J.K. Simmons
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 (78)
The Brink of War
Heart of the Beast
The Accountant²
The Union
Red One
Juror #2
Saturday Night
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
Marmaduke
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
The Tomorrow War
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Seal Team
Being the Ricardos
Palm Springs
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Klaus
21 Bridges
The Snowman
Justice League
The Bachelors
La La Land
Kung Fu Panda 3
Zootopia
The Accountant
Patriots Day
The Meddler
Terminator Genisys
Whiplash
Barefoot
Men, Women & Children
The Rewrite
Dark Skies
Jobs
Labor Day
Contraband
The Words
Young Adult
The Good Doctor
Megamind
True Grit
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Jennifer's Body
Extract
Up in the Air
I Love You, Man
New in Town
Post Grad
Burn After Reading
Spider-Man 3
Juno
Postal
Rendition
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
The Astronaut Farmer
First Snow
Thank You for Smoking
Harsh Times
Spider-Man 2
The Ladykillers
Hidalgo
Spider-Man
The Mexican
Autumn in New York
The Gift
The Cider House Rules
For Love of the Game
Celebrity
Anastasia
The Jackal
The First Wives Club
Extreme Measures
The Scout
