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J.K. Simmons
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Acting
Birthday
1955-01-09,Detroit, Michigan, USA
Gender
Male
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

7.314

Spider-Man
2002-05-01

7.296

Spider-Man 2
2004-06-25

6.442

Spider-Man 3
2007-05-01

6.5

The Gift
2000-03-16

6.901

Hidalgo
2004-02-04

6.9

Seal Team
2021-10-28

You Can't Run Forever

5.8

You Can't Run Forever
2024-05-17

6.382

The Jackal
1997-11-14

Burn After Reading

6.7

Burn After Reading
2008-09-05

The Ladykillers

6.132

The Ladykillers
2004-03-25

Venom: Let There Be Carnage

6.767

Venom: Let There Be Carnage
2021-09-30

6.414

Rendition
2007-09-07

6.879

Up in the Air
2009-12-04

Extreme Measures

6

Extreme Measures
1996-09-27

7.051

Juno
2007-12-05

5.937

The Mexican
2001-03-01

6.5

Off the Map
2003-09-05

6.435

Harsh Times
2005-09-11

5.825

Extract
2009-09-03

5.002

Post Grad
2009-08-21

The Vicious Kind

6.256

The Vicious Kind
2009-12-11

Thank You for Smoking

7.19

Thank You for Smoking
2005-09-09

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

6.524

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007-05-27

Crazy on the Outside

5.205

Crazy on the Outside
2010-01-08

Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing

6.652

Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
2004-11-30

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

7.338

Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021-11-18

5.825

New in Town
2009-01-30

3.6

The Way of War
2009-04-20

7.008

Megamind
2010-10-28

6.127

First Snow
2006-05-05

I Love You, Man

6.577

I Love You, Man
2009-03-20

0

Starwater
2001-01-01

Jennifer's Body

5.983

Jennifer's Body
2009-09-18

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

8.342

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023-05-31

6.674

The Words
2012-09-07

The Music Never Stopped

7.202

The Music Never Stopped
2011-03-18

An Invisible Sign

5.192

An Invisible Sign
2010-10-06

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers

7

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
2022-05-20

5.844

Glorious
2022-07-21

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

7.182

The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart
2023-07-21

0

Fanboy
2019-03-22

6.332

Contraband
2012-01-12

A Beginner's Guide to Endings

5.984

A Beginner's Guide to Endings
2010-09-17

6.325

Dark Skies
2013-02-21

6.128

Jobs
2013-08-15

3.896

3 Geezers!
2013-05-22

4.6

Hit and Runway
1999-04-17

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

6.794

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
2022-05-03

7.8

O.W.C.A. Files
2015-11-09

4

Love Walked In
1997-01-18

1

Little Brother
2023-04-23

6.119

The Union
2024-08-15

5.75

Break Point
2014-03-08

6.635

Barefoot
2014-02-02

8.377

Whiplash
2014-10-10

Terminator Genisys

5.943

Terminator Genisys
2015-06-23

Murder of a Cat

4.989

Murder of a Cat
2014-04-24

The Cider House Rules

7.1

The Cider House Rules
1999-12-17

Rally Road Racers

6.6

Rally Road Racers
2023-05-12

6.037

The Rewrite
2014-06-15

Men, Women & Children

6.438

Men, Women & Children
2014-10-17

6.852

Juror #2
2024-10-30

6.534

The Ref
1994-03-09

5.991

Celebrity
1998-09-07

3

Face Down
1997-11-15

7.127

The Accountant
2016-10-13

5.9

Punching Henry
2017-02-24

Prophets of Change

0

Prophets of Change
2022-10-12

0

Hypergalactic

6.2

Rock Dog
2016-07-08

7.048

Red One
2024-10-31

5.967

The Meddler
2016-04-05

5.568

Renegades
2017-08-21

Rivals: Ohio State vs. Michigan

0

Rivals: Ohio State vs. Michigan
2022-11-13

7.015

Labor Day
2013-12-27

The Accountant²

7.153

The Accountant²
2025-04-23

6.528

Worlds Apart
2015-12-17

5.721

All Nighter
2017-03-10

5.825

Father Figures
2017-12-21

6.683

Saturday Night
2024-09-27

One Day as a Lion

5.719

One Day as a Lion
2023-04-04

The Boxcar Children

7.717

The Boxcar Children
2014-08-05

7.75

Zootopia
2016-02-11

7.793

Whiplash
2013-01-18

5.218

The Snowman
2017-08-24

5.814

