|2}}
| birth_place = Dallas, Texas, U.S.
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1991–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Kirsten Dunst|2022}}
| children = 2
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Jesse Plemons ({{IPAc-en|'|p|l|ɛ|m|ən|z}}; born April 2, 1988){{Cite web |last=Mike Rose |first=cleveland com |date=2024-04-02 |title=Famous birthdays list for today, April 2, 2024 includes celebrities Michael Fassbender, Pedro Pascal |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2024/04/famous-birthdays-list-for-today-april-2-2024-includes-celebrities-michael-fassbender-pedro-pascal.html |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=cleveland |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Today in History |url=https://apnews.com/article/aac48b57e3cd44838091ea83d17ad3cd |website=Associated Press |date=April 2, 2018 |access-date=January 2, 2024}}{{cite news|last1=Valby|first1=Karen|title=Jesse Plemons Moves on and on from 'Friday Night Lights'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/13/arts/television/jesse-plemons-moves-on-and-on-from-friday-night-lights.html|access-date=September 13, 2015|work=The New York Times|date=September 7, 2015|quote=This fall offers chance after chance to see just how Mr. Plemons, 27...}} 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 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). For his role as Ed Blumquist in season 2 of the FX anthology series Fargo (2015), he received his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination and won a Critics' Choice Television Award. He received a second Emmy nomination for his performance in "USS Callister", an episode of the Netflix anthology series Black Mirror (2017), and reprised the role in its 2025 sequel episode.
Plemons has acted in supporting roles in film such as The Master (2012), Bridge of Spies (2015), Game Night (2018), The Irishman (2019), Judas and the Black Messiah (2021) and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023). He starred in Other People (2016) and I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020). For playing a rancher in The Power of the Dog (2021), he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and for playing three roles in the anthology film Kinds of Kindness (2024), he won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor.
Plemons is known for being typecast as quiet and unnerving characters in his most prominent roles, such as Breaking Bad, Kinds of Kindness, and Game Night (2018).{{cite news |last1=Macnab |first1=Geoffrey |title=How Jesse Plemons became Hollywood's crown prince of dysfunctional masculinity |url=https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/features/jesse-plemons-kinds-of-kindness-civil-war-b2561825.html |access-date=April 4, 2025 |work=The Independent |date=June 14, 2024}} His acting style is characterized by his Texan accent, cowboy-inspired persona, and dramatic pauses in his speech.{{cite news |last1=O'Neal |first1=Sean |title=How Jesse Plemons Came to Star in, Well, Pretty Much Everything |url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/jesse-plemons-star-everything/ |access-date=April 4, 2025 |work=Texas Monthly |date=April 2024}}{{cite news |last1=Abele |first1=Robert |title=Why Jesse Plemons responds to those inner struggles for expression |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2022-03-01/why-jesse-plemons-responds-to-those-inner-struggles-for-expression |access-date=April 4, 2025 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=March 1, 2022 |url-access=subscription}}
Early life
Plemons was born in Dallas, Texas,{{cite web |title=Amy Schumer's seat-filler joke with Dallas-born Jesse Plemons at the Oscars draws criticism |url= https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/2022/03/29/amy-schumers-seat-filler-joke-with-dallas-born-jesse-plemons-at-the-oscars-draws-criticism/ |website=The Dallas Morning News |date= March 30, 2022 |access-date=August 14, 2022}} and raised in Mart, Texas, a small town 21 miles (33.7 km) east of Waco. He is the younger of two children to Jim Bob, a firefighter and amateur rodeo competitor, and Lisa (Cason) Plemons, a special education trainer.{{Cite web |last=O'Neal |first=Sean |date=2024-03-14 |title=How Jesse Plemons Came to Star in, Well, Pretty Much Everything |url=https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/jesse-plemons-star-everything/ |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=Texas Monthly |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Schillaci |first1=Sophie |date=May 17, 2012 |title='Battleship's' Jesse Plemons Talks Action Films and Board Games (Video) |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/battleships-jesse-plemons-friday-night-lights-326294 |access-date=September 13, 2015 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}}{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jesse-Plemons | title=Jesse Plemons | Biography, Movies, TV Shows, Kirsten Dunst, & Facts | Britannica }}
