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J.K. Simmons
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J.K. Simmons
Known For
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

7.318

Spider-Man
2002-05-01

7.297

Spider-Man 2
2004-06-25

6.447

Spider-Man 3
2007-05-01

6.5

The Gift
2000-03-16

6.902

Hidalgo
2004-02-04

6.9

Seal Team
2021-10-28

You Can't Run Forever

5.805

You Can't Run Forever
2024-05-17

6.381

The Jackal
1997-11-14

Burn After Reading

6.668

Burn After Reading
2008-09-05

The Ladykillers

6.13

The Ladykillers
2004-03-25

Venom: Let There Be Carnage

6.8

Venom: Let There Be Carnage
2021-09-30

6.418

Rendition
2007-09-07

6.886

Up in the Air
2009-12-04

Extreme Measures

6

Extreme Measures
1996-09-27

7.055

Juno
2007-12-05

5.9

The Mexican
2001-03-01

6.4

Off the Map
2003-09-05

6.433

Harsh Times
2005-09-11

5.83

Extract
2009-09-03

4.992

Post Grad
2009-08-21

The Vicious Kind

6.2

The Vicious Kind
2009-12-11

Thank You for Smoking

7.2

Thank You for Smoking
2005-09-09

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

6.543

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007-05-27

Crazy on the Outside

5.2

Crazy on the Outside
2010-01-08

Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing

6.7

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

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

7.3

Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021-11-18

5.834

New in Town
2009-01-30

3.652

The Way of War
2009-04-20

7.016

Megamind
2010-10-28

6.118

First Snow
2006-05-05

I Love You, Man

6.582

I Love You, Man
2009-03-20

0

Starwater
2001-01-01

Jennifer's Body

5.987

Jennifer's Body
2009-09-18

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

8.338

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

6.671

The Words
2012-09-07

The Music Never Stopped

7.1

The Music Never Stopped
2011-03-18

An Invisible Sign

5.168

An Invisible Sign
2010-10-06

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers

6.995

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

5.838

Glorious
2022-07-21

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

7.222

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

0

Fanboy
2019-03-22

6.334

Contraband
2012-01-12

A Beginner's Guide to Endings

6

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

6.326

Dark Skies
2013-02-21

6.125

Jobs
2013-08-15

3.9

3 Geezers!
2013-05-22

4.222

Hit and Runway
1999-04-17

7.5

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

3.333

Love Walked In
1997-01-18

6.104

The Union
2024-08-15

5.5

Little Brother
2025-10-22

5.77

Break Point
2014-03-08

6.651

Barefoot
2014-02-02

8.4

Whiplash
2014-10-10

Terminator Genisys

5.948

Terminator Genisys
2015-06-23

Murder of a Cat

5.01

Murder of a Cat
2014-04-24

The Cider House Rules

7.071

The Cider House Rules
1999-12-17

Rally Road Racers

6.5

Rally Road Racers
2023-05-12

6

The Rewrite
2014-06-15

Men, Women & Children

6.458

Men, Women & Children
2014-10-17

6.881

Juror #2
2024-10-30

6.5

The Ref
1994-03-09

5.969

Celebrity
1998-09-07

4.667

Face Down
1997-11-15

7.132

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

7.014

Red One
2024-10-31

6

The Meddler
2016-04-05

5.563

Renegades
2017-08-21

Rivals: Ohio State vs. Michigan

0

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

7.029

Labor Day
2013-12-27

The Accountant²

7.103

The Accountant²
2025-04-23

6.4

Worlds Apart
2015-12-17

5.7

All Nighter
2017-03-10

5.8

Father Figures
2017-12-21

6.7

Saturday Night
2024-09-27

One Day as a Lion

5.713

One Day as a Lion
2023-04-04

The Boxcar Children

7.729

The Boxcar Children
2014-08-05

7.757

Zootopia
2016-02-11

7.8

Whiplash
2013-01-18

5.219

The Snowman
2017-08-24

5.812

Young Adult
2011-11-11

The Astronaut Farmer

6.237

The Astronaut Farmer
2007-02-23

Kung Fu Panda 3

6.922

Kung Fu Panda 3
2016-01-23

6.074

Justice League
2017-11-15

7.065

Patriots Day
2016-12-12

7.065

The Bachelors
2017-10-20

0

The Prince

7.9

La La Land
2016-12-01

The Magic Bracelet

5

The Magic Bracelet
2013-05-18

5.813

I'm Not Here
2017-11-16

7.608

Anastasia
1997-11-20

The Late Bloomer

5.422

The Late Bloomer
2016-10-07

4.645

Postal
2007-10-18

4.3

Red Sands
2009-02-24

Aliens in the Attic

5.702

Aliens in the Attic
2009-07-30

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore

5.203

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

7.304

True Grit
2010-12-22

The Good Doctor

6.182

The Good Doctor
2011-04-23

8

Ava & Lala
2014-10-01

4.167

Popeye Doyle
1986-01-01

5.2

The Scout
1994-09-30

For Love of the Game

6.447

For Love of the Game
1999-09-17

Autumn in New York

6.113

Autumn in New York
2000-08-11

6.7

Path to War
2003-10-28

3: The Dale Earnhardt Story

7.5

3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
2004-12-11

7

Above Freezing
1998-10-01

0

The Heeler
2013-04-18

7

Blackstone
2011-05-28

0

Disposal
2003-01-01

4192: The Crowning of the Hit King

5.5

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

A Boy Called Sailboat

6.6

A Boy Called Sailboat
2018-06-08

Crossing Fields

0

Crossing Fields
1998-11-06

0

Spaceman

The Black Ghiandola

6.9

The Black Ghiandola
2017-04-22

The Front Runner

5.9

The Front Runner
2018-11-06

8.228

Klaus
2019-11-08

The First Wives Club

6.7

The First Wives Club
1996-09-20

Detroit: Comeback City

