J.K. Simmons
- Known For: Acting
- Birthday: 09-01-1955
- Gender: Male
- Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, USA
- Also Known As:
JK Simmons
Jonathan Simmons
- Popularity: 30.88
- Homepage: N/A
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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.
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| Year | Movie | Character |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | The Music Never Stopped | as Henry Sawyer |
| 2013 | 3 Geezers! | as J. Kimball |
| 2017 | Renegades | as Levin |
| 2017 | The Bachelors | as Bill Ponder |
| 2017 | I'm Not Here | as Steve |
| 2009 | Aliens in the Attic | as Skip (voice) |
| 2014 | Ava & Lala | as General Tiger (voice) |
| 2011 | Blackstone | as Detective Burke |
| 2010 | 4192: The Crowning of the Hit King | as Narrator (voice) |
| 2017 | All Nighter | as Mr. Gallo |
| 2018 | Detroit: Comeback City | as Himself - Narrator |
| 2018 | Drug$ | as Narrator |
| 1970 | You Can't Run Forever | as Wade |
| 2022 | Prophets of Change | as Narrator |
| 2022 | Rivals: Ohio State vs. Michigan | as Narrator |
| 2017 | Counterpart | as Howard |
| 2009 | The Way of War | as Sergeant Mitchell |
| 2014 | Whiplash | as Terence Fletcher |
| 2017 | Punching Henry | as Jay Warren |
| 2016 | Rock Dog | as Khampa (voice) |
| 2014 | Break Point | as Jack |
| 2013 | Whiplash | as Fletcher |
| 2015 | Worlds Apart | as Sebastian |
| 1998 | Above Freezing | as Hoyd |
| 2018 | A Boy Called Sailboat | as Ernest |
| 2017 | The Black Ghiandola | as Ralph Aceto |
| 2019 | Klaus | as Klaus (voice) |
| 1970 | My Only Sunshine | |
| 2022 | Marmaduke | as Zeus (voice) |
| 2008 | Walt Whitman (American Experience) | as Narrator |
| 2021 | Rushing or Dragging | as Terrence Fletcher (Archive Audio) |
| 2021 | National Champions | as Coach James Lazor |
| 2021 | Seal Team | as Claggart (voice) |
| 2022 | Glorious | as Ghat (voice) |
| 2015 | Weird Al Gets Whiplashed | as Fletcher |
| 2009 | New in Town | as Stu Kopenhafer |
| 2010 | An Invisible Sign | as Mr. Jones |
| 2010 | A Beginner's Guide to Endings | as Uncle Pal |
| 2014 | Barefoot | as Dr. Bertleman |
| 2014 | Murder of a Cat | as Sheriff Frank Hoyle |
| 2017 | Father Figures | as Ronald Hunt |
| 2016 | The Accountant | as Ray King |
| 2016 | The Meddler | as Randall Zipper |
| 2016 | Patriots Day | as Sgt. Jeffrey Pugliese |
| 2013 | The Magic Bracelet | as The Shaman |
| 2016 | The Late Bloomer | as James Newmans |
| 2013 | The Heeler | as Roscoe |
| 2018 | The Front Runner | as Bill Dixon |
| 2019 | 21 Bridges | as Captain Matt McKenna |
| 2020 | Palm Springs | as Roy |
| 2021 | The Tomorrow War | as James Forester |
| 2021 | Being the Ricardos | as William Frawley |
| 1970 | The Tomorrow War 2 | as Slade |
| 1970 | Our Man from Jersey | |
| 2022 | Little Brother | as Warren Duffy |
| 1970 | Red One | as Santa Claus |
| 2004 | The Ladykillers | as Garth Pancake |
| 2001 | The Mexican | as Ted Slocum |
| 2009 | The Vicious Kind | as Donald Sinclaire |
| 2010 | Crazy on the Outside | as Ed |
| 2006 | First Snow | as Vacaro |
| 1998 | Crossing Fields | as Guy |
| 2013 | Dark Skies | as Edwin Pollard |
| 2014 | The Rewrite | as Dr. Hal Lerner |
| 2003 | Disposal | as Older Hunter |
| 2018 | The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island | as Dr. Moore (voice) |
| 2021 | Ride the Eagle | as Carl |
| 2023 | Rally Road Racers | as Gnash (voice) |