In 2007, Plemons graduated from the Texas Tech University Independent School District, a distance learning program, which allowed him to earn his high school diploma.{{cite web| url= http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/529567| title= 'Friday Night Lights' Star Earns Diploma at a Distance Through Texas Tech Independent School District|work=Texas Tech University |date= May 1, 2007 |access-date= November 15, 2008}} He attended schools in Mart, playing football in middle school, junior high, and at Mart High School, until he received more acting jobs and shifted to the online program.{{cite news| last1= Brown| first1= Emma| title=Waking Up with Jesse Plemons| url=http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/jesse-plemons/ |access-date= September 13, 2015| work= Interview}}
Career
=1991–2006: Early career=
Plemons got his start in a Coca-Cola commercial at age 3. When he was 8, he started doing extra work, and, with the support of his family, spent time auditioning in Los Angeles and landing small jobs.{{cite news| last1=Eakin|first1=Marah|title=Friday Night Lights' Jesse Plemons on Breaking Bad, The Master, and Frank Zappa|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/ifriday-night-lights-ijesse-plemons-on-ibreaking-b-83984|access-date=September 13, 2015|work=The A.V. Club|date=August 20, 2012}} After appearing in the films Varsity Blues (1999) and All the Pretty Horses (2000), and guest-starring on Walker, Texas Ranger and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, Plemons' first prominent role was in the film Children on their Birthdays (2002).{{cite web|url=http://www.nbc.com/Friday_Night_Lights/bios/Jesse_Plemons.shtml|title=Jesse Plemons as Landry Clarke|access-date=November 11, 2008|work=NBC}} He later appeared in Like Mike (2002) and When Zachary Beaver Came to Town (2003), with guest roles on the television series Judging Amy, The Lyon's Den, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and Grey's Anatomy between 2003 and 2006.
=2006–2011: Breakthrough with ''Friday Night Lights''=
In 2006, when he was 18, Plemons joined the ensemble cast of NBC's television series Friday Night Lights, filmed in Austin, Texas, detailing the fictional events surrounding a high school football team in fictional Dillon, Texas. In the show's first season, his character Landry Clarke provided comic relief as the best friend of football quarterback Matt Saracen, though Landry himself was not on the team.{{cite web|last=Kubicek|first=John|url=http://www.buddytv.com/articles/friday-night-lights/exclusive-interview-friday-nig-13065.aspx|title=Exclusive Interview: 'Friday Night Lights' Star Jesse Plemons|access-date=November 15, 2008|date=October 26, 2007|work=BuddyTV|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105092331/http://www.buddytv.com/articles/friday-night-lights/exclusive-interview-friday-nig-13065.aspx|archive-date=November 5, 2014|url-status=dead}} Among the cast and crew, the joke was that Plemons played football better than most of the other actors, even though his character was one of the few who did not play.
Landry joined the Panthers football team in the second season, and Plemons, having played high school football, told director Jeffrey Reiner that he would do his own stunts.{{cite web|last=Porter|first=Rick|url=http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2007/10/a-chat-with-fnl.html|title=A chat with 'FNL's' Jesse Plemons|access-date=November 15, 2008|date=October 11, 2007|work=Zap2it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080617071756/http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2007/10/a-chat-with-fnl.html|archive-date=June 17, 2008|url-status=dead}} In his first football scene, Landry had to "get the crap beat out of [him] over and over and over again". When hit by co-star Taylor Kitsch (playing Tim Riggins) Plemons' chin split open, requiring eleven stitches. The show, a fan and critic favorite, ended after five seasons after shifting to DirecTV in 2011.{{cite news|last1=Carr|first1=David|title=Same Game, Other Side of Tracks|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/25/arts/television/25friday.html|access-date=September 13, 2015|work=The New York Times|date=April 21, 2010}}
