J.K. Simmons
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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
Credits
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
as J. Jonah Jameson
Spider-Man (2002)
as J. Jonah Jameson
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
Whiplash (2014)
as Fletcher
Zootopia (2016)
as Mayor Lionheart (voice)
Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
as J. Jonah Jameson
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
as J. Jonah Jameson
The Tomorrow War (2021)
as James Forester
Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)
as Commissioner Gordon
La La Land (2016)
as Bill
Justice League (2017)
as Commissioner Gordon
Megamind (2010)
as Warden (voice)
Terminator Genisys (2015)
as O'Brien
Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)
as Kai (voice)
The Accountant² (2025)
as Ray King
Red One (2024)
as Nick
Jennifer's Body (2009)
as Mr. Wroblewski
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
as J. Jonah Jameson
Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)
as J. Jonah Jameson (uncredited)
Heart of the Beast (2026)
Actor
Gravity Falls: Between the Pines (2016)
as Ford Pines (Voice)
The Accountant (2016)
as Ray King
The Jackal (1997)
as FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon
Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
as Ivo Shandor
True Grit (2010)
as J. Noble Daggett (voice) (uncredited)
Anastasia (1997)
as Ensemble and Character Vocals (voice)
Palm Springs (2020)
as Roy
The Union (2024)
as Tom Brennan
Dark Skies (2013)
as Edwin Pollard
Juror #2 (2024)
as Harold
Juno (2007)
as Mac MacGuff
The Cider House Rules (1999)
as Ray Kendall
Klaus (2019)
as Klaus (voice)
The Gift (2000)
as Sheriff Pearl Johnson
21 Bridges (2019)
as Captain Matt McKenna
Up in the Air (2009)
as Bob
Burn After Reading (2008)
as CIA Superior
The Snowman (2017)
as Arve Støp
The Words (2012)
as Mr. Jansen
Patriots Day (2016)
as Sgt. Jeffrey Pugliese
Saturday Night (2024)
as Milton Berle
Contraband (2012)
as Captain Camp
The Mexican (2001)
as Ted Slocum
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022)
as Captain Putty (voice)
Hidalgo (2004)
as Buffalo Bill Cody
Labor Day (2013)
as Mr. Jervis
Men, Women & Children (2014)
as Allison's Dad
Harsh Times (2005)
as Agent Richards
I Love You, Man (2009)
as Oswald Klaven
Seal Team (2021)
as Claggart (voice)
Barefoot (2014)
as Dr. Bertleman
Aliens in the Attic (2009)
as Skip (voice)
Rock Dog (2016)
as Khampa (voice)
Extreme Measures (1996)
as Dr. Mingus
The First Wives Club (1996)
as Federal Marshall
Rendition (2007)
as Lee Mayer
The Ladykillers (2004)
as Garth Pancake
The Brink of War (2026)
as George Shultz
Thank You for Smoking (2005)
as BR
Father Figures (2017)
as Ronald Hunt
The Good Doctor (2011)
as Detective Krauss
Young Adult (2011)
as Mavis' Publisher (voice) (uncredited)
Renegades (2017)
as Levin
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010)
as Gruff K-9 (voice)
Post Grad (2009)
as Roy Davies
Marmaduke (2022)
as Zeus (voice)
New in Town (2009)
as Stu Kopenhafer
For Love of the Game (1999)
as Frank Perry
Jobs (2013)
as Arthur Rock
Celebrity (1998)
as Souvenir Hawker
Postal (2007)
as Candidate Welles
First Snow (2006)
as Vacaro
Being the Ricardos (2021)
as William Frawley
Ben 10 / Generator Rex: Heroes United (2011)
as White Knight (voice)
The Meddler (2016)
as Randall Zipper
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007)
as James McLaughlin
The Ref (1994)
as Siskel
The Front Runner (2018)
as Bill Dixon
The Rewrite (2014)
as Hal Lerner
Path to War (2003)
as CIA Briefer
All Nighter (2017)
as Mr. Gallo
Autumn in New York (2000)
as Dr. Tom Grandy
The Scout (1994)
as Assistant Coach
Rally Road Racers (2023)
as Gnash (voice)
You Can't Run Forever (2024)
as Wade
Extract (2009)
as Brian
The Bachelors (2017)
as Bill Palet
Whiplash (2013)
as Fletcher
The Astronaut Farmer (2007)
as Jacobson
Red Sands (2009)
as Lt. Col. Arson
3 Geezers! (2013)
as J. Kimball
The Daily Bugle (2019)
as J. Jonah Jameson
A Beginner's Guide to Endings (2010)
as Uncle Pal
Break Point (2014)
as Jack
Ride the Eagle (2021)
as Carl
I'm Not Here (2017)
as Steve
An Invisible Sign (2010)
as Mr. Jones
Off the Map (2003)
as George
The Late Bloomer (2016)
as James Newmans
The Prince (—)
Actor
Crazy on the Outside (2010)
as Ed
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart (2023)
as Ben (voice)
Face Down (1997)
as Herb Aames
The Way of War (2009)
as Sergeant Mitchell
National Champions (2021)
as Coach James Lazor
One Day as a Lion (2023)
as Walter Boggs
Little Brother (2025)
as Warren Duffy
Punching Henry (2017)
as Jay Warren
Monkey Quest (—)
as (voice)
Ava & Lala (2014)
as General Tiger (voice)
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing (2004)
as Self
Worlds Apart (2015)
as Sebastian
Popeye Doyle (1986)
as Patrolman in Park
Glorious (2022)
as Ghat (voice)
O.W.C.A. Files (2015)
as Napoleon / Additional Voices (voice)
Murder of a Cat (2014)
as Sheriff Frank Hoyle
The Vicious Kind (2009)
as Donald Sinclaire
The Music Never Stopped (2011)
as Henry Sawyer
The Black Ghiandola (2017)
as Ralph Aceto
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story (2004)
as Ralph Earnhardt
A Boy Called Sailboat (2018)
as Ernest
The Heeler (2013)
as Roscoe
3 Days with Dad (2019)
as Joey
The Thing That Hurts (—)
Actor
The Boxcar Children (2014)
as Dr. Moore (voice)
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island (2018)
as Dr. Moore (voice)
Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe (2009)
as Self
Fanboy (2019)
as J.K. / Frank Perry
Walt Whitman (2008)
as Narrator (voice)
Hit and Runway (1999)
as Ray Tilman
Starwater (2001)
Actor
Love Walked In (1997)
as Mr. Shulman
Broadway's Lost Treasures II (2004)
as Benny Southstreet (segment "Guys & Dolls")
Prophets of Change (2022)
as Narrator
Disposal (2003)
as Older Hunter
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens (2020)
as Orville
Behind the Zirkonians (—)
as Skip (voice)
Detroit: Comeback City (2018)
as Himself - Narrator
Blackstone (2011)
as Detective Burke
Above Freezing (1998)
as Hoyd
Purgatory (—)
as Father Malone
Drug$ (2018)
as Narrator
Crossing Fields (1998)
as Guy
The Magic Bracelet (2013)
as The Shaman
109 Billion Followers (—)
as Reaper
Guys and Dolls: Off the Record (1992)
as Himself / Benny Southstreet
Hopper: An American Love Story (2022)
as Edward Hopper (voice)
I Lost My M in Vegas (1999)
as Yellow (voice)
Spaceman (—)
Actor
Rivals: Ohio State vs. Michigan (2022)
as Narrator
Rushing or Dragging (2021)
as Terrence Fletcher (Archive Audio)
The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery (2025)
as Narrator
4192: The Crowning of the Hit King (2010)
as Narrator (voice)