8

Detroit: Comeback City
2018-07-01

The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island

6.182

The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island
2018-05-08

Guys and Dolls: Off the Record

10

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

6.8

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

7.335

Palm Springs
2020-07-10

Spider-Man: Far From Home

7.399

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

3 Days with Dad

5.1

3 Days with Dad
2019-09-13

The Tomorrow War

7.486

The Tomorrow War
2021-09-03

5.1

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

8.1

Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021-03-18

Being the Ricardos

6.5

Being the Ricardos
2021-12-10

Rushing or Dragging

9

Rushing or Dragging
2021-03-20

National Champions

6.4

National Champions
2021-12-10

6.277

Ride the Eagle
2021-07-30

Spider-Man: No Way Home

7.935

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

7.2

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

Behind the Zirkonians

0

Behind the Zirkonians

Invincible: Atom Eve

6

Invincible: Atom Eve
2023-07-22

7.916

Third Watch
1999-09-23

8.011

The Simpsons
1989-12-17

7.4

Law & Order
1990-09-13

7.001

American Dad!
2005-02-06

7.874

The Closer
2005-06-13

7.247

John Doe
2002-09-20

7

Jack & Bobby
2004-09-12

7.572

Everwood
2002-09-16

7.175

Nip/Tuck
2003-07-22

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

7.938

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

7.236

Without a Trace
2002-09-26

New York Undercover

7.139

New York Undercover
1994-09-08

Homicide: Life on the Street

8.096

Homicide: Life on the Street
1993-01-31

7.831

ER
1994-09-19

Arrested Development

7.933

Arrested Development
2003-11-02

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

7.6

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001-09-30

6.6

Men at Work
2012-05-24

6.934

Night Sky
2022-05-19

7

The Jury
2004-06-08

0

New York News
1995-09-28

The Great North

6.953

The Great North
2021-01-03

7.448

Party Down
2009-03-20

0

The D.A.
2004-03-19

4.944

Family Tools
2013-05-01

The Legend of Korra

8.209

The Legend of Korra
2012-04-14

Growing Up Fisher

6.259

Growing Up Fisher
2014-02-23

Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man

7.679

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

Justice League Unlimited

8.275

Justice League Unlimited
2004-07-31

8.027

Oz
1997-07-12

Justice League Unlimited

8.275

Justice League Unlimited
2004-07-31

3.036

The Talk
2010-10-18

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

7.8

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

7.561

Goliath
2016-10-13

8.3

The West Wing
1999-09-22

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien

8.218

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
2010-04-23

7.442

Counterpart
2017-12-10

7.5

Kim Possible
2002-06-07

7.5

Kim Possible
2002-06-07

7.001

American Dad!
2005-02-06

7.001

American Dad!
2005-02-06

8.607

Gravity Falls
2012-06-15

7.001

American Dad!
2005-02-06

5.2

Pound Puppies
2010-10-10

5.2

Pound Puppies
2010-10-10

7.1

Spin City
1996-09-17

7.026

The Oscars
1953-03-19

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

7.5

Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020-06-29

7.4

Law & Order
1990-09-13

Phineas and Ferb

7.896

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

4.6

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014-12-21

Phineas and Ferb

7.896

Phineas and Ferb
2007-08-17

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

6.184

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015-08-02

Desert Car Kings

0

Desert Car Kings
2011-01-26

American Masters

7.5

American Masters
1986-06-23

Saturday Night Live

7

Saturday Night Live
1975-10-11

6.8

No Activity
2017-11-11

6.6

Major Lazer
2015-04-17

6.8

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

What Lives Inside

7.4

What Lives Inside
2015-03-25

6.806

Brockmire
2017-04-05

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

5

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

7.958

Archer
2009-09-17

7.8

Veronica Mars
2004-09-22

Saturday Night Live

7

Saturday Night Live
1975-10-11

7.504

Explained
2018-05-23

BoJack Horseman

8.545

BoJack Horseman
2014-08-22

8.62

INVINCIBLE
2021-03-25

The Kelly Clarkson Show

6.371

The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019-09-09

Parks and Recreation

8.033

Parks and Recreation
2009-04-09

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

8.218

Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013-09-17

7.714

Wild Hawaii
2014-08-20

Coronavirus, Explained

6.947

Coronavirus, Explained
2020-04-26

Defending Jacob

8.267

Defending Jacob
2020-04-24

Best Friends Forever

2.5

Best Friends Forever
2012-04-04

6.85

The Stand
2020-12-17

Batman: The Brave and the Bold

7.6

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

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

5.9

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014-02-17

8.011

The Simpsons
1989-12-17

8.011

The Simpsons
1989-12-17

8.011

The Simpsons
1989-12-17

8.011

The Simpsons
1989-12-17

6.095

Die Hart
2020-07-20

7.4

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

8.209

The Legend of Korra
2012-04-14

Ben 10: Alien Force

8.313

Ben 10: Alien Force
2008-04-18