In 2012, Plemons reunited with Kitsch and Friday Night Lights creator Peter Berg in the film Battleship.{{cite news |last1=Schillaci |first1=Sophie |date=May 17, 2012 |title='Battleship's' Jesse Plemons Talks Action Films and Board Games (Video) |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/battleships-jesse-plemons-friday-night-lights-326294 |access-date=September 13, 2015 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}} Berg, who directed the film, explained that he knew how comfortable Kitsch was with Plemons: "I know that he's really good for Taylor and he makes Taylor better. So, I wrote that whole part for Jesse. I never thought of it as a Friday Night Lights reunion. I thought of it as protection, bringing a trusted family member in."{{cite web|last=Radish|first=Christina|title=Brooklyn Decker and Director Peter Berg Talk BATTLESHIP, Naval Warfare and the Design of the Aliens at WonderCon|url=http://collider.com/brooklyn-decker-peter-berg-battleship-interview/153633|work=Collider.com|access-date=April 15, 2012|date=March 19, 2012}}
=2011–2019: Character work =
From 2012 to 2013, Plemons portrayed Todd Alquist{{cite news|last1=Tannenbaum|first1=Rob|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/todd-from-breaking-bad-im-an-ambush-predator-20130919|title=Todd from 'Breaking Bad': I'm an Ambush Predator|access-date=September 13, 2015|work=Rolling Stone|date=September 19, 2013|archive-date=October 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151020055100/http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/todd-from-breaking-bad-im-an-ambush-predator-20130919|url-status=dead}} during the final season of the AMC drama series Breaking Bad.{{cite news|last1=Romano|first1=Tricia|title=Jesse Plemons on Breaking Bad and That Time Landry Killed Someone on Friday Night Lights|url=http://www.vulture.com/2012/08/breaking-bad-jesse-plemons-interview.html|access-date=September 13, 2015|work=Vulture|date=August 16, 2012}}{{cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/friday-night-lights-alum-plemons-joins-breaking-bad-193344023.html|title="Friday Night Lights" alum Plemons joins "Breaking Bad"|work=Yahoo! News|date=May 17, 2012|access-date=May 18, 2012}} He was a recurring cast member in Season 5A and was promoted to series regular for Season 5B.{{cite news|last1=Martin|first1=Brett|title=Jesse Plemons: Psycho of the Year 2013|url=https://www.gq.com/story/jesse-plemons-men-of-the-year-psycho|access-date=September 13, 2015|work=GQ|date=November 26, 2013}}{{cite news|last1=Martin|first1=Denise|title=Breaking Bad's Jesse Plemons on Psycho Todd, the Shoot-out, and What's in Store for Jesse|url=http://www.vulture.com/2013/09/breaking-bad-jesse-plemons-tod-interview.html|access-date=September 13, 2015|work=Vulture|date=September 20, 2013}} Fans of Breaking Bad nicknamed him "Meth Damon", due to Plemons' resemblance to actor Matt Damon.{{cite news|title=Q&A – Jesse Plemons (Todd Alquist)|url=http://www.amc.com/shows/breaking-bad/talk/2013/09/qa-jesse-plemons-todd-alquist|access-date=September 13, 2015|work=AMC Networks |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602012153/https://www.amc.com/shows/breaking-bad/talk/2013/09/qa-jesse-plemons-todd-alquist |archive-date=2015-06-02 |url-status=dead}}{{cite news|last1=Hoover|first1=Carl|title=Austin's Daniel James returns to Waco with bluesier sound|url=http://www.wacotrib.com/entertainment/accesswaco/music/austin-s-daniel-james-returns-to-waco-with-bluesier-sound/article_47aab666-0c12-5e19-a63b-00dec79f87fb.html|access-date=September 13, 2015|work=Waco Tribune-Herald|date=April 3, 2014}} One of his first film roles, at age 12, was playing the younger version of Damon's character in the film All the Pretty Horses (2000).
In 2012, Plemons also had a supporting role in the Paul Thomas Anderson drama The Master as the son of Philip Seymour Hoffman's character, an actor to whom his physical appearance has been compared. In January 2014, Plemons was in consideration to be one of the new stars of Star Wars Episode VII (Star Wars: The Force Awakens).{{cite web|url=http://www.starwarsunderworld.com/2014/01/rumors-jesse-plemons-is-ben-skywalker.html|title=Rumors: Jesse Plemons Cast As Ben Skywalker, Boba Fett Retcon, & More – The Star Wars Underworld|work=Star Wars Underworld|access-date=April 15, 2015|date=January 17, 2014}}{{cite web|last1=Rosen|first1=Christopher|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/10/jesse-plemons-star-wars_n_4578259.html|title=Jesse Plemons Reportedly Up For 'Star Wars' Role|work=The Huffington Post|date=January 11, 2014|access-date=April 15, 2015}} In March 2014, Plemons, along with four other actors, were being considered for the lead role of Finn in Episode VII.{{cite web|last1=Kroll|first1=Justin|title='Star Wars Episode VII': Actors Battle for Lead Role (Exclusive)|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/star-wars-4-1201125355|work=Variety|date=March 12, 2014|access-date=August 12, 2016}} The role, however, went to British actor John Boyega. Plemons played mobster Kevin Weeks in the Boston-set mob film Black Mass, starring Johnny Depp, which opened in theaters in September 2015. Also that year, he appeared in the Stephen Frears film about Lance Armstrong, The Program, and the Steven Spielberg film Bridge of Spies.
