Danny McBride. Today, we can’t stop watching Danny McBride, who plays Jesse Gemstone, the first-born son in a world-famous televangelist family, on HBO’s “The Righteous Gemstones.” McBride discusses his religious upbringing, how producers persuaded John Goodman to play the role of patriarch on the show, and the call from fans to play Joe Exotic in the scripted adaptation of “Tiger King.”