The Uncanny Resemblance between Jesse Plemons and His Look Alike Matt Damon

There are a lot of uncanny resemblances between a few celebrities in the Hollywood industry. For instance, people can’t get over how Laura Haddock is a perfect look-alike of Angelina Jolie. 

The golden trio when it comes it look-alikes is Tobey Maguire, Daniel Radcliffe, and Elijah Wood. It is very difficult to differentiate between these stars and people often mistake them for another one.

Another duo who is the perfect look-alike of one another is Jesse Plemons and Matt Damon. The two look so similar that people thought they are brothers and have often questioned, “is Jesse Plemons related to Matt Damon?”

Is Jesse Plemons related to Matt Damon?

No, Plemons is not related to Damon. They do not share any blood and are not relatives as well.

The only thing common between them is that they work in Hollywood and somehow, they share the same face. In fact, Plemons has admitted to looking like Damon and has shared his experience on various platforms.

Plemons played the role of Todd Alquist, in the final season of Breaking Bad. Breaking Bad is a show that revolves around Walter White, a chemistry teacher who decides to get into the meth-making business to support his family after finding out he had cancer. 

Jesse Plemons and Matt Damon are perfect look-alikes of each other. (Source: Instagram)

After Plemons joined the show, fans started calling him “Meth Damon” by name playing with the theme of the show. They did so due to the uncanny resemblance he bore with The Martian actor.

Moreover, Plemons initially started his journey in the entertainment industry by playing the younger version of Damon in the movie, All the Pretty Horses.

Jesse Plemons Matt Damon career

In his initial days in Hollywood, Plemons was only recognized as the look-alike of Damon. But now, he has made a name for himself.

He began his career as a kid actor before landing a prominent part as Landry Clarke in the NBC drama series Friday Night Lights. He went on to play Todd Alquist in season 5 of the AMC criminal drama series Breaking Bad, as well as in the film El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie. 

He garnered his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination and a Critics’ Choice Television Award for his work as Ed Blumquist in season 2 of the FX anthology series Fargo. He was nominated for a second Emmy for his performance as Robert Daly in ‘USS Callister,’ an episode of the Netflix anthology series Black Mirror.

Plemons has acted in various films as a supporting actor, including The Master, The Homesman, Black Mass, Bridge of Spies, Game Night, Vice, The Irishman, Judas and the Black Messiah, Jungle Cruise, I’m Thinking of Ending Things, and The Power of the Dog.

For his work as David Mulcahey in Other People, he was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead. He was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in The Power of the Dog.

Damon is one of Forbes’ most bankable stars, with his films collecting over $3.88 billion at the North American box office, making him one of the highest-grossing actors of all time. He has garnered several honors and nominations, including an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, and seven Primetime Emmy Awards.

Damon made his acting debut in the film Mystic Pizza. He rose to popularity in 1997, when he and Ben Affleck co-wrote and acted in Good Will Hunting, which won Best Screenplay at the Academy and Golden Globes.

He rose to prominence as Tom Ripley in The Talented Mr. Ripley, Jason Bourne in the Bourne franchise, and con artist Linus Caldwell in the Ocean‘s trilogy. 

Damon also appeared in Saving Private Ryan, Syriana, The Departed, The Informant!, Invictus, True Grit, Contagion, Ford v Ferrari, Stillwater, and The Final Duel. He received the Golden Globe for Best Actor for his performance in The Martian as an astronaut stuck on Mars.