J.K. Simmons
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.
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The Brink of War
Little Brother
Red One
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
The Tomorrow War
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Justice League
Zootopia
Kung Fu Panda 3
Spider-Man 3
Spider-Man 2
Spider-Man
Full Filmography
All Credits (230)
109 Billion Followers
as Reaper
Behind the Zirkonians
as Skip (voice)
Monkey Quest
as Vex (voice)
Heart of the Beast
as Watkins
Purgatory
as Father Malone
The Westies
as Eamon Sweeney
The Accountant²
as Ray King
The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery
as Narrator
Juror #2
as Harold
Saturday Night
as Milton Berle
The Union
as Tom Brennan
Spaceman
as Unknown
Ren & Stimpy
as Lint (voice)
You Can't Run Forever
as Wade
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart
as Ben (voice)
Rally Road Racers
as Gnash (voice)
One Day as a Lion
as Walter Boggs
Rivals: Ohio State vs. Michigan
as Narrator
Prophets of Change
as Narrator
Hopper: An American Love Story
as Edward Hopper (voice)
Glorious
as Ghat (voice)
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
as Captain Putty (voice)
Night Sky
as Franklin York
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
as Self
Marmaduke
as Zeus (voice)
Being the Ricardos
as William Frawley
National Champions
as Coach James Lazor
Seal Team
as Claggart (voice)
Last Meals
as Self
Ride the Eagle
as Carl
INVINCIBLE
as Nolan Grayson / Omni-Man (voice)
Rushing or Dragging
as Terrence Fletcher (Archive Audio)
The Great North
as Tusk Johnson (voice)
The Stand
as General Starkey
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
as Orville
Charlie Russell's Old West
as Narrator
Die Hart
as Jackson Pepper
Palm Springs
as Roy
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
as The Grandfather
Coronavirus, Explained
as Self - Narrator
Defending Jacob
as Billy Barber
Klaus
as Klaus (voice)
21 Bridges
as Captain Matt McKenna
The Daily Bugle
as J. Jonah Jameson
3 Days with Dad
as Joey
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
Fanboy
as J.K. / Frank Perry
Drug$
as Narrator
The Front Runner
as Bill Dixon
Detroit: Comeback City
as Himself - Narrator
A Boy Called Sailboat
as Ernest
Explained
as Narrator (voice)
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island
as Dr. Moore (voice)
Father Figures
as Ronald Hunt
Counterpart
as Howard Silk
I'm Not Here
as Steve
Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics
as Self
No Activity
as Leo
The Bachelors
as Bill Palet
The Snowman
as Arve Støp
Renegades
as Levin
The Black Ghiandola
as Ralph Aceto
Brockmire
as Matt "The Bat" Hardesty
All Nighter
as Mr. Gallo
Punching Henry
as Jay Warren
Patriots Day
as Sgt. Jeffrey Pugliese
La La Land
as Bill
The Accountant
as Ray King
Goliath
as George Zax
The Late Bloomer
as James Newmans
Rock Dog
as Khampa (voice)
The Meddler
as Randall Zipper
Gravity Falls: Between the Pines
as Ford Pines (Voice)
Worlds Apart
as Sebastian
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
Terminator Genisys
as O'Brien
Major Lazer
as President Whitewall (voice)
What Lives Inside
as Benjamin 'Pops' Delaney
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
Men, Women & Children
as Allison's Dad
Whiplash
as Fletcher
Ava & Lala
as General Tiger (voice)
BoJack Horseman
as Lenny Turtletaub (voice)
Wild Hawaii
as Narrator (voice)
The Boxcar Children
as Dr. Moore (voice)
The Rewrite
as Hal Lerner
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
as (voice)
