Caleb Landry Jones
Caleb Landry Jones | |
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Born | Garland, Texas, U.S. | December 7, 1989
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Years active | 2007–present |
Spouse | Katya Zvereva |
Children | 1 |
Caleb Landry Jones (born December 7, 1989) is an American actor and musician. He first gained recognition for his supporting roles as Banshee in X-Men: First Class (2011), Jeremy Armitage in Get Out (2017), Jack Hicks in The Florida Project (2017), and Red Welby in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017).[1] The latter earned him a SAG Award.
His leading roles include Syd March in Antiviral (2012), Ty Carter in The Outpost (2019), and Martin Bryant in Nitram (2021), which earned him a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor and a AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. He later starred in Luc Besson's films Dogman (2023) and Dracula: A Love Tale (2025).
Biography
[edit]Jones was born on December 7, 1989,[2] in Garland, Texas,[3] the son of Cindy, a special educator, and Patrick Jones, a building contractor.[4][5] He has an older brother, John.[6]
Jones was raised in Richardson, a suburb of Dallas,[5][3] and attended the high school where his mother worked, and was encouraged to lapping up ballet, tap, and theater classes.[5] He discovered acting in speech class and began performing professionally shortly afterwards, mostly in films and TV series shot in and around his home state, beginning with the Coen brothers' No Country for Old Men (2007).[3] He then played the drummer in Friday Night Lights (2008–2010) and Walt Jr.'s best friend in Breaking Bad (2009–2010).[3]
Later, at 19, he met Robert Hudson and, together with A.J. Durham, formed the experimental folk-rock band Robert Jones.[7] 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.[8]
Also in 2012 he had his first starring role in Antiviral, the feature-film debut from writer–director Brandon Cronenberg, son of Canadian horror director David Cronenberg.[8][9]
In 2017, he appeared in American Made, The Florida Project, Get Out, and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.[8][9][10] The latter three films received nominations at the 90th Academy Awards; the latter two were both nominated for Best Picture.[11]
Jones released his debut studio album, The Mother Stone, on May 1, 2020.[12] It was recorded in Los Angeles and released through the Brooklyn-based Sacred Bones Records.[13][14]
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.[15]
Jones took on the lead role in the 2023 Luc Besson film Dogman, which made Besson a great admirer of him. Calling him his "muse", Besson began to think of possible films to make to cast him in, and decided on the story of Dracula, which was released in 2025 as Dracula: A Love Tale.[16]
Discography
[edit]Albums
[edit]Year | Title |
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2020 | The Mother Stone[14] |
2021 | Gadzooks Vol. 1 |
2022 | Gadzooks Vol. 2 |
2024 | Hey Gary, Hey Dawn |
Singles
[edit]Year | Title |
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2020 | "Flag Day / The Mother Stone"[17] |
"All I Am in You / The Big Worm"[18] | |
"I Dig Your Dog"[19] |
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]† | Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | 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 | ||
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 | |
The Florida Project | Jack Hicks | ||
American Made | JB | ||
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Red Welby | ||
2018 | To the Night | Norman | |
Tyrel | Pete | ||
Age Out | 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 | Ty Carter | ||
2021 | Nitram | Nitram | |
The Forgiven | Dally Margolis | ||
Finch | Jeff | ||
2023 | Dogman | Douglas | |
2024 | Harvest | Walter Thirsk | Also composer |
2025 | Dracula: A Love Tale[20] | Dracula | |
TBA | Two Wolves † | TBA | [21] |
TBA | Down the Arm of God † | TBA | Also co-writer, producer[22] |
TBA | Zero K † | TBA | [23] |
Television
[edit]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 |
Awards and nominations
[edit]Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2017 | Detroit Film Critics Society Awards | Breakthrough Artist | Get Out, American Made, The Florida Project, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Nominated | [24] |
2018 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Won | [25] |
Get Out | Nominated | ||||
2021 | Critics Choice Super Awards | Best Actor in an Action Movie | The Outpost | Nominated | [26] |
Cannes Film Festival | Best Actor | Nitram | Won | [27] | |
AACTA Awards | Best Lead Actor in Film | Nominated | [28] | ||
Best Actor in a Leading Role | Won | [29][30] | |||
Asia Pacific Screen Awards | Best Performance by an Actor | Nominated | [31] | ||
Australian Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actor | Won | [32] | ||
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival | Won | [33] |
References
[edit]- ^ Lindsay, Benjamin (November 10, 2017). "Caleb Landry Jones Is Oscar Season's Busiest Supporting Actor". Vanity Fair. Retrieved October 9, 2025.
- ^ "Caleb Landry Jones - Actor, Musician". TV Insider. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
- ^ a b c d Pappademas, Alex (March 12, 2019). "The Nice Texas Boy Who's Quietly Conquering Hollywood". GQ. Retrieved October 9, 2025.
- ^ "Cast Member Caleb Landry Jones (L) Arrives on the Red Carpet with His Stock Photo, Royalty Free Image: 113517343 - Alamy". Archived from the original on 2017-03-13. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
- ^ a b c Hoad, Phil (June 30, 2022). "Caleb Landry Jones: 'Acting was the only place you were allowed to scream or cry'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved October 9, 2025.
