Caleb Landry Jones
Birthdate: Dec 7, 1989
Birthplace: Garland, Texas, USA
Caleb Landry Jones is an acclaimed American actor of wide range who made his feature debut in the ensemble of The Coen Brothers’ masterful, Best Picture Oscar-winning adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s classic novel, No Country for Old Men (2007), starring Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Kelly Macdonald and Woody Harrelson, premiering at the Cannes Film Festival, grossing a knockout $171.6 million for producer-distributors Miramax Films (U.S.)/Paramount Pictures (International). Jones landed a small role in the Fred Durst-directed comedy, The Longshots (2008), starring Ice Cube (who also produced), Keke Palmer, and Dash Mihok, and losing money for distributors The Weinstein Company/MGM.
Caleb Landry Jones had his first major supporting role in Lionsgate’s The Last Exorcism (2010), with Patrick Fabian, Ashley Bell, and Iris Bahr under Daniel Stamm’s direction, and which grossed an exceptional $70 million worldwide box office. Jones played a frat boy in his second Oscar-winning movie, the David Fincher-directed The Social Network (2010), written by Aaron Sorkin from Ben Mezrich’s book, The Accidental Billionaires, starring Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Armie Hammer and Max Minghella, launching at the New York Film Festival and grossed a strong $225 million globally for Columbia Pictures/Relativity Media/Sony Pictures Releasing.
Caleb Landry Jones had one of his few superhero roles as Banshee in director/co-writer Matthew Vaughn’s MCU sequel (the fifth in the series), X-Men: First Class (2011), with James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Rose Byrne, January Jones, Oliver Platt and Kevin Bacon, and released to a fair $353 million global gross for 20th Century Fox. Jones landed a major role in Contraband (2012), director Baltasar Kormakur’s English-language remake of the Icelandic thriller Reykjavik-Rotterdam (2008), starring Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster, Giovanni Ribisi, Lukas Haas, Diego Luna, and J.K. Simmons, and earning an excellent $96.3 million box office for Universal Pictures.
Caleb Landry Jones joined the cast of the Neil Jordan-directed Gothic horror movie based on screenwriter Moira Buffini’s novel, Byzantium (2012), starring Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Arterton, Sam Riley, Jonny Lee Miller, Daniel Mays and Tom Hollander, launching at the Toronto Film Festival but grossing a very poor return, under $1 million globally, for IFC Films (U.S.)/StudioCanal (U.K.). Jones had his first starring role in director/writer Brandon Cronenberg’s Canadian sci-fi horror movie, Antiviral (2012), with Sarah Gadon, Douglas Smith, Joe Pingue, Sheila McCarthy, Wendy Crewson and Malcolm McDowell, premiering in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival before a poor commercial release (based on estimated costs) via Alliance Films (Canada)/UFO Distribution (France).
Caleb Landry Jones was cast alongside the distinguished cast of lead-producer Philip Seymour Hoffman, Richard Jenkins, Christina Hendricks, John Turturro, Eddie Marsan, Peter Gerety, Domenick Lombardozzi and Joyce Van Patten in director/co-writer/producer John Slattery’s big-screen version of Pete Dexter’s novel, God’s Pocket (2014), premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, and released in limited pattern by IFC Films. Jones was cast in the lead role by legendary director/writer/producer John Boorman’s post-WWII drama, Queen and Country (2014), with Callum Turner, David Thewlis, Pat Shortt, Brian F. Byrne, Tamsin Egerton, Vanessa Kirby, Sinead Cusack, David Hayman and Richard E. Grant, and which premiered in Directors Fortnight competition at the Cannes Film Festival before a limited release.
Caleb Landry Jones joined indie filmmakers Josh and Benny Safdie for their rowdy New York City movie, Heaven Knows What (2014), co-written by Ronald Bronstein, with Arielle Holmes and Buddy Duress, and which premiered in the Horizon section of the Venice Film Festival and was distributed by Radius-TWC. Jones joined the cast of the biopic, Low Down (2014), based on co-screenwriter Amy-Jo Albany’s memoir, starring John Hawkes, Elle Fanning, Lena Headey, Flea, Peter Dinklage, and Glenn Close under Jeff Preiss’s direction, premiering at the Sundance Film Festival before a limited release by Oscilloscope Laboratories.
