Caleb Landry Jones (born 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). 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 Dogman (2023) and Dracula (2025).
Early life Jones was born in Garland, Texas and was raised in Richardson, a suburb in Dallas. His father Patrick is a contractor and his mother Cindy is a special educator. He is the second of three brothers. His older brother served in the Marine Corps. Jones' maternal grandparents had played in the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.
Jones attended Richardson High School, where his mother worked, and was encouraged to take ballet, tap, and theater classes. As a child, he was diagnosed with obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD).
Career
Acting Jones discovered acting in speech class and began his professional acting career shortly afterward in a small role in the Coen brothers' No Country for Old Men (2007). He then played a drummer in Friday Night Lights (2008–2010) and Walt Jr.'s best friend Louis in Breaking Bad (2009–2010). In 2010, he had a supporting role in the supernatural horror film The Last Exorcism. He then played the mutant Banshee in X-Men: First Class (2011).
In 2012, he appeared in the action thriller film Contraband, which was an English-language remake of the Icelandic film Reykjavík-Rotterdam. In the same year, he played Frank in Neil Jordan’s horror film Byzantium, and had his first lead role in the science fiction horror film Antiviral, the feature-film debut of Brandon Cronenberg.
In 2017, he appeared consecutively in supporting roles in Doug Liman’s action comedy film American Made, Sean Baker’s The Florida Project, Jordan Peele’s psychological horror film Get Out, and in the crime drama film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. All four films were critically acclaimed. In 2019, he played Ty Carter in the war drama film The Outpost.
In 2021, he starred as the Australian mass murderer Martin Bryant in Justin Kurzel's Nitram, for which he won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor.
In 2023, he portrayed the lead role in Luc Besson’s action thriller film Dogman. Besson praised Jones's transformative performance and expressed his fascination with the actor. This inspired Besson to cast Jones as the eponymous character in Dracula (2025). Besson was not particularly interested in the story of Dracula, but instead reimagined the film specifically around Jones.
Music He began his music career as a drummer for the worship band in his local church. By the age of 17, he started writing songs on his Casio keyboard. At 19, he formed the experimental folk-rock band Robert Jones with Robert Hudson and A.J. Durham.
On 1 May 2020, Jones released his debut studio album, The Mother Stone, through Sacred Bones Records. He has since released three more albums: Gadzooks Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 in 2021 and 2022, and Hey Gary, Hey Dawn in 2024.
Personal life Jones is married to Russian artist Katya Zvereva. They have one child.
Discography Albums Year Title 2020The Mother Stone 2021 Gadzooks Vol. 1 2022 Gadzooks Vol. 2 2024 Hey Gary, Hey Dawn
Singles Year Title2020 "Flag Day / The Mother Stone""All I Am in You / The Big Worm" "I Dig Your Dog" Filmography Film
Year Title Role Notes 2007 No Country for Old Men Boy on Bike Credited as Caleb Jones 2008 The Longshots Jonesy2010 The Last Exorcism Caleb Sweetzer The Social Network Fraternity Boy Credited as Caleb Jones2011 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 Birdwell2017 Get Out Jeremy Armitage The Florida Project Jack Hicks American Made JB Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Red Welby2018To the NightNorman Tyrel Pete Age Out Swim Welcome the Stranger Ethan2019 The Kindness of Strangers Jeff The Dead Don't Die Bobby Wiggins2020 Viena and the Fantomes Albert The Outpost Ty Carter2021 Nitram Nitram The Forgiven Dally Margolis Finch Jeff 2023 Dogman Douglas 2024 Harvest Walter Thirsk Also composer 2025 Dracula Dracula 2026Down the Arm of GodNickAlso co-writer and producerFilming
Television Year Title Role Notes 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 + Year Award Category Nominated work Result 2017Detroit Film Critics Society AwardsBreakthrough ArtistGet Out, American Made, The Florida Project, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 2018Screen Actors Guild AwardsOutstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion PictureThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriGet Out2021Critics Choice Super AwardsBest Actor in an Action MovieThe OutpostCannes Film FestivalBest ActorNitramAACTA AwardsBest Lead Actor in FilmBest Actor in a Leading RoleAsia Pacific Screen AwardsBest Performance by an ActorAustralian Film Critics Association AwardsBest ActorSitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
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