J.K. Simmons

J.K. Simmons

Date of Birth:

Jan 09, 1955

Place of Birth:

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.

filmography:

Postal Postal

2007

Aliens in the Attic Aliens in the Attic

2009

Blackstone Blackstone

2011

True Grit True Grit

2010

For Love of the Game For Love of the Game

1999

Anastasia Anastasia

1997

The Late Bloomer The Late Bloomer

2016

The Good Doctor The Good Doctor

2011

Path to War Path to War

2003

Popeye Doyle Popeye Doyle

1986

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore

2010

The Scout The Scout

1994

Autumn in New York Autumn in New York

2000

Red Sands Red Sands

2009

3: The Dale Earnhardt Story 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story

2004

A Boy Called Sailboat A Boy Called Sailboat

2018

Ava & Lala Ava & Lala

2014

I'm Not Here I'm Not Here

2017

The Magic Bracelet The Magic Bracelet

2013

The Boxcar Children The Boxcar Children

2014

Zootopia Zootopia

2016

Whiplash Whiplash

2013

One Day as a Lion One Day as a Lion

2023

Saturday Night Saturday Night

2024

Worlds Apart Worlds Apart

2015

All Nighter All Nighter

2017

Father Figures Father Figures

2017

The Snowman The Snowman

2017

Young Adult Young Adult

2011

The Bachelors The Bachelors

2017

The Prince The Prince

2025

La La Land La La Land

2016

Patriots Day Patriots Day

2016

Justice League Justice League

2017

The Astronaut Farmer The Astronaut Farmer

2007

Kung Fu Panda 3 Kung Fu Panda 3

2016

Above Freezing Above Freezing

1998

Crossing Fields Crossing Fields

1998

Zack Snyder's Justice League Zack Snyder's Justice League

2021

Being the Ricardos Being the Ricardos

2021

Rushing or Dragging Rushing or Dragging

2021

Walt Whitman Walt Whitman

2008

Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens

2020

The Tomorrow War The Tomorrow War

2021

Marmaduke Marmaduke

2022

Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe

2009

National Champions National Champions

2021

Ride the Eagle Ride the Eagle

2021

109 Billion Followers 109 Billion Followers

1970

Reykjavik Reykjavik

1970

Hopper: An American Love Story Hopper: An American Love Story

2022

Weirdmageddon Weirdmageddon

2016

Ben 10 - Generator Rex: Heroes United Ben 10 - Generator Rex: Heroes United

2011

The Tomorrow War 2 The Tomorrow War 2

1970

Spider-Man: No Way Home Spider-Man: No Way Home

2021

3 Days with Dad 3 Days with Dad

2019

Spider-Man: Far From Home Spider-Man: Far From Home

2019

Spaceman Spaceman

1970

The Black Ghiandola The Black Ghiandola

2017

The Front Runner The Front Runner

2018

Reykjavik Reykjavik

1970

4192: The Crowning of the Hit King 4192: The Crowning of the Hit King

2010

The Heeler The Heeler

2013

Disposal Disposal

2003

Klaus Klaus

2019

The First Wives Club The First Wives Club

1996

Drug$ Drug$

2018

Broadway's Lost Treasures II Broadway's Lost Treasures II

2004

Palm Springs Palm Springs

2020

21 Bridges 21 Bridges

2019

Guys and Dolls: Off the Record Guys and Dolls: Off the Record

1992

Detroit: Comeback City Detroit: Comeback City

2018

The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island

2018

The Accountant 2 The Accountant 2

2025

Labor Day Labor Day

2013

Ghostbusters: Afterlife Ghostbusters: Afterlife

2021

New in Town New in Town

2009

The Way of War The Way of War

2009

Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing

2004

Crazy on the Outside Crazy on the Outside

2010

The Vicious Kind The Vicious Kind

2009

Thank You for Smoking Thank You for Smoking

2005

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

2007

Megamind Megamind

2010

First Snow First Snow

2006

The Words The Words

2012

The Music Never Stopped The Music Never Stopped

2011

An Invisible Sign An Invisible Sign

2010

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2023

Jennifer's Body Jennifer's Body

2009

I Love You, Man I Love You, Man

2009

Starwater Starwater

2001

Post Grad Post Grad

2009

Extract Extract

2009

You Can't Run Forever You Can't Run Forever

2024

The Jackal The Jackal

1997

Burn After Reading Burn After Reading

2008

Seal Team Seal Team

2021

Hidalgo Hidalgo

2004

Spider-Man 2 Spider-Man 2

2004

Spider-Man 3 Spider-Man 3

2007

The Gift The Gift

2000

The Ladykillers The Ladykillers

2004

Venom: Let There Be Carnage Venom: Let There Be Carnage

2021

The Mexican The Mexican

2001

Off the Map Off the Map

2003

Harsh Times Harsh Times

2005

Juno Juno

2007

Extreme Measures Extreme Measures

1996

Rendition Rendition

2007

Up in the Air Up in the Air

2009

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers

2022

Glorious Glorious

2022

The Ref The Ref

1994

Celebrity Celebrity

1998

Face Down Face Down

1997

Juror #2 Juror #2

2024

Men, Women & Children Men, Women & Children

2014

The Cider House Rules The Cider House Rules

1999

Rally Road Racers Rally Road Racers

2023

The Rewrite The Rewrite

2014

The Accountant The Accountant

2016

Punching Henry Punching Henry

2017

The Meddler The Meddler

2016

Renegades Renegades

2017

Rivals: Ohio State vs. Michigan Rivals: Ohio State vs. Michigan

2022

Red One Red One

2024

Rock Dog Rock Dog

2016

Prophets of Change Prophets of Change

2022

Hypergalactic Hypergalactic

1970

Murder of a Cat Murder of a Cat

2014

Terminator Genisys Terminator Genisys

2015

Dark Skies Dark Skies

2013

Jobs Jobs

2013

3 Geezers! 3 Geezers!

2013

A Beginner's Guide to Endings A Beginner's Guide to Endings

2010

Contraband Contraband

2012

The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart

2023

Fanboy Fanboy

2019

Hit and Runway Hit and Runway

1999

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

2022

Break Point Break Point

2014

Barefoot Barefoot

2014

Whiplash Whiplash

2014

Little Brother Little Brother

2022

The Union The Union

2024

Phineas and Ferb: The O.W.C.A. Files Phineas and Ferb: The O.W.C.A. Files

2015

Love Walked In Love Walked In

1997

Spider-Man Spider-Man

2002

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