Resume: Jesse Plemons

Jesse Plemons has appeared in films for the studio almost every season of its existence, but this season will finally mark the first starring role of the young actor's career with the studio with his just announced role in The Tower. He's had a solid career with the studio as a supporting actor, but this will be his biggest test yet. In this edition of Resume, we will look at the filmography of this rising star...
















Season 1

Libra
Director: David Fincher
Writer: Dwight Gallo



Budget: $88,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $77,112,044
Foreign Box Office: $91,470,215
Total Profit: $34,421,669




In this underrated season from Season 1, Plemons played the supporting role of Lee Harvey Oswald's accomplice in his failed assassination attempt on General Walker. The film was very well-received critically and was a box office success.

Season 2

Blackwater
Director: John Hillcoat
Writer: Dwight Gallo

Budget: $64,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $88,496,099
Foreign Box Office: $78,819,645
Total Profit: $37,059,132




Plemons played the deputy of Leonardo DiCaprio's small town sheriff this darkly comic crime tale from the mind of Dwight Gallo. Leonardo DiCaprio won Best Actor for his work on the film.

Season 3

American Playboy
Director: Damien Chazelle
Writer: Dwight Gallo

Budget: $42,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $87,990,008
Foreign Box Office: $72,479,676
Total Profit: $70,801,041




Plemons once again stars as the friend/colleague of a bigger star who won awards. This time it was
the role of Playboy co-founder, Eldon Sellers, opposite Andrew Garfield's Golden Reel-nominated performance as as Hugh Hefner.

Season 5

The Life of the Party
Director: Steven Spielberg
Writer: Lon Charles

Budget: $48,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $44,412,008
Foreign Box Office: $59,651,181
Total Profit: $13,591,585






Clearly Jesse Plemons found a niche with the studio, playing key supporting roles to go opposite a critically acclaimed leading man. This role was one of his smaller parts for the studio, but he got the chance to work for Steven Spielberg.

Season 6

Bonnie and Clyde
Director: Taika Waititi
Writer: Chad Taylor

Budget: $52,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $44,077,243
Foreign Box Office: $30,890,992
Total Profit: -$23,755,003




Jesse Plemons gave a well-regarded performance in this under-performing film as the brother of Clyde Barrow (Michael B. Jordan). The film well-received by critics, but was a box office disappointment.

Season 8

Booster Gold II: The Booster Gold Story
Directors: Phil Lord and Chris Miller
Writer: Chad Taylor

Budget: $202,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $616,390,447
Foreign Box Office: $600,202,892
Total Profit: $599,012,575




In his biggest role to date for the studio, Plemons appeared as one of the main villains in this DC blockbuster. Word has it that he may reoccur in the DC Universe as the villainous Clayface in future films.

Up Next: The only upcoming role set in stone for Jesse Plemons is his upcoming starring role later this season as mass murderer Charles Whitman in The Tower from director Scott Cooper and writer Roy Horne. Outside of that, the only rumored role is the possibility of Plemons reprising the role of "Clayface" in future DC Universe films.

Review:

• Highest Grossing Film: Booster Gold II: The Booster Gold Story ($1,216,593,339)
  
• Most Profitable Film: Most Profitable Film: Booster Gold II: The Booster Gold Story ($599,012,575)
  
• Most Awarded Film: Blackwater (2 wins, 1 nomination)
• Best Reviewed Film(s): Libra, Blackwater, Booster Gold II: The Booster Gold Story