J.K. Simmons
Acting
- Born:
- 1955-01-09
- Place of birth:
- 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
Heart of the Beast
Purgatory
The Brink of War
The Westies
Little Brother
The Accountant²
The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery
Red One
Juror #2
Saturday Night
The Union
Spaceman
Ren & Stimpy
You Can't Run Forever
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Rally Road Racers
One Day as a Lion
Rivals: Ohio State vs. Michigan
Prophets of Change
Hopper: An American Love Story
Glorious
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
Night Sky
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Marmaduke
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Being the Ricardos
National Champions
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Seal Team
Last Meals
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
The Tomorrow War
Ride the Eagle
INVINCIBLE
Rushing or Dragging
Zack Snyder's Justice League
The Great North
The Stand
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
Charlie Russell's Old West
Die Hart
Palm Springs
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Coronavirus, Explained
Defending Jacob
Klaus
21 Bridges
The Daily Bugle
3 Days with Dad
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Fanboy
Drug$
The Front Runner
Detroit: Comeback City
A Boy Called Sailboat
Explained
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island
Father Figures
Counterpart
I'm Not Here
Justice League
Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics
No Activity
The Bachelors
The Snowman
Renegades
The Black Ghiandola
Brockmire
All Nighter
Punching Henry
Patriots Day
La La Land
The Accountant
Goliath
The Late Bloomer
Rock Dog
The Meddler
Zootopia
Gravity Falls: Between the Pines
Kung Fu Panda 3
Worlds Apart
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Terminator Genisys
Major Lazer
What Lives Inside
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Men, Women & Children
Whiplash
Ava & Lala
BoJack Horseman
Wild Hawaii
The Boxcar Children
The Rewrite
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Murder of a Cat
Break Point
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Growing Up Fisher
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Barefoot
Labor Day
LEGO MARVEL Super Heroes: Maximum Overload
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Jobs
3 Geezers!
The Magic Bracelet
Family Tools
The Heeler
Dark Skies
Whiplash
The Words
Gravity Falls
Men at Work
The Legend of Korra
Best Friends Forever
Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man
Contraband
Ben 10 / Generator Rex: Heroes United
Young Adult
NTSF:SD:SUV::
Blackstone
The Good Doctor
The Music Never Stopped
Desert Car Kings
True Grit
Megamind
4192: The Crowning of the Hit King
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
The Talk
Pound Puppies
An Invisible Sign
Raising Hope
A Beginner's Guide to Endings
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
Crazy on the Outside
Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe
The Vicious Kind
Up in the Air
Jennifer's Body
Archer
Extract
Post Grad
Aliens in the Attic
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Way of War
Parks and Recreation
I Love You, Man
Party Down
Red Sands
New in Town
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Burn After Reading
Ben 10: Alien Force
Walt Whitman
Juno
Postal
Rendition
Phineas and Ferb
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Spider-Man 3
On the Set: Spider-Man 3
The Astronaut Farmer
First Snow
Harsh Times
Thank You for Smoking
The Closer
American Dad!
Numb3rs
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
Veronica Mars
Jack & Bobby
Justice League Unlimited
Spider-Man 2
The Jury
The Ladykillers
The D.A.
Hidalgo
Arrested Development
Path to War
Off the Map
Nip/Tuck
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Disposal
Without a Trace
John Doe
Everwood
Kim Possible
Spider-Man
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
The Mexican
Starwater
The Gift
Autumn in New York
The Cider House Rules
Third Watch
The West Wing
I Lost My M in Vegas
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
For Love of the Game
Hit and Runway
Crossing Fields
Above Freezing
Celebrity
Face Down
The Jackal
Oz
Love Walked In
Extreme Measures
The First Wives Club
Spin City
The Daily Show
Swift Justice
Remember WENN
New York News
The Scout
ER
New York Undercover
The Ref
The Adventures of Pete & Pete
Homicide: Life on the Street
Guys and Dolls: Off the Record
Law & Order
The Simpsons
Popeye Doyle
American Masters
Saturday Night Live
The Oscars
The Prince
109 Billion Followers
Behind the Zirkonians
The Thing That Hurts
Monkey Quest
Embassy
Beat the Reaper