- Born
- Birth nameJesse Lon Plemons
- Nickname
- Meth Damon
- Height5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- Jesse Lon Plemons is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor and achieved a career breakthrough with his major role as Landry Clarke in the NBC drama series Friday Night Lights (2006-2011). He subsequently portrayed Todd Alquist in season 5 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 portrayal of Robert Daly in "USS Callister", an episode of the Netflix anthology series Black Mirror (2017).
Plemons has appeared in supporting roles in several films including The Master (2012), The Homesman (2014), Black Mass, Bridge of Spies (both 2015), Game Night, Vice (both 2018), The Irishman (2019), Judas and the Black Messiah, Jungle Cruise, and The Power of the Dog (all in 2021). He starred in the psychological thriller film 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). For his performance in The Power of the Dog, he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Bonitao
- SpouseKirsten Dunst(July 2, 2022 - present) (2 children)
- ChildrenEnnis Howard Plemons
- ParentsLisa Beth Plemons (Cason)Jim Bob Plemons
- RelativesJill Plemons(Sibling)
- He resembles Matt Damon and Philip Seymour Hoffman. He played a younger version of Damon's character in All the Pretty Horses (2000) and Hoffman's son in The Master (2012). Due to this resemblance he was also called "Meth Damon" during his role on Breaking Bad (2008) by the fanbase.
- Has a son with Kirsten Dunst. Ennis Howard Plemons was born Thursday, May 3, 2018.
- He is a great-great-great-great-great-grandson of early Texas settler Emily Margaret Brown Austin, the sister of Stephen F. Austin, known as the "Father of Texas," who colonized Texas in the early 1800s. The city of Austin is named after Stephen.
- The only main cast member of Friday Night Lights (2006) to have played football in real life.
- Became engaged to Kirsten Dunst in January 2017, later confirmed to the public in the summer 2017.
- I grew up half the time in a small town called Mart, Texas, and half the time in L.A., because I was acting. My high school was crazy about football.
- I sing a little bit. I got a guitar for my 16th birthday.
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