Young Adult
2011-11-11

The Astronaut Farmer

6.25

The Astronaut Farmer
2007-02-23

Kung Fu Panda 3

6.918

Kung Fu Panda 3
2016-01-23

6.074

Justice League
2017-11-15

7.057

Patriots Day
2016-12-12

7.055

The Bachelors
2017-10-20

0

The Prince

7.899

La La Land
2016-12-01

The Magic Bracelet

5

The Magic Bracelet
2013-05-18

5.906

I'm Not Here
2017-11-16

7.607

Anastasia
1997-11-20

The Late Bloomer

5.443

The Late Bloomer
2016-10-07

4.6

Postal
2007-10-18

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore

5.181

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
2010-07-29

The Good Doctor

6.185

The Good Doctor
2011-04-23

For Love of the Game

6.46

For Love of the Game
1999-09-17

4.455

Popeye Doyle
1986-01-01

Crossing Fields

0

Crossing Fields
1998-11-06

4192: The Crowning of the Hit King

5.5

4192: The Crowning of the Hit King
2010-10-22

8

Ava & Lala
2014-10-01

5.2

The Scout
1994-09-30

7

Above Freezing
1998-10-01

0

Disposal
2003-01-01

3: The Dale Earnhardt Story

7.5

3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
2004-12-11

A Boy Called Sailboat

6.6

A Boy Called Sailboat
2018-06-08

Autumn in New York

6.131

Autumn in New York
2000-08-11

0

The Heeler
2013-04-18

Aliens in the Attic

5.693

Aliens in the Attic
2009-07-30

7

Blackstone
2011-05-28

4.345

Red Sands
2009-02-24

7.3

True Grit
2010-12-22

6.7

Path to War
2003-10-28

0

Spaceman

The Black Ghiandola

6.9

The Black Ghiandola
2017-04-22

The Front Runner

5.9

The Front Runner
2018-11-06

8.235

Klaus
2019-11-08

The First Wives Club

6.709

The First Wives Club
1996-09-20

Detroit: Comeback City

8

Detroit: Comeback City
2018-07-01

The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island

6.2

The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island
2018-05-08

Guys and Dolls: Off the Record

10

Guys and Dolls: Off the Record
1992-12-07

6.765

21 Bridges
2019-10-24

9.2

Drug$
2018-12-15

Broadway's Lost Treasures II

8

Broadway's Lost Treasures II
2004-10-26

7.339

Palm Springs
2020-07-10

Spider-Man: Far From Home

7.404

Spider-Man: Far From Home
2019-06-28

3 Days with Dad

5.136

3 Days with Dad
2019-09-13

The Tomorrow War

7.503

The Tomorrow War
2021-09-03

5.157

Marmaduke
2022-04-28

Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe

3

Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe
2009-12-22

Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens

0

Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
2020-12-01

5

Walt Whitman
2008-04-14

Zack Snyder's Justice League

8.113

Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021-03-18

Being the Ricardos

6.496

Being the Ricardos
2021-12-10

Rushing or Dragging

9

Rushing or Dragging
2021-03-20

National Champions

6.437

National Champions
2021-12-10

6.326

Ride the Eagle
2021-07-30

The Tomorrow War 2

0

The Tomorrow War 2

Spider-Man: No Way Home

7.941

Spider-Man: No Way Home
2021-12-15

Ben 10 - Generator Rex: Heroes United

7.1

Ben 10 - Generator Rex: Heroes United
2011-11-25

109 Billion Followers

0

109 Billion Followers

0

Reykjavik

Hopper: An American Love Story

6.9

Hopper: An American Love Story
2022-10-11

The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery

5.5

The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery
2025-01-31

Heart of the Beast

0

Heart of the Beast

I Lost My M in Vegas

0

I Lost My M in Vegas
1999-09-20

7.927

Third Watch
1999-09-23

8.015

The Simpsons
1989-12-17

7.402

Law & Order
1990-09-13

6.981

American Dad!
2005-02-06

7.856

The Closer
2005-06-13

7.3

John Doe
2002-09-20

7

Jack & Bobby
2004-09-12

7.554

Everwood
2002-09-16

7.2

Nip/Tuck
2003-07-22

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

7.936

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999-09-20

Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics

7.4

Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics
2017-11-12

Without a Trace

7.3

Without a Trace
2002-09-26

New York Undercover

7.1

New York Undercover
1994-09-08

Homicide: Life on the Street

