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:

The First Wives Club The First Wives Club

1996

Detroit: Comeback City Detroit: Comeback City

2018

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

2018

Klaus Klaus

2019

The Front Runner The Front Runner

2018

All Nighter All Nighter

2017

The Black Ghiandola The Black Ghiandola

2017

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

1992

21 Bridges 21 Bridges

2019

3 Days with Dad 3 Days with Dad

2019

The Tomorrow War The Tomorrow War

2021

My Only Sunshine My Only Sunshine

1970

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

2019

Palm Springs Palm Springs

2020

Drug$ Drug$

2018

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

2004

The Snowman The Snowman

2017

Young Adult Young Adult

2011

Popeye Doyle Popeye Doyle

1986

Red Sands Red Sands

2009

Aliens in the Attic Aliens in the Attic

2009

True Grit True Grit

2010

Disposal Disposal

2003

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

2004

Above Freezing Above Freezing

1998

Path to War Path to War

2003

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

2010

Ava & Lala Ava & Lala

2014

Postal Postal

2007

Autumn in New York Autumn in New York

2000

A Boy Called Sailboat A Boy Called Sailboat

2018

The Scout The Scout

1994

The Good Doctor The Good Doctor

2011

The Heeler The Heeler

2013

Marmaduke Marmaduke

2022

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

2009

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

2022

One Day as a Lion One Day as a Lion

2023

Starwater Starwater

2001

Red One Red One

2024

Prophets of Change Prophets of Change

2022

Little Brother Little Brother

2022

Rally Road Racers Rally Road Racers

2023

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

2023

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

2023

Hypergalactic Hypergalactic

1970

The Accountant 2 The Accountant 2

1970

SNL 1975 SNL 1975

1970

Juror No. 2 Juror No. 2

1970

I Lost My M in Vegas I Lost My M in Vegas

1999

Fanboy Fanboy

2019

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

2015

The Union The Union

2024

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

2022

Rushing or Dragging Rushing or Dragging

2021

National Champions National Champions

2021

Ride the Eagle Ride the Eagle

2021

Being the Ricardos Being the Ricardos

2021

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

2021

Walt Whitman Walt Whitman

2008

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

2020

The Tomorrow War 2 The Tomorrow War 2

1970

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

2021

Ghostbusters: Afterlife Ghostbusters: Afterlife

2021

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

2022

Glorious Glorious

2022

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

2004

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

2021

Seal Team Seal Team

2021

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

2024

For Love of the Game For Love of the Game

1999

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

2010

Megamind Megamind

2010

First Snow First Snow

2006

I Love You, Man I Love You, Man

2009

The Way of War The Way of War

2009

New in Town New in Town

2009

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

2007

Crazy on the Outside Crazy on the Outside

2010

Jennifer's Body Jennifer's Body

2009

The Words The Words

2012

Jobs Jobs

2013

Crossing Fields Crossing Fields

1998

3 Geezers! 3 Geezers!

2013

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

2010

An Invisible Sign An Invisible Sign

2010

The Music Never Stopped The Music Never Stopped

2011

Contraband Contraband

2012

Extract Extract

2009

Thank You for Smoking Thank You for Smoking

2005

The Jackal The Jackal

1997

Burn After Reading Burn After Reading

2008

Rendition Rendition

2007

The Gift The Gift

2000

Hidalgo Hidalgo

2004

Spider-Man 3 Spider-Man 3

2007

Spider-Man 2 Spider-Man 2

2004

The Ladykillers The Ladykillers

2004

Extreme Measures Extreme Measures

1996

Harsh Times Harsh Times

2005

Post Grad Post Grad

2009

The Vicious Kind The Vicious Kind

2009

Off the Map Off the Map

2003

Juno Juno

2007

The Mexican The Mexican

2001

Up in the Air Up in the Air

2009

Hit and Runway Hit and Runway

1999

Love Walked In Love Walked In

1997

The Accountant The Accountant

2016

The Astronaut Farmer The Astronaut Farmer

2007

Kung Fu Panda 3 Kung Fu Panda 3

2016

Worlds Apart Worlds Apart

2015

Zootopia Zootopia

2016

The Boxcar Children The Boxcar Children

2014

Whiplash Whiplash

2013

Justice League Justice League

2017

The Meddler The Meddler

2016

I'm Not Here I'm Not Here

2017

The Late Bloomer The Late Bloomer

2016

Blackstone Blackstone

2011

The Magic Bracelet The Magic Bracelet

2013

La La Land La La Land

2016

The Bachelors The Bachelors

2017

Patriots Day Patriots Day

2016

The Rewrite The Rewrite

2014

Father Figures Father Figures

2017

The Cider House Rules The Cider House Rules

1999

Men, Women & Children Men, Women & Children

2014

Dark Skies Dark Skies

2013

Murder of a Cat Murder of a Cat

2014

The Ref The Ref

1994

Whiplash Whiplash

2014

Barefoot Barefoot

2014

Celebrity Celebrity

1998

Face Down Face Down

1997

Terminator Genisys Terminator Genisys

2015

Labor Day Labor Day

2013

Break Point Break Point

2014

Renegades Renegades

2017

Punching Henry Punching Henry

2017

Rock Dog Rock Dog

2016

Spider-Man Spider-Man

2002

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