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In late-2015, Plemons co-starred in the second season of the TV show Fargo. He portrayed Ed Blumquist, a butcher and the husband of Peggy Blumquist (Kirsten Dunst).{{cite news|last1=Fernandez|first1=Maria Elena|title=Fargo's Jesse Plemons on His Minnesota Accent, Gaining Weight, and Killing People (and Hiding the Bodies) on TV|url=http://www.vulture.com/2015/10/fargo-jesse-plemons-on-killing-people-on-tv.html|access-date=October 21, 2015|work=Vulture|date=October 19, 2015}} For his performance, he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie.{{cite web|last1=Lewis|first1=Dave|title=Complete list of 2016 Emmy nominations and winners|website=Los Angeles Times|date=July 14, 2016|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-emmys-2016-nominees-winners-list-20160714-snap-story.html|access-date=September 14, 2016}} In 2016, Plemons starred in the film Other People. In 2017, he appeared in the Doug Liman thriller film American Made, the Scott Cooper western Hostiles, and Steven Spielberg's historical drama The Post.
In December 2017, Plemons appeared in "USS Callister", an episode in the fourth series of the anthology show Black Mirror. Plemons played Robert Daly, the episode's main character and a sadistic introvert, and was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. In 2018, Plemons had supporting roles in two films, the comedy Game Night and Adam McKay's Dick Cheney biopic Vice, which he narrated. In 2019 he had a supporting role in the Martin Scorsese crime drama The Irishman, which premiered at the New York Film Festival on September 27, 2019. He also reprised his role as Todd Alquist in El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie.
= 2020–present: Career expansion =
In 2020, Plemons received critical praise and a Gotham Independent Film Award nomination for Best Actor for his lead performance in Charlie Kaufman's psychological drama I'm Thinking of Ending Things.[https://variety.com/2018/film/news/jesse-plemons-charlie-kaufmans-im-thinking-of-ending-things-1203080976/ Jesse Plemons in Talks to Star in Charlie Kaufman's 'I'm Thinking of Ending Things' (EXCLUSIVE)] In 2021, Plemons gave supporting performances in Judas and the Black Messiah, a film about civil rights activist Fred Hampton{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/09/deuce-dominique-fishback-daniel-kaluuya-lakeith-stanfield-warner-bros-jesus-homeboy-1202737748/|title=Jesse Plemons & 'The Deuce' Actress Dominique Fishback Join Daniel Kaluuya & Lakeith Stanfield In WB's Black Panthers Pic 'Jesus Was My Homeboy'|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Andreas|last=Wiseman|date=September 19, 2019|access-date=October 20, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/12/matrix-sequel-release-date-the-flash-akira-off-slate-fred-hampton-movies-warner-bros-1202806896/|title=Warner Bros Sets Release Dates For 'The Matrix' Sequel, 'The Flash' & More; 'Akira' Off Schedule|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Patrick|last=Hipes|date=December 11, 2019|access-date=December 28, 2019}} and the Disney adventure film Jungle Cruise.{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/dwayne-johnsons-jungle-cruise-release-pushed-back-9-months-summer-2020/|title=Dwayne Johnson's 'Jungle Cruise' Release Pushed Back 9 Months to Summer 2020|first=Brian|last=Welk|date=October 19, 2018|website=thewrap.com|access-date=December 28, 2019}} In the same year, Plemons starred in the supernatural horror film Antlers, again collaborating with director Scott Cooper,{{cite web|url=https://theplaylist.net/antlers-trailer-scott-cooper-20191023/|title='Antlers' Trailer: Scott Cooper's Terrifying Horror Finds Cannibals Terrorizing A Small Town|website=ThePlaylist|first=Harry|last=Frazer|date=October 23, 2019|access-date=December 28, 2019}} and starred once again alongside his real life partner and Fargo co-star Kirsten Dunst in Jane Campion's western drama The Power of the Dog,{{Cite web|title=The Power of the Dog Showing at 2021 New York Film Festival|url=https://deadline.com/2021/07/jane-campion-the-power-of-the-dog-netflix-new-york-film-festival-centerpiece-1234800138/|website=Deadline|date=July 27, 2021}} for which he has received praise and a number of accolades, including a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 2022, Plemons starred in Charlie McDowell's noir thriller Windfall, which also marked his first credit as a producer.{{Cite web|title=Jesse Plemons, Lily Collins and Jason Segel Star in Charlie McDowell Thriller "Windfall"|url=https://deadline.com/2021/07/jason-segel-lily-collins-jesse-plemons-windfall-charlie-mcdowell-and-netflix-1234790647/|website=Deadline|date=July 12, 2021}} It was about this time Plemons noted that the number of people referring to him by his nickname "Meth Damon" had started to decline.{{cite web | url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/jesse-plemons-interview | title=Jesse Plemons: 'I've noticed fewer people refer to me as Meth Damon…' | date=November 22, 2021 }}