| 2023 | One Day as a Lion | as Walter Boggs |
| 2004 | Hidalgo | as Buffalo Bill Cody |
| 1997 | The Jackal | as FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon |
| 2003 | Off the Map | as George |
| 2009 | Extract | as Brian |
| 2009 | I Love You, Man | as Oswald Klaven |
| 2009 | Jennifer's Body | as Mr. Wroblewski |
| 2015 | Terminator Genisys | as O'Brien |
| 2016 | Kung Fu Panda 3 | as Kai (voice) |
| 2016 | La La Land | as Bill |
| 2007 | Postal | as Candidate Welles |
| 2004 | 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story | as Ralph Earnhardt |
| 2017 | The Snowman | as Arve Støp |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing | as Himself |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2 | as J. Jonah Jameson |
| 2007 | Juno | as Mac MacGuff |
| 2005 | Harsh Times | as Agent Richards |
| 2012 | The Words | as Mr. Jansen |
| 1997 | Face Down | as Herb Aames |
| 1999 | For Love of the Game | as Frank Perry |
| 2002 | Spider-Man | as J. Jonah Jameson |
| 1999 | Hit and Runway | as Ray Tilman |
| 2014 | The Boxcar Children | as Dr. Moore (voice) |
| 2011 | The Good Doctor | as Detective Krauss |
| 1986 | Popeye Doyle | as Patrolman in Park |
| 2007 | Spider-Man 3 | as J. Jonah Jameson |
| 2009 | Up in the Air | as Bob |
| 2012 | Contraband | as Captain Camp |
| 2000 | Autumn in New York | as Dr. Tom Grandy |
| 2008 | Burn After Reading | as CIA Superior |
| 2007 | Rendition | as Lee Mayer |
| 1997 | Love Walked In | as Mr. Shulman |
| 2013 | Labor Day | as Mr. Jervis |
| 2016 | Zootopia | as Mayor Leodore Lionheart (voice) |
| 2009 | Red Sands | as Lt. Col. Arson |
| 1992 | Guys And Dolls: Off The Record | as Himself / Benny Southstreet |
| 1994 | The Ref | as Siskel |
| 2000 | The Gift | as Sheriff Pearl Johnson |
| 1996 | Extreme Measures | as Dr. Mingus |
| 2005 | Thank You for Smoking | as BR |
| 2010 | Megamind | as Warden (voice) |
| 2006 | The Astronaut Farmer | as Jacobson |
| 2017 | Justice League | as Commissioner James Gordon |
| 2021 | Zack Snyder's Justice League | as Commissioner James Gordon |
| 1999 | The Cider House Rules | as Ray Kendall |
| 2022 | Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers | as Captain Putty (voice) |
| 2013 | Jobs | as Arthur Rock |
| 2014 | Men, Women & Children | as Allison's Dad |
| 2020 | Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens | as Orville |
| 2009 | Post Grad | as Roy Davies |
| 2021 | Ghostbusters: Afterlife | as Ivo Shandor |
| 2022 | Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home | as Self (archive footage) |
| 2009 | Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe | as Self |
| 2003 | Path to War | as CIA Briefer |
| 2007 | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | as James McLaughlin |
| 2010 | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | as Gruff K-9 (voice) |
| 2010 | True Grit | as J. Noble Daggett (voice) |
| 2019 | 3 Days with Dad | as Joey |
| 2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | as J. Jonah Jameson |
| 2021 | Miss | as (archive footage) |
| 1998 | Celebrity | as Souvenir Hawker |
| 2004 | Broadway's Lost Treasures II | as Benny Southstreet (segment "Guys & Dolls") |
| 1996 | The First Wives Club | as Federal Marshall |
| 2019 | Spider-Man: Far From Home | as J. Jonah Jameson |
| 1994 | The Scout | as Assistant Coach |
| 2011 | Young Adult | as Mavis' Publisher (voice - uncredited) |
| 2021 | Venom: Let There Be Carnage | as J. Jonah Jameson (uncredited) |