
J.K. Simmons
11 FOLLOWERS • 128 CREDITS • JAN 9, 1955 • 70
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

Law & Order

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Simpsons

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

The Oscars

Saturday Night Live

ER

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Parks and Recreation

Veronica Mars

Third Watch

BoJack Horseman

Without a Trace

American Dad!

Homicide: Life on the Street

Kim Possible

Raising Hope

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Justice League Unlimited

Batman: The Brave and the Bold

Archer

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Phineas and Ferb

Everwood

The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes

Nip/Tuck

Explained

Defending Jacob

Ren & Stimpy

The Venture Bros.

Arrested Development

The Great North

The Talk

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

Coronavirus, Explained

Best Friends Forever

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien

New York News

The Stand

NTSF:SD:SUV::

No Activity

Party Down

Gravity Falls

Venom: Let There Be Carnage

Young Adult

True Grit

Spider-Man: Far From Home

The First Wives Club

Goliath

Anastasia

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse

Saturday Night

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore

Men, Women & Children

Path to War

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

Zack Snyder's Justice League

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Jennifer's Body

LEGO MARVEL Super Heroes: Maximum Overload

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers

The Cider House Rules

Justice League

The Gift

Megamind

The Ref

Zootopia

Labor Day

Spider-Man 3

Oz

Autumn in New York

Contraband

Despicable Me 4

Up in the Air

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

Spider-Man

The Good Doctor

The Boxcar Children

The Snowman

Die Hart

Face Down

Terminator Genisys

Spider-Man 2

Ben 10 - Generator Rex: Heroes United

Juno

Extract

The Jackal

La La Land

The Legend of Korra

Major Lazer

Kung Fu Panda 3

I Love You, Man

Zootopia 2

Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing

One Day as a Lion

The Accountant 2

The Accountant

Red One

Father Figures

Palm Springs

Juror #2

What Lives Inside

The Tomorrow War

The Tomorrow War 2

Being the Ricardos

The Union

21 Bridges

Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man

Patriots Day

The Meddler

INVINCIBLE

Klaus

Night Sky

The Closer

Whiplash

Whiplash

Heart of the Beast

The West Wing

You Can't Run Forever

Desert Car Kings

Counterpart

Growing Up Fisher

Renegades
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