Murder of a Cat
as Sheriff Frank Hoyle
Break Point
as Jack
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
Growing Up Fisher
as Mel Fisher
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
Barefoot
as Dr. Bertleman
Labor Day
as Mr. Jervis
LEGO MARVEL Super Heroes: Maximum Overload
as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
as Frank Dillman
Jobs
as Arthur Rock
3 Geezers!
as J. Kimball
Family Tools
as Tony Shea
Dark Skies
as Edwin Pollard
Whiplash
as Fletcher
The Words
as Mr. Jansen
Gravity Falls
as Stanford Pines (voice)
Men at Work
as P.J. Jordan
The Legend of Korra
as Tenzin (voice)
The Legend of Korra
as Mushi (voice)
Best Friends Forever
as Don
Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man
as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
Contraband
as Captain Camp
Ben 10 / Generator Rex: Heroes United
as White Knight (voice)
Young Adult
as Mavis' Publisher (voice) (uncredited)
NTSF:SD:SUV::
as Frank Forrest
The Good Doctor
as Detective Krauss
The Music Never Stopped
as Henry Sawyer
Desert Car Kings
as Himself - Narrator
True Grit
as J. Noble Daggett (voice) (uncredited)
Megamind
as Warden (voice)
4192: The Crowning of the Hit King
as Narrator (voice)
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
The Talk
as Self - Guest
Pound Puppies
as Lt. Rock (voice)
Pound Puppies
as Mr. Withers (voice)
An Invisible Sign
as Mr. Jones
Raising Hope
as Bruce Chance
A Beginner's Guide to Endings
as Uncle Pal
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
as Gruff K-9 (voice)
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
as Magister Gilhil / Plumber (voice)
Crazy on the Outside
as Ed
Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe
as Self
The Vicious Kind
as Donald Sinclaire
Up in the Air
as Bob
Jennifer's Body
as Mr. Wroblewski
Archer
as Detective (voice)
Extract
as Brian
Post Grad
as Roy Davies
Aliens in the Attic
as Skip (voice)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
The Way of War
as Sergeant Mitchell
Parks and Recreation
as Mayor Stice
I Love You, Man
as Oswald Klaven
Party Down
as Leonard Stiltskin
Red Sands
as Lt. Col. Arson
New in Town
as Stu Kopenhafer
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
as Guardian (voice)
Burn After Reading
as CIA Superior
Ben 10: Alien Force
as Magister Gilhil (voice)
Walt Whitman
as Narrator (voice)
Juno
as Mac MacGuff
Postal
as Candidate Welles
Rendition
as Lee Mayer
Phineas and Ferb
as Napoleon (voice)
Phineas and Ferb
as J.B. (voice)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
as James McLaughlin
On the Set: Spider-Man 3
as Self
The Astronaut Farmer
as Jacobson
First Snow
as Vacaro
Harsh Times
as Agent Richards
Thank You for Smoking
as BR
The Closer
as Will Pope
American Dad!
as Judge (voice)
American Dad!
as Dean of CIA Academy (voice)
American Dad!
as Gene (voice)
American Dad!
as Jed Farnsworth (voice)
Numb3rs
as Dr. Clarence Weaver
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
as Ralph Earnhardt
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
as Self
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
as Benny Southstreet (segment "Guys & Dolls")
Veronica Mars
as Clyde Pickett
Jack & Bobby
as Unknown
Justice League Unlimited
as Eiling (voice)
Justice League Unlimited
as General Eiling (voice)
The Jury
as Unknown
The Ladykillers
as Garth Pancake
The D.A.
as Dep. Dist. Atty. Joe Carter
Hidalgo
as Buffalo Bill Cody
Arrested Development
as General Anderson
Path to War
as CIA Briefer
Off the Map
as George
Nip/Tuck
as Ike Connors
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
Without a Trace
as Mark Wilson
John Doe
as Lucas Doya
Everwood
as Phil Drebbles
Kim Possible
as Martin Smarty (voice)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Emil Skoda
The Mexican
as Ted
The Gift
as Sheriff Pearl Johnson
Autumn in New York
as Dr. Tom Grandy
The Cider House Rules
as Ray Kendall
Third Watch
as Frank Hagedorn
The West Wing
as Harry Ravitch
I Lost My M in Vegas
as Yellow (voice)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Dr. Emil Skoda
For Love of the Game
as Frank Perry
Hit and Runway
as Ray Tilman
Crossing Fields
as Guy
Above Freezing
as Hoyd
Celebrity
as Souvenir Hawker
Face Down
as Herb Aames
The Jackal
as FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon
Oz
as Vernon Schillinger
Love Walked In
as Mr. Shulman
Extreme Measures
as Dr. Mingus
The First Wives Club
as Federal Marshall
Spin City
as Kevin
The Daily Show
as Self - Guest
Swift Justice
as Mel Turman
Remember WENN
as 'Captain Amazon'
New York News
as Unknown
The Scout
as Assistant Coach
ER
as Gus Loomer
New York Undercover
as Unknown
The Ref
as Siskel
The Adventures of Pete & Pete
as Unknown
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Alexander Rausch
Guys and Dolls: Off the Record
as Himself / Benny Southstreet
Law & Order
as Emil Skoda
Law & Order
as Jerry Luppin
The Simpsons
as Victor Kleskow (voice)
The Simpsons
as Tabloid Editor (voice)
The Simpsons
as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
The Simpsons
as JJ Gruff (voice)
The Simpsons
as Dr. Jessup (voice)
Popeye Doyle
as Patrolman in Park
American Masters
as Edward Hopper
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
as Vern Schillinger (uncredited)
The Oscars
as Self