- ^ Schaefer, Stephen (June 28, 2020). "Caleb Landry Jones suits up to play real life hero in 'The Outpost'". Boston Herald. Retrieved October 9, 2025.
- ^ Freedman, Pete (2009-08-05). "DC9 in SPACE, Ep. 14: Robert Jones". Dallas Observer. Archived from the original on 2018-07-08. Retrieved 2017-11-04.
- ^ a b c Cotter, Padraig (2020-01-30). "Caleb Landry Jones Roles: Where You Know The Get Out Star". ScreenRant. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
- ^ a b "Caleb Landry Jones, 'Three Billboards' Salesman, Sees His 'Fat Face' On Screen". NPR. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
- ^ Romney, Jonathan (2017-12-31). "Caleb Landry Jones: 'Working with Frances McDormand terrified me'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
- ^ Sims, David (2018-01-23). "Here Are the 2018 Oscar Nominations". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
- ^ Murray, Robin (March 4, 2020). "Listen: Caleb Landry Jones—'All I Am in You / The Big Worm'". ClashMusic.com. Archived from the original on September 6, 2023. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
- ^ Norris, John (April 30, 2020). "Why Caleb Landry Jones Is Channeling John Lennon In Marie Antoinette Drag on His Musical Debut". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 2, 2020. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
- ^ a b "The Mother Stone by Caleb Landry Jones". Apple Music. Archived from the original on March 13, 2022. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
- ^ "Nitram star Caleb Landry Jones wins best actor award at Cannes for playing Port Arthur killer". The Guardian. Australian Associated Press. 2021-07-18. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
- ^ Goodfellow, Melanie (2024-07-17). "Luc Besson Gives A Tour Of His 'Dracula: A Love Tale' Set, Talks New Muse Caleb Landry Jones & Rewatching His "Mad" Movie 'Valerian'; First Look Revealed". Deadline. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
- ^ Bacior, Robin (February 11, 2020). "Caleb Landry Jones Announces Debut Album, Shares "Flag Day / The Mother Stone": Stream". Consequence of Sound. Archived from the original on April 7, 2020. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
- ^ Corcoran, Nina (March 4, 2020). "Caleb Landry Jones Shares New Song "All I Am in You / The Big Worm": Stream". Consequence of Sound. Archived from the original on November 23, 2020. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
- ^ Kenneally, Cerys (April 21, 2020). "Caleb Landry Jones unveils fresh track "I Dig Your Dog"". The Line of Best Fit. Archived from the original on November 25, 2020. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
- ^ McPherson, Chris (March 27, 2024). "Luc Besson's 'Dracula' Movie Has Already Begun Production [Exclusive]". Collider.
- ^ Grater, Tom (2021-10-28). "Viggo Mortensen & Caleb Landry Jones Starring In Alex Gibney's Vietnam Thriller 'Two Wolves' – AFM". Deadline. Retrieved 2025-10-04.
- ^ Grober, Matt (February 18, 2025). "Mena Suvari, Nick Stahl & India Marie Cross Join Drama 'Down The Arm Of God' Co-Written By And Starring Caleb Landry Jones". Deadline.
- ^ Ross, Rafa (September 26, 2025). "Caleb Landry Jones, Peter Sarsgaard and Andrea Riseborough to Star in Michael Almereyda's 'Zero K,' Produced by Rt Features and Keep Your Head". Variety.
- ^ Graham, Adam (December 7, 2017). "Detroit Film Critics Society honors 'Florida Project'". The Detroit News. Retrieved October 3, 2025.
- ^ Fair, Vanity (January 21, 2018). "SAG Awards 2018: See the Complete Winners List". Vanity Fair. Retrieved October 3, 2025.
- ^ Hammond, Pete (November 19, 2020). "'Palm Springs', 'Lovecraft Country' Top Movie And Series Nominations For Inaugural Critics Choice Super Awards; Netflix Lands 35 Nods". Deadline. Retrieved October 3, 2025.
- ^ Press, Australian Associated (July 18, 2021). "Nitram star Caleb Landry Jones wins best actor award at Cannes for playing Port Arthur killer". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved October 3, 2025.
- ^ Maher, Dani (January 27, 2022). "Nicole Kidman wins big at the 11th annual AACTA International Awards". Harper's Bazaar Australia. Retrieved October 3, 2025.
- ^ "2021 AACTA Awards Winners Announced". AACTA Awards. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
- ^ Burke, Kelly (2021-12-08). "Aacta awards 2021: Nitram dominates ceremony as stars pay tribute to David Gulpilil". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-10-03.
- ^ Complex, Valerie (October 13, 2021). "Asia Pacific Screen Academy Announces Nominees For 14th Annual Awards Ceremony". Deadline. Retrieved October 3, 2025.
- ^ "14th Auscritic Awards – 2021". Auscritic - Australian Film Critics Association. Retrieved October 3, 2025.
- ^ Mayorga, Emilio (October 18, 2021). "Noomi Rapace, Justin Kurzel Win Awards at Sitges". Variety. Retrieved October 3, 2025.
External links
[edit]- 1989 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American male actors
- American male film actors
- Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor winners
- Male actors from Dallas County, Texas
- Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award winners
- People from Richardson, Texas
- American male television actors
- Method actors
- Best Actor AACTA Award winners
- Actors from Garland, Texas