Matt Saracen's deadpan, brilliant best friend — and now one of the most acclaimed actors of his generation.
Landry Clarke — Matt Saracen's deadpan, brilliant best friend, the band geek turned reluctant player — was never supposed to be the breakout. But Jesse Plemons has quietly become one of the most acclaimed actors of his generation, and Dillon got there first.
The résumé is staggering: an Oscar nomination for The Power of the Dog; multiple Emmy nods (Fargo S2, Black Mirror, Love & Death); the Cannes Best Actor prize for Kinds of Kindness; plus Killers of the Flower Moon and Civil War. He earned Golden Globe, BAFTA and SAG lead-actor nominations for Bugonia (2025).
Next he plays Plutarch Heavensbee in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (2026). From the FNL bench to the front row at Cannes — Landry would appreciate the absurdity.
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