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 ''

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'', Red Welby in ''

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'', Ty Carter in '' The Outpost'', Jeff in ''

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'', and

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in '' Nitram''. His accolades include a

Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor The Best Actor Award (french: Prix d'interprétation masculine) is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival since 1946. It is given to an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance and chosen by the jury from the films in official co ...

and a

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for his performance in ''Nitram''.

Early life

Jones was born in

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, the son of Patrick and Cindy Jones. As a child, his family relocated to the nearby city of

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, 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, sometimes uncredited roles in such popular films as ''

No Country for Old Men ''No Country for Old Men'' is a 2007 American neo-Western crime thriller film written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, based on Cormac McCarthy's 2005 novel of the same name. Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, and Josh Brolin, the ...

'' and ''

Superbad ''Superbad'' is a 2007 American coming-of-age teen buddy comedy film directed by Greg Mottola and produced by Judd Apatow. The film stars Jonah Hill and Michael Cera as Seth and Evan, two teenagers about to graduate from high school. Before gr ...

'', 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 '' Byzantium'', both of which featured Jones in supporting roles. That year, he had his first starring role in ''

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'', the feature-film debut from writer–director Brandon Cronenberg, the son of Canadian horror director

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. Jones has continued to appear in supporting roles in both independent and mainstream films. 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

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. In 2021, he starred as Australian mass-murderer Martin Bryant in

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's '' Nitram'', which earned Jones the

. 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.

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 Plano, Texas American male television actors