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Caleb Landry Jones
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Jones at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2012
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| Born | December 7, 1989 Garland, Texas, U.S.
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| Years active | 2007–present |
Caleb Landry Jones (born December 7, 1989) is an American actor and musician, known for his roles as Banshee in X-Men: First Class, Jeremy Armitage in Get Out, Red Welby in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Ty Carter in The Outpost, Jeff in Finch, and Martin Bryant in Nitram. His accolades include a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor and a AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in Nitram.
Early life
Jones was born in Garland, Texas, the son of Patrick and Cindy Jones. As a child, his family lived in Richardson, where he was raised, and where he later met Robert Hudson and formed the experimental folk rock band, Robert Jones. After finding some success as an actor, Jones relocated to Los Angeles to further pursue his career in film.
Career
After some small roles, such as, No Country For Old Men, Jones began to receive work in television, appearing in Friday Night Lights as Jimmy Adler and in Breaking Bad as Louis. Jones then had supporting roles in The Last Exorcism, released in 2010, and X-Men: First Class, released in 2011. The following year saw the release of Contraband, the English-language remake of award-winning Icelandic film Reykjavík-Rotterdam, and Byzantium, both of which featured Jones in supporting roles. That year, he had his first starring role in Antiviral, the feature-film debut from writer–director Brandon Cronenberg, the son of Canadian horror director David Cronenberg.
Jones has continued to appear in supporting roles in both independent and mainstream films. In 2017, he appeared in American Made, The Florida Project, Get Out, and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. The latter three films received nominations at the 90th Academy Awards; the latter two were both nominated for Best Picture. In 2021, he starred as Australian mass-murderer Martin Bryant in Justin Kurzel's Nitram, which earned Jones the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor.
Jones released his debut studio album, The Mother Stone, on May 1, 2020. It was recorded in Los Angeles and released through the Brooklyn-based Sacred Bones Records.
Discography
Albums
| Year | Title |
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| 2020 | The Mother Stone |
| 2021 | Gadzooks Vol. 1 |
| 2022 | Gadzooks Vol. 2 |
Singles
| Year | Title |
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| 2020 | "Flag Day / The Mother Stone" |
| "All I Am in You / The Big Worm" | |
| "I Dig Your Dog" |
Filmography
Film
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 2007 | No Country for Old Men | Boy on Bike | Credited as Caleb Jones |
| 2008 | The Longshots | Jonesy | Credited as Caleb Jones |
| 2010 | The Last Exorcism | Caleb Sweetzer | |
| The Social Network | Fraternity Boy | Credited as Caleb Jones | |
| 2011 | Summer Song | Jack | |
| X-Men: First Class | Sean Cassidy / Banshee | Nominated — Teen Choice Award for Movie Chemistry (with Edi Gathegi, Nicholas Hoult, Zöe Kravitz, Jennifer Lawrence, and Lucas Till) | |
| 2012 | Contraband | Andy | |
| Byzantium | Frank | ||
| Antiviral | Syd March | ||
| 2013 | Tom at the Farm | Guillaume | Uncredited role |
| 2014 | God's Pocket | Leon Hubbard | |
| Queen and Country | Percy Hapgood | ||
| Heaven Knows What | Ilya | ||
| Low Down | Cole | ||
| 2015 | Stonewall | Orphan Annie | |
| 2016 | War on Everyone | Russell Birdwell | |
| 2017 | Get Out | Jeremy Armitage | National Board of Review Award for Best Cast Nominated — San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated — Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Breakthrough (for American Made, The Florida Project, Get Out, and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) |
| The Florida Project | Jack Hicks | ||
| American Made | JB | ||
| Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Red Welby | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated — San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble |
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| 2018 | To the Night | Norman | |
| Tyrel | Pete | ||
| Friday's Child | Swim | ||
| Welcome the Stranger | Ethan | ||
| 2019 | The Kindness of Strangers | Jeff | |
| The Dead Don't Die | Bobby Wiggins | ||
| 2020 | Viena and the Fantomes | Albert | |
| The Outpost | Specialist Ty Michael Carter | ||
| 2021 | Nitram | Nitram | Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated — AACTA International Award for Best Actor |
| The Forgiven | Dally Margolis | ||
| Finch | Jeff | ||
| 2023 | Dogman | Douglas |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2008–2010 | Friday Night Lights | Jimmy Adler | 5 episodes |
| 2009–2010 | Breaking Bad | Louis | 2 episodes |
| 2010 | Victorious | Adorable Guy | Episode: "Tori the Zombie" |
| 2017 | Twin Peaks | Steven Burnett | 4 episodes |
See also
In Spanish: Caleb Landry Jones para niños