In 2023, Plemons starred alongside Elizabeth Olsen in the HBO Max true crime series Love & Death{{Cite web|title=Jesse Plemons Joins HBO Max's Love and Death|url=https://deadline.com/2021/05/jesse-plemons-elizabeth-olsen-love-and-death-hbo-max-true-crime-limited-series-1234763269/|website=Deadline|date=May 24, 2021}} and reunited with Martin Scorsese for a supporting role in his western-thriller Killers of the Flower Moon, which he starred in alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone and Robert De Niro.{{cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys|title=Jesse Plemons to Star in Martin Scorsese's 'Killers of the Flower Moon'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jesse-plemons-to-star-in-martin-scorseses-killers-of-the-flower-moon|website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=February 17, 2021}} The film premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. In September 2022, Plemons was announced to be starring alongside Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe and Margaret Qualley in Yorgos Lanthimos's film Kinds of Kindness,{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/breaking-news/yorgos-lanthimos-emma-stone-and-renamed-kind-of-kindness-1234931288/|title=Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone's Latest Film 'AND' Is Renamed 'Kinds of Kindness'|website=IndieWire|first=Samantha|last=Bergeson|date=December 1, 2023|access-date=December 1, 2023}} which premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, where Plemons won the Best Actor award.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-25 |title=The 77th Festival de Cannes winners' list |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/the-77th-festival-de-cannes-winners-list/ |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=Festival de Cannes |language=en-US}}
In 2025, Plemons played a supporting role in the Robert De Niro-led Netflix political thriller series Zero Day, which will reunite him with Love and Death director Lesli Linka Glatter,{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=2023-04-24 |title=Lizzy Caplan, Jesse Plemons, Joan Allen & Connie Britton Join Robert De Niro In 'Zero Day' Netflix Series |url=https://deadline.com/2023/04/lizzy-caplan-jesse-plemons-joan-allen-connie-britton-cast-robert-de-niro-zero-day-netflix-1235334968/ |access-date=2024-09-29 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}} and a leading role in the science fiction comedy film Bugonia, which will reunite him with Lanthimos.{{Cite web |last=Donnelly |first=Matt |date=2024-05-18 |title=Yorgos Lanthimos to Reunite With Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons for Alien Conspiracy Drama 'Bugonia' at Focus Features |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/yorgos-lanthimos-bugonia-emma-stone-jesse-plemons-1236008825/ |access-date=2024-09-29 |website=Variety |language=en-US}} He also reprised his role as Robert Daly in the seventh series of Black Mirror, in the episode "USS Callister: Into Infinity".
Personal life
Plemons has been married to fellow actor Kirsten Dunst since 2022. He began a relationship with his Fargo co-star in March 2016,{{cite news |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/795851/fargo-co-stars-kirsten-dunst-and-jesse-plemons-are-dating |title=Fargo Co-Stars Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons Pack on PDA at Emmys After-Parties |first1=Francesca |last1=Bacardi |first2=Alli |last2=Rosenbloom |date=September 19, 2016 |access-date=October 1, 2018 |work=E! News}} and the two got engaged a year later.{{cite news|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/fargo-costars-kirsten-dunst-jesse-plemons-are-engaged-w460736|title='Fargo' Costars Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons Are Engaged|last1=Webber|first1=Stephanie|date=January 12, 2017|work=Us Weekly|access-date=January 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113000524/http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/fargo-costars-kirsten-dunst-jesse-plemons-are-engaged-w460736|archive-date=January 13, 2017|url-status=live}} The couple welcomed their first son born in 2018{{cite web|work=People|title=Baby Name Revealed! Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons Name Newborn Son Ennis Howard|access-date=September 9, 2018|author=Mizoguchi, Karen|url=https://people.com/parents/kirsten-dunst-jesse-plemons-welcome-son-ennis-howard/|date=May 11, 2018}} and their second son born in 2021.{{Cite news|title=There's More to Kirsten Dunst|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/10/movies/kirsten-dunst-power-of-the-dog.html|website=The New York Times|date=September 10, 2021|last1=Buchanan|first1=Kyle}} In February 2022, Plemons and Dunst were both nominated for Academy Awards for their roles in The Power of the Dog.{{cite web|url= https://www.today.com/popculture/movies/couple-kirsten-dunst-jesse-plemons-get-oscar-nominations-rcna15341|title=Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons get Oscar nods|work=Today|publisher=NBC Universal|date=February 8, 2022|last=Lowe|first=Lindsay}} They were officially married in July of that year.{{cite web | url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/kirsten-dunst-jesse-plemons-relationship-timeline/ | title=Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons' Relationship Timeline | date=May 20, 2023 }}
Filmography
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=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable unsortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1998
| Hobo | |
| 1999
| Tommy Harbor | |
| 2000
| Young John Grady Cole | |
| rowspan=2| 2002
| Preacher Star | |
| Like Mike
| Ox | |
| rowspan=2| 2003
| When Zachary Beaver Came to Town | Jay | |
| The Failures
| Boe | |
| 2008
| Bully No. 1 | |
| rowspan=2| 2009
| Charles | |
| Shrink
| Jesus | |
| rowspan=2| 2010
| Chad | |
| Meeting Spencer
| Spencer West | |
| 2011
| Paul | Jake | |
| rowspan=2| 2012
| Val Dodd | |
| Battleship
| Jimmy "Ordy" Ord | |
| rowspan=2| 2014
| Garn Sours | |
| Flutter
| David | |
| rowspan=3| 2015
| |
| The Program
| |
| Bridge of Spies
| Joe Murphy | |
| 2016
| David Mulcahey | |
| rowspan=4| 2017
| Toby Harbor | |
| American Made
| Sheriff Joe Downing | |
| Hostiles
| Lieutenant Rudy Kidder | |
| The Post
| Roger Clark | |
| rowspan=2| 2018
| Gary Kingsbury | |
| Vice
| Kurt | |
| rowspan=2|2019
| Chuckie O'Brien | |
| El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
| rowspan="2" |Todd Alquist | |
| rowspan="2"|2020
| Snow Globe: A Breaking Bad Short | Short film |
| I'm Thinking of Ending Things
| Jake | |
| rowspan=4|2021
| Roy Mitchell | |
| Jungle Cruise
| |
| The Power of the Dog
| George Burbank | |
| Antlers
| Sheriff Paul Meadows | |
| 2022
| Windfall | CEO | Also producer |
| 2023
| |
| rowspan="2"| 2024
| Militiaman |
| Kinds of Kindness
| Robert, Daniel, Andrew | |
| 2025
| {{pending film|Bugonia}} | {{TableTBA}} | Post-production |
| 2026
| {{pending film|italic=no|Untitled Alejandro González Iñárritu film}} | {{TableTBA}} |Filming |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable unsortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2000
| Russell, Jr. | Episode: "The General's Return" |
| rowspan="2" | 2001
| Lawrence Neal | Episode: "Paternity" |
| Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
| Bigger Kid | Episode: "Really Big Season Opener" |
| rowspan="2" | 2003
| Ray Ferris | Episode: "The Other Side of Caution" |
| Judging Amy
| James Franklin | Episode: "Marry, Marry Quite Contrary" |
| rowspan="2" | 2004
| Huff | Dawson James | Episode: "Cold Day in Shanghai" |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
| Owen Durbin | Episode: "Down the Drain" |
| rowspan="2" | 2006
| Jake Burton | Episode: "Yesterday" |
| NCIS
| Jason Geckler | Episode: "Deception" |
| 2006–2011
| 59 episodes |
| 2008
| Lemmon | Episode: "The Sacrifice" |
| 2009
| Ryan Stewart | Episode: "Into the Blue/The Long Blue Line" |
| 2011
| Jesse | Episode: "Father's Day" |
| 2012
| Bent | Gary | 6 episodes |
| 2012–2013
| 13 episodes |
| 2014, 2016, 2018 | Various roles | 3 episodes |
| 2014
| Jerry McCarthy | Miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 2015
| Fargo | 10 episodes |
| 2017
| Angus | 8 episodes |
| 2017, 2025 | Captain Robert Daly | Episode: "USS Callister" & "USS Callister: Into Infinity" |
| 2023
| Allan Gore | Miniseries, 7 episodes |
| 2025
| Zero Day | Roger Carlson | Miniseries, 6 episodes |
Accolades
References
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