Caleb Landry Jones co-starred with Jeremy Irvine, Jonny Beauchamp, Joey King, Matt Craven, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, and Ron Perlman in director/producer Roland Emmerich’s and writer Jon Robin Baitz’s historical drama, Stonewall (2015), premiering at the Toronto Film Festival before a limited release by Roadside Attractions. Jones joined Alexander Skarsgard, Michael Pena, Tessa Thompsonn and Theo James in director/writer John Michael McDonagh’s British black comedy, War on Everyone (2016), launching at the Berlin Film Festival and released by Icon Film Distribution.
Caleb Landry Jones was in his third Best Picture Oscar-nominated movie as a co-star in director/writer/producer Jordan Peele’s sensational horror movie, Get Out (2017), starring Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford, Stephen Root and Catherine Keener, launching to rave reviews at the Sundance Film Festival before grossing a spectacular $260 million gross (based on estimated costs) for Universal Pictures. Jones co-starred in another widely acclaimed American movie, director/co-writer/producer/editor Sean Baker’s drama, The Florida Project (2017), co-written and produced by Chris Bergoch, starring Oscar-nominated Willem Dafoe, Brooklynn Kimberly Prince, Bria Vinalte, premiering in Cannes Film Festival’s Directors Fortnight competition and grossing a very good $11.3 million box office for A24.
Caleb Landry Jones joined the cast of the Doug Liman-directed action comedy starring Tom Cruise, American Made (2017), co-starring Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright, Alejandro Edda and Jesse Plemons, and which delivered a solid $135 million gross for Universal Pictures, and then Jones had a smaller supporting role in another Oscar-nominated Best Picture, director/writer/producer Martin McDonagh’s comedy-drama, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), starring Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell (both of whom won acting Oscars), Woody Harrelson, Abbie Cornish, John Hawkes and Peter Dinklage, premiering at the Venice Film Festival and grossing an excellent $162.7 million box office for Fox Searchlight Pictures. Jones co-starred with Jason Mitchell, Christopher Abbott, Michael Cera, and Reg E. Cathey for Chilean director/writer/producer Sebastian Silva’s American comedy drama, Tyrel (2018), launching at the Sundance Film Festival and released to little business by Magnolia Pictures.
Caleb Landry Jones was cast with Tye Sheridan, Imogen Poots, Jeffrey Wright and Brett Butler by director/writer A.J. Edwards’s American crime drama, Age Out (2018), and which was released by Gravitas Ventures after premiering at the South by Southwest, and then Jones joined the ensemble of director/writer Lone Scherfig’s drama, The Kindness of Strangers (2019), co-starring Zoe Kazan, Tahar Rahim, Esben Smed and Andrea Riseborough, launching at the Berlin Film Festival and released to little business by Vertical Entertainment (U.S.) and other distributors worldwide. Jones continued working with major filmmakers as part of the cast of director/writer Jim Jarmusch’s absurdist zombie comedy, The Dead Don’t Die (2019), starring Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton, Chloe Sevigny, Steve Buscemi, Danny Glover, Rosie Perez, Iggy Pop, Sara Driver, RZA, Carol Kane, Austin Butler, Selena Gomez and Tom Waits, premiering as the opening film of the Cannes Film Festival, and grossing $15.3 million for distributors Focus Features (U.S.)/Universal Pictures (International).
Caleb Landry Jones signed up with the ensemble of Dakota Fanning, Jeremy Allen White, Frank Dillane, Olivia Luccardi, Sarah Steele, Philip Ettinger, Zoe Kravitz, Evan Rachel Wood and Jon Bernthal in director/writer/co-cinematographer Gerardo Naranjo’s musical road movie, Viena and the Fantomes (2020), released by Universal Pictures, and then Jones joined another ensemble with director Rod Lurie for the Afghanistan-set war movie, The Outpost (2019), based on Jake Tapper’s non-fiction book, with Scott Eastwood, Orlando Bloom, Jack Kesy and Cory Hardrict, and released during the COVID-19 pandemic by Screen Media Films. Jones then had a breakthrough moment, winning the Best Actor Palme in the Cannes Film Festival competition for director/producer Justin Kurzel’s intense Australian drama, Nitram (2021), co-starring Judy Davis, Essie Das and Anthony LaPaglia, and released by Madman Films.
