Jerry Lundegaard — Fargo Character Profile

About Jerry Lundegaard

An executive sales manager desperate for money who plans and orchestrates his wife's kidnapping to extort his father-in-law. He lies to the police and family, fails to cancel the plot, and is arrested while fleeing.

Jerry Lundegaard — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

William H. Macy

Appears in

Fargo (1996)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (4)

• Jerry Lundegaard — related — Carl Showalter (Steve Buscemi)
• Jerry Lundegaard — related — Carl Showalter (Steve Buscemi)
• Jerry Lundegaard — related — Marge Gunderson (Frances McDormand)
• Jerry Lundegaard — related — Marge Gunderson (Frances McDormand)

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