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J.K. Simmons

Acting

3.2 Popularity Jan 09, 1955 (70 years old) Detroit, Michigan, USA

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 Aw...

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.

Filmography 241

2025
The Accountant² Movie

as Ray King

2024
Red One Movie

as Nick

2024
Juror #2 Movie

as Harold

2024
Saturday Night Movie

as Milton Berle

2024
The Union Movie

as Tom Brennan

2024
Ren & Stimpy TV

as Lint (voice)

2024
2023
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Movie

as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)

2023
Rally Road Racers Movie

as Gnash (voice)

2023
Little Brother Movie

as Warren Duffy

2023
One Day as a Lion Movie

as Walter Boggs

2022
2022
Prophets of Change Movie

as Narrator

2022
Hopper: An American Love Story Movie

as Edward Hopper (voice)

2022
Glorious Movie

as Ghat (voice)

2022
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers Movie

as Captain Putty (voice)

2022
Night Sky TV

as Franklin York

2022
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home Movie

as Self (archive footage)

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Personal Details

Known For Acting
Gender Not specified
Birthday January 09, 1955 (70 years old)
Place of Birth Detroit, Michigan, USA
Also Known As JK Simmons, Jonathan Simmons, Дж.К. Симмонс and 7 more
Years Active 1953 - 2025
Popularity 3.2
Career Stats
241 Total Credits
150 Movie Roles
91 TV Roles
6 Photos