Caleb Landry Jones (born 1989, Garland, Texas) is an American actor and musician who has built a parallel career in both fields. He won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor in 2021 for his lead role in Justin Kurzel's Nitram, and is widely known for supporting parts in X-Men: First Class, Get Out, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and Jim Jarmusch's The Dead Don't Die. On the music side he has released four psychedelic rock albums on Sacred Bones Records since 2020, most recently Hey Gary, Hey Dawn (2024), and in 2025 he played the title role in Luc Besson's Dracula.
Besson's film Dracula with Jones in the title role had a wide distribution in North America in February 2026.
Dracula (Luc Besson) had its French premiere on July 30, 2025; Jones plays a 15th century prince who becomes Dracula.
Jones released an expanded digital version of the album Hey Gary, Hey Dawn with 11 new tracks.
The film Harvest (directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari) with Jones in the lead role had its premiere at the 81st International Film Festival in Venice.
Jones released his fourth studio album Hey Gary, Hey Dawn on the Sacred Bones label; the album was created with an emphasis on live performance and involved over 20 musicians.