8.053

Homicide: Life on the Street
1993-01-31

7.836

ER
1994-09-19

Arrested Development

7.929

Arrested Development
2003-11-02

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

7.6

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001-09-30

6.604

Men At Work
2012-05-24

6.955

Night Sky
2022-05-19

7

The Jury
2004-06-08

0

New York News
1995-09-28

The Great North

6.979

The Great North
2021-01-03

7.458

Party Down
2009-03-20

0

The D.A.
2004-03-19

5.1

Family Tools
2013-05-01

The Legend of Korra

8.214

The Legend of Korra
2012-04-14

Growing Up Fisher

6.5

Growing Up Fisher
2014-02-23

Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man

7.679

Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man
2012-04-01

Justice League Unlimited

8.264

Justice League Unlimited
2004-07-31

Justice League Unlimited

8.264

Justice League Unlimited
2004-07-31

8

Oz
1997-07-12

3.192

The Talk
2010-10-18

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

7.84

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014-04-27

LEGO MARVEL Super Heroes: Maximum Overload

6.5

LEGO MARVEL Super Heroes: Maximum Overload
2013-11-05

7.571

Goliath
2016-10-13

8.3

The West Wing
1999-09-22

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien

8.216

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
2010-04-23

7.452

Counterpart
2017-12-10

7.552

Kim Possible
2002-06-07

7.552

Kim Possible
2002-06-07

6.981

American Dad!
2005-02-06

6.981

American Dad!
2005-02-06

8.595

Gravity Falls
2012-06-15

6.981

American Dad!
2005-02-06

5.2

Pound Puppies
2010-10-10

5.2

Pound Puppies
2010-10-10

7.072

Spin City
1996-09-17

6.973

The Oscars
1953-03-19

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

7.467

Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020-06-29

7.402

Law & Order
1990-09-13

Phineas and Ferb

7.9

Phineas and Ferb
2007-08-17

The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes

8.204

The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
2010-10-20

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

5

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014-12-21

Phineas and Ferb

7.9

Phineas and Ferb
2007-08-17

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

5.972

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015-08-02

Desert Car Kings

0

Desert Car Kings
2011-01-26

American Masters

7.4

American Masters
1986-06-23

Saturday Night Live

6.957

Saturday Night Live
1975-10-11

6.8

No Activity
2017-11-11

6.625

Major Lazer
2015-04-17

6.795

NTSF:SD:SUV::
2011-07-21

What Lives Inside

7.409

What Lives Inside
2015-03-25

6.81

Brockmire
2017-04-05

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

5.083

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009-07-16

7.959

Archer
2009-09-17

7.818

Veronica Mars
2004-09-22

Saturday Night Live

6.957

Saturday Night Live
1975-10-11

7.5

Explained
2018-05-23

BoJack Horseman

8.542

BoJack Horseman
2014-08-22

8.632

INVINCIBLE
2021-03-25

The Kelly Clarkson Show

6.515

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019-09-09

Parks and Recreation

8.025

Parks and Recreation
2009-04-09

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

8.216

Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013-09-17

7.333

Wild Hawaii
2014-08-20

Coronavirus, Explained

6.946

Coronavirus, Explained
2020-04-26

Defending Jacob

8.278

Defending Jacob
2020-04-24

Best Friends Forever

3

Best Friends Forever
2012-04-04

6.873

The Stand
2020-12-17

Batman: The Brave and the Bold

7.59

Batman: The Brave and the Bold
2008-11-14

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

5.8

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014-02-17

8.015

The Simpsons
1989-12-17

8.015

The Simpsons
1989-12-17

8.015

The Simpsons
1989-12-17

8.015

The Simpsons
1989-12-17

6.165

Die Hart
2020-07-20

7.421

Raising Hope
2010-09-21

9

Ren & Stimpy
2024-07-13

8

Remember WENN
1996-01-13

0

The Westies

7

Numb3rs
2005-01-23

The Legend of Korra

8.214

The Legend of Korra
2012-04-14