J.K. Simmons

Known for ActingBorn 1955-01-09 (age 71)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 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Drug$

Ren & Stimpy

Gravity Falls: Between the Pines

The Jury

INVINCIBLE

Gravity Falls

BoJack Horseman

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Whiplash

Defending Jacob

Guys and Dolls: Off the Record

Klaus

Ben 10: Alien Force

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Justice League Unlimited

The Legend of Korra

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien

Zack Snyder's Justice League

The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes

Broadway's Lost Treasures II

The West Wing

Detroit: Comeback City

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Ava & Lala

Parks and Recreation

La La Land

Archer

Disposal

Homicide: Life on the Street

Oz

Phineas and Ferb

Arrested Development

The Closer

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Whiplash

Zootopia

Third Watch

The Simpsons

The Boxcar Children

Veronica Mars

Wild Hawaii

Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man

Goliath

Remember WENN

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Rushing or Dragging

Home Movie: The Princess Bride