J.K. Simmons
Known for: Acting
Born: January 8, 1955 in Detroit, Michigan, USA
Jonathan Kimble Simmons (born January 9, 1955) is an American actor. He has been cited as one of the greatest contemporary character actors, and has appeared in over 200 film and television roles since his debut in 1986. He is an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, and Critics Choice Award winner, among other accolades. His film roles include J. Jonah Jameson in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007), tobacco industry executive B.R. in Thank You for Smoking (2005), Mac MacGuff in Juno (2007), music instructor Terence Fletcher in Whiplash (2014), Bill in La La Land (2016), William Frawley in Being the Ricardos (2021), and Commissioner James Gordon in the DC Extended Universe films Justice League (2017), Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021), and Batgirl (2022). He reprised his role as Jameson in various Marvel media unrelated to the Sam Raimi trilogy, including multiple animated series and the Marvel Cinematic Universe/Sony's Spider-Man Universe films Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), Venom: Let There Be Carnage, and Spider-Man: No Way Home (both 2021), and the web series TheDailyBugle.net (2019; 2021). On television, he is known for playing Dr. Emil Skoda on the NBC series Law & Order, white supremacist prisoner Vernon Schillinger on the HBO series Oz, and Assistant Police Chief Will Pope on TNT's The Closer. From 2017 to 2019, he starred as Howard Silk in the Starz series Counterpart. He has also appeared in a series of commercials for Farmers Insurance and starred in the third season of the IFC comedy series Brockmire. In 2020, he had recurring roles on the miniseries Defending Jacob and The Stand. As a voice artist, he is known for voicing Cave Johnson in the video game Portal 2 (2011), Tenzin in The Legend of Korra (2012–2014), Stanford “Ford” Pines in Gravity Falls (2015–2016), Kai in Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016), Mayor Leodore Lionheart in Zootopia (2016), the titular character in Klaus (2019), Pig Baby in Season 4 of the HBO Max animated series Infinity Train (2021), and Nolan “Omni-Man” Grayson in the Amazon Prime action animated series Invincible (2021). He has been the voice of the Yellow M&M since 1996.
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Spider-Man
J. Jonah Jameson
Spider-Man 2
J. Jonah Jameson
Spider-Man 3
J. Jonah Jameson
The Gift
Sheriff Pearl Johnson
Hidalgo
Buffalo Bill Cody
Seal Team
Claggart (voice)
You Can't Run Forever
Wade
The Jackal
FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon
Burn After Reading
CIA Superior
The Ladykillers
Garth Pancake
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
J. Jonah Jameson (uncredited)
Rendition
Lee Mayer
Up in the Air
Bob
Extreme Measures
Dr. Mingus
Juno
Mac MacGuff
The Mexican
Ted Slocum
Off the Map
George
Harsh Times
Agent Richards
Extract
Brian
Post Grad
Roy Davies
The Vicious Kind
Donald Sinclaire
Thank You for Smoking
BR
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
James McLaughlin
Crazy on the Outside
Ed