
J.K. Simmons
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

Zootopia

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Labor Day

Red One

Spider-Man

Whiplash

Spider-Man: Far From Home

Spider-Man 3

The Tomorrow War

La La Land

Megamind

The Accountant²

Terminator Genisys

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Zack Snyder's Justice League

Venom: Let There Be Carnage

Juno

Palm Springs

Justice League

Contraband

The Accountant

Kung Fu Panda 3

Juror #2

Anastasia

The Gift

Jennifer's Body

Klaus

Spider-Man 2

The Jackal

True Grit

Men, Women & Children

Barefoot

The Union

Rendition

Marmaduke

Hidalgo

Post Grad

Saturday Night

Renegades

Burn After Reading

The Bachelors

The Meddler

Up in the Air

The First Wives Club

21 Bridges

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers

Celebrity

Seal Team

3 Geezers!

I Love You, Man

Punching Henry

Extreme Measures

Fanboy

Patriots Day

Autumn in New York

The Snowman

Dark Skies

The Words

Jobs

Glorious

The Cider House Rules

National Champions

The Ladykillers

The Scout

Aliens in the Attic

Postal

Ava & Lala

Above Freezing

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore

The Mexican

Extract

Red Sands

Thank You for Smoking

Popeye Doyle

Young Adult

Face Down

Crazy on the Outside

The Good Doctor

Walt Whitman

Crossing Fields

For Love of the Game

Rally Road Racers

Harsh Times

The Astronaut Farmer

Rock Dog

New in Town

Father Figures

Whiplash

The Late Bloomer

One Day as a Lion

The Ref

Off the Map

The Front Runner

First Snow

O.W.C.A. Files

Murder of a Cat

Being the Ricardos

Ben 10 / Generator Rex: Heroes United

Worlds Apart

The Rewrite

You Can't Run Forever

All Nighter

I Lost My M in Vegas

The Vicious Kind

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Spaceman

Hopper: An American Love Story

The Way of War

Path to War

The Boxcar Children

The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart

I'm Not Here

An Invisible Sign

Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing

Drug$

Ride the Eagle

Rushing or Dragging

3: The Dale Earnhardt Story

The Music Never Stopped

A Beginner's Guide to Endings

Break Point

The Black Ghiandola

Hit and Runway

A Boy Called Sailboat

Love Walked In

Hypergalactic

Prophets of Change

The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery

The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island

3 Days with Dad

Rivals: Ohio State vs. Michigan

Little Brother

Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe

Detroit: Comeback City

Broadway's Lost Treasures II

Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens

Guys and Dolls: Off the Record

4192: The Crowning of the Hit King
