J.K. Simmons
Acting
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.
Little Brother
Warren Duffy
The Accountant²
Ray King
The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery
Narrator
Red One
Nick
Juror #2
Harold
Saturday Night
Milton Berle
The Union
Tom Brennan
You Can't Run Forever
Wade
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart
Ben (voice)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
Rally Road Racers
Gnash (voice)
One Day as a Lion
Walter Boggs
Rivals: Ohio State vs. Michigan
Narrator
Prophets of Change
Narrator
Hopper: An American Love Story
Edward Hopper (voice)
Glorious
Ghat (voice)
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
Captain Putty (voice)
Marmaduke
Zeus (voice)
Spider-Man: No Way Home
J. Jonah Jameson
National Champions
Coach James Lazor
Being the Ricardos
William Frawley
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Ivo Shandor
Seal Team
Claggart (voice)
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
J. Jonah Jameson (uncredited)
The Tomorrow War
James Forester
Ride the Eagle
Carl
Rushing or Dragging
Terrence Fletcher (Archive Audio)
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Commissioner Gordon
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
Orville
Palm Springs
Roy
Klaus
Klaus (voice)
21 Bridges
Captain Matt McKenna
3 Days with Dad
Joey
Spider-Man: Far From Home
J. Jonah Jameson
Fanboy
J.K. / Frank Perry
Drug$
Narrator
The Front Runner
Bill Dixon
Detroit: Comeback City
Himself - Narrator
A Boy Called Sailboat
Ernest
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island
Dr. Moore (voice)
Father Figures
Ronald Hunt
I'm Not Here
Steve
Justice League
Commissioner Gordon
The Bachelors
Bill Palet
The Snowman
Arve Støp
Renegades
Levin
The Black Ghiandola
Ralph Aceto
All Nighter
Mr. Gallo
Punching Henry
Jay Warren
Patriots Day
Sgt. Jeffrey Pugliese
La La Land
Bill
The Accountant
Ray King
The Late Bloomer
James Newmans
Rock Dog
Khampa (voice)
The Meddler
Randall Zipper
Zootopia
Mayor Lionheart (voice)
Gravity Falls: Between the Pines
Ford Pines (Voice)
Kung Fu Panda 3
Kai (voice)
Worlds Apart
Sebastian
O.W.C.A. Files
Napoleon / Additional Voices (voice)
Terminator Genisys
O'Brien
Men, Women & Children
Allison's Dad
Whiplash
Fletcher
Ava & Lala
General Tiger (voice)
The Boxcar Children
Dr. Moore (voice)
The Rewrite
Dr. Hal Lerner
Murder of a Cat
Sheriff Frank Hoyle
Break Point
Jack
Barefoot
Dr. Bertleman
Labor Day
Mr. Jervis
Jobs
Arthur Rock
3 Geezers!
J. Kimball
The Magic Bracelet
The Shaman
The Heeler
Roscoe
Dark Skies
Edwin Pollard
Whiplash
Fletcher
The Words
Mr. Jansen
Contraband
Captain Camp
Ben 10 / Generator Rex: Heroes United
White Knight (voice)
Young Adult
Mavis' Publisher (voice) (uncredited)
Blackstone
Detective Burke
The Good Doctor
Detective Krauss
The Music Never Stopped
Henry Sawyer
True Grit
J. Noble Daggett (voice) (uncredited)
Megamind
Warden (voice)
4192: The Crowning of the Hit King
Narrator (voice)
An Invisible Sign
Mr. Jones
A Beginner's Guide to Endings
Uncle Pal
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Gruff K-9 (voice)
Crazy on the Outside
Ed
Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe
Self
The Vicious Kind
Donald Sinclaire
Up in the Air
Bob
Jennifer's Body
Mr. Wroblewski
Extract
Brian
Post Grad
Roy Davies
Aliens in the Attic
Skip (voice)
The Way of War
Sergeant Mitchell
I Love You, Man
Oswald Klaven
Red Sands
Lt. Col. Arson
New in Town
Stu Kopenhafer
Burn After Reading
CIA Superior
Walt Whitman
Narrator (voice)
Juno
Mac MacGuff
Postal
Candidate Welles
Rendition
Lee Mayer
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
James McLaughlin
Spider-Man 3
J. Jonah Jameson
The Astronaut Farmer
Jacobson
First Snow
Vacaro
Harsh Times
Agent Richards
Thank You for Smoking
BR
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
Ralph Earnhardt
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
Self
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
Benny Southstreet (segment "Guys & Dolls")
Spider-Man 2
J. Jonah Jameson
The Ladykillers
Garth Pancake
Hidalgo
Buffalo Bill Cody
Path to War
CIA Briefer
Off the Map
George
Disposal
Older Hunter
Spider-Man
J. Jonah Jameson
The Mexican
Ted Slocum
Starwater
The Gift
Sheriff Pearl Johnson
Autumn in New York
Dr. Tom Grandy
The Cider House Rules
Ray Kendall
I Lost My M in Vegas
Yellow (voice)
For Love of the Game
Frank Perry
Hit and Runway
Ray Tilman
Crossing Fields
Guy
Above Freezing
Hoyd
Celebrity
Souvenir Hawker
Anastasia
Ensemble and Character Vocals (voice)
Face Down
Herb Aames
The Jackal
FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon
Love Walked In
Mr. Shulman
Extreme Measures
Dr. Mingus
The First Wives Club
Federal Marshall
The Scout
Assistant Coach
The Ref
Siskel
Guys and Dolls: Off the Record
Himself / Benny Southstreet
Popeye Doyle
Patrolman in Park