J.K. Simmons
- Acting
- January 9, 1955 · Detroit, Michigan, USA
Biography
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.
Known for
Filmography
- 109 Billion Followers · Reaper
- Heart of the Beast · Watkins
- Purgatory · Father Malone
- The Brink of War · George Shultz
- The Westies · Eamon Sweeney
- Little Brother · Warren Duffy
- The Accountant² · Ray King
- The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery · Narrator
- Red One · Nick
- Juror #2 · Harold
- Saturday Night · Milton Berle
- The Union · Tom Brennan
- Spaceman
- Ren & Stimpy · Lint (Voice)
- You Can't Run Forever · Wade
- The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart · Ben (Voice)
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse · J. Jonah Jameson (Voice)
- Rally Road Racers · Gnash (Voice)
- One Day as a Lion · Walter Boggs
- Rivals: Ohio State vs. Michigan · Narrator
- Prophets of Change · Narrator
- Hopper: An American Love Story · Edward Hopper (Voice)
- Glorious · Ghat (Voice)
- Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers · Captain Putty (Voice)
- Night Sky · Franklin York
- Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home · Self
- Marmaduke · Zeus (Voice)
- Spider-Man: No Way Home · J. Jonah Jameson
- Being the Ricardos · William Frawley
- National Champions · Coach James Lazor
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife · Ivo Shandor
- Seal Team · Claggart (Voice)
- Last Meals · Self
- Venom: Let There Be Carnage · J. Jonah Jameson (uncredited)
- The Tomorrow War · James Forester
- Ride the Eagle · Carl
- INVINCIBLE · Nolan Grayson / Omni-Man (Voice)
- Rushing or Dragging · Terrence Fletcher (Archive Audio)
- Zack Snyder's Justice League · Commissioner Gordon
- The Great North · Tusk Johnson (Voice)
- The Stand · General Starkey
- Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens · Orville
- Charlie Russell's Old West · Narrator
- Die Hart · Jackson Pepper
- Palm Springs · Roy
- Home Movie: The Princess Bride · The Grandfather
- Coronavirus, Explained · Self
- Defending Jacob · Billy Barber
- Klaus · Klaus (Voice)
- 21 Bridges · Captain Matt McKenna
- The Daily Bugle · J. Jonah Jameson
- 3 Days with Dad · Joey
- The Kelly Clarkson Show · Self
- Spider-Man: Far From Home · J. Jonah Jameson
- Fanboy · J.K. / Frank Perry
- Drug$ · Narrator
- The Front Runner · Bill Dixon
- Detroit: Comeback City · Self
- A Boy Called Sailboat · Ernest
- Explained · Narrator (Voice)
- The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island · Dr. Moore (Voice)
- Father Figures · Ronald Hunt
- Counterpart · Howard Silk
- I'm Not Here · Steve
- Justice League · Commissioner Gordon
- Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics · Self
- No Activity · Leo
- The Bachelors · Bill Palet
- The Snowman · Arve Støp
- Renegades · Levin
- The Black Ghiandola · Ralph Aceto
- Brockmire · Matt "The Bat" Hardesty
- All Nighter · Mr. Gallo
- Punching Henry · Jay Warren
- Patriots Day · Sgt. Jeffrey Pugliese
- La La Land · Bill
- The Accountant · Ray King
- Goliath · George Zax
- The Late Bloomer · James Newmans
- Rock Dog · Khampa (Voice)