Jesse Plemons born April 2 1988 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 20062011 He subsequently portrayed Todd Alquist in season 5 of the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad 20122013 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 Plemons received his third Emmy nomination for his supporting role in the HBO miniseries Love Death 2023 Plemons has appeared in supporting roles in several films including The Master 2012 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 has also starred in the psychological thriller Im Thinking of Ending Things 2020 He was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for his starring role in Other People 2016 and 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