Caleb Landry Jones maintained his busy pace of work with a supporting role in director/writer/producer John Michael McDonagh’s crime drama, The Forgiven (2021), based on Lawrence Osborne’s 2012 novel, starring Ralph Fiennes, Jessica Chastain and Matt Smith, and which launched at the Toronto Film Festival before a release by Roadside Attractions/Vertical Entertainment (U.S.)/Universal Pictures/Focus Features (U.K.). Jones starred in director/writer Luc Besson’s French-produced and English-language action thriller, Dogman (2021), with Jojo T. Gibbs and Christopher Denham, selected for the main competition of the Venice Film Festival, and grossing over $4 million for Apollo Films/EuropaCorp Distribution.
Caleb Landry Jones co-starred with Harry Melling and also composed music for the score of director/co-writer/producer Athina Rachel Tsangari’s U.K./Germany/U.S.-backed folk horror movie, Harvest (2024), co-written and produced by Joslyn Barnes who adapted Jim Crace’s 2013 Booker-nominated novel, with Rosy McEwen, Arinze Kene, Thalissa Teixeira and Frank Dillane, premiering in competition at the Venice Film Festival and released by MUBI. Jones reunited with director/writer Luc Besson to star in the title role of the Bram Stoker adaptation, Dracula (2025), with Christoph Waltz, Zoe Bleu, Matilda De Angelis and Guillaume de Tonquedec, released in French territories by SND in the summer of 2025 (grossing $28 million) before an international launch in the Sitges Film Festival and a North American release in early 2026 by Vertical.
Caleb Landry Jones was the star/co-writer/producer, and director/co-writer/editor of Peter Brunner’s Texas drama, Down the Arm of God (date to be announced), co-starring Mena Suvari and Nick Stahl, also produced by Luc Besson, Christian Sosa, and Jon Wroblewski via EuropaCorp and Roosevelt Film Lab. Jones co-starred with Andrea Riseborough and Peter Sarsgaard in director/writer Michael Almereyda’s feature adaptation of Don DeLillo’s novel, Zero K (date to be announced), which was produced by RT Features.
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Personal life
Caleb Landry Jones was born in Garland, Texas, and raised in the Dallas suburb of Richardson by his parents, Patrick (Contractor) and Cindy (Special Educator). Jones has two brothers. Jones attended and graduated from Richardson High School, where he studied theater, ballet and tap dance. Jones is married to Katya Zvereva. Jones’s height is 5’ 11¼”. ’s estimated net worth is $800 million.
Known For
X-Men: First Class
(2011)
Caleb Landry Jones Movies
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- 2025 | Dracula: A Love Taleas Dracula
- 2024 |
- 2022 |
- 2021 |
- 2020 | Viena and the Fantomesas Albert
- 2020 |
The Outpost
asSPC Ty Carter
A small team of U.S. soldiers battles against hundreds of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan.
- 2019 |
The Kindness of Strangers
asJeff
The story of people whose lives intertwine during a dramatic winter in New York City.
- 2019 |
The Dead Don’t Die
asBobby Wiggins
The focus is on the sleepy small town of Centerville where the dead become undead.
- 2018 | Age Outas Swim
- 2018 | To the Nightas Norman
- 2018 | Welcome the Strangeras Ethan
- 2018 |
- 2017 |
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
asRed Welby
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
A mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter's murder when they fail to catch the culprit.
- 2017 |
American Made
asJB
The story of Barry Seal, an American pilot who became a drug-runner for the CIA in the 1980s in a clandestine operation that would be exposed as the Iran-Contra Affair.
- 2017 |
- 2016 | War on Everyoneas Russell Birdwell
- 2015 | Stonewallas Orphan Annie
- 2014 | Heaven Knows Whatas Ilya
- 2014 | Queen & Countryas Percy Hapgood
- 2014 | Low Downas Cole
- 2014 | God's Pocketas Leon Hubbard
- 2012 | Byzantiumas Frank
- 2012 | Antiviralas Syd March
- 2012 |
Contraband
asAndy
To protect his brother-in-law from a drug lord, a former smuggler heads to Panama to score millions of dollars in counterfeit bills.
- 2011 | Summer Songas Jack
- 2011 |
X-Men: First Class
asCassidy
In the 1960s, superpowered humans Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr work together to find others like them, but Erik's vengeful pursuit of an ambitious mutant who ruined his life causes a schism to divide them.
- 2010 | The Last Exorcismas Caleb Sweetzer
Facts About Caleb Landry Jones
Rocker: Caleb Landry Jones has been a vocalist and drummer for the psychedelic rock band, Robert Jones, which released their first digital download in 2009, and then later formed the band The Mother Stone in 2020.
Lone Star Guy: Jones has said, “I’m a Texas boy, and we have denim in our blood.”
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