Caleb Landry Jones (born December 7, 1989) is an American actor and musician, known for his roles as

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in '' X-Men: First Class'', Jeremy Armitage in ''

Get Out ''Get Out'' is a 2017 American psychological horror film written, co-produced, and directed by Jordan Peele in his directorial debut. It stars Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Lil Rel Howery, LaKeith Stanfield, Bradley Whitford, Caleb ...

'', and Red Welby in ''

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''. His accolades include a

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and a

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for his performance as Martin Bryant in '' Nitram''.

Early life

Jones was born in

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, the son of Patrick and Cindy Jones. He was raised in Richardson, 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 in ''

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'', Jones began to receive work in television, appearing in '' Friday Night Lights'' as Jimmy Adler and in ''

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'' 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 ''

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'', the English-language remake of award-winning Icelandic film '' Reykjavík-Rotterdam'', and ''

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'', both of which featured Jones in supporting roles. 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

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. In 2017, he appeared in '' American Made'', '' The Florida Project'', ''

'', and ''

''. The latter three films received nominations at the

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; the latter two were both nominated for Best Picture. Jones released his debut studio album, '' The Mother Stone'', on May 1, 2020. It was recorded in Los Angeles and released through the

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-based Sacred Bones Records. In 2021, he starred as Australian mass-murderer Martin Bryant in Justin Kurzel's '' Nitram'', which earned Jones the

. Jones took on the lead role in the 2023

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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

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, which will be released in 2025 as '' Dracula: A Love Tale''.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Caleb Landry 1989 births Living people 21st-century American male actors American male film actors Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor winners Male actors from Texas Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award winners People from Richardson, Texas American male television actors American male voice actors American male video game actors Method actors American male Shakespearean actors