J.K. Simmons

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

221

Gender

Male

Birthday

1955-01-09 (69 years old)

Place of Birth

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Also Known As

  • JK Simmons
  • Jonathan Simmons
  • Дж.К. Симмонс
  • J・K・シモンズ

J.K. Simmons

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.

Known For

Spider-Man: No Way Home
8.0%

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Dec 15, 2021

Spider-Man
7.3%

Spider-Man

May 1, 2002

La La Land
7.9%

La La Land

Nov 29, 2016

Zootopia
7.7%

Zootopia

Feb 11, 2016

Spider-Man 2
7.3%

Spider-Man 2

Jun 25, 2004

Whiplash
8.4%

Whiplash

Oct 10, 2014

Spider-Man 3
6.4%

Spider-Man 3

May 1, 2007

Justice League
6.1%

Justice League

Nov 15, 2017

The Simpsons
8.0%

The Simpsons

Dec 17, 1989

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Acting

You Can't Run Forever as Wade
My Only Sunshine
Hypergalactic as (voice)
The Tomorrow War 2 as Slade
Juror No. 2
The Accountant 2 as Ray King
SNL 1975 as Milton Berle
2024
Red One as Santa Claus
2024
The Union
2023
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart as Ben (voice)
2023
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
2023
Rally Road Racers as Gnash (voice)
2023
One Day as a Lion as Walter Boggs
2022
Rivals: Ohio State vs. Michigan as Narrator
2022
Prophets of Change as Narrator
2022
Little Brother as Warren Duffy
2022
Glorious as Ghat (voice)
2022
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers as Captain Putty (voice)
2022
Night Sky as Franklin York
2022
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home as Self (archive footage)
2022
Marmaduke as Zeus (voice)
2021
Spider-Man: No Way Home as J. Jonah Jameson
2021
Being the Ricardos as William Frawley
2021
National Champions as Coach James Lazor
2021
Ghostbusters: Afterlife as Ivo Shandor
2021
Seal Team as Claggart (voice)
2021
Venom: Let There Be Carnage as J. Jonah Jameson (uncredited)
2021
The Tomorrow War as James Forester
2021
Ride the Eagle as Carl
2021
Invincible as Nolan Grayson / Omni-Man (voice)
2021
Rushing or Dragging as Terrence Fletcher (Archive Audio)
2021
Zack Snyder's Justice League as Commissioner James Gordon
2021
The Great North as Tusk Johnson (voice)
2020
The Stand as General Starkey
2020
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens as Orville
2020
Palm Springs as Roy
2020
Home Movie: The Princess Bride as The Grandfather
2020
Coronavirus, Explained as Self - Narrator
2020
Defending Jacob as Billy Barber
2019
Klaus as Klaus (voice)
2019
21 Bridges as Captain Matt McKenna
2019
3 Days with Dad as Joey
2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home as J. Jonah Jameson
2019
Fanboy as J.K. / Frank Perry
2018
Drug$ as Narrator
2018
The Front Runner as Bill Dixon
2018
Detroit: Comeback City as Himself - Narrator
2018
A Boy Called Sailboat as Ernest
2018
Explained as Narrator (voice)
2018
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island as Dr. Moore (voice)
2017
Father Figures as Ronald Hunt
2017
Counterpart as Howard Silk
2017
I'm Not Here as Steve
2017
Justice League as Commissioner James Gordon
2017
Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics as Self
2017
No Activity as Leo
2017
The Bachelors as Bill Palet
2017
The Snowman as Arve Støp
2017
Renegades as Levin
2017
The Black Ghiandola as Ralph Aceto
2017
Brockmire as Matt "The Bat" Hardesty
2017
All Nighter as Mr. Gallo
2017
Punching Henry as Jay Warren
2016
Patriots Day as Sgt. Jeffrey Pugliese
2016
La La Land as Bill
2016
The Accountant as Ray King
2016
Goliath as George Zax
2016
The Late Bloomer as James Newmans
2016
Rock Dog as Khampa (voice)
2016
The Meddler as Randall Zipper
2016
Zootopia as Mayor Leodore Lionheart (voice)
2016
Kung Fu Panda 3 as Kai (voice)
2015
Worlds Apart as Sebastian
2015
Phineas and Ferb: The O.W.C.A. Files as Napoleon / Additional Voices (voice)
2015
April and the Extraordinary World as Rodrigue (English DUB)
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
2015
Terminator Genisys as O'Brien
2015
Major Lazer as President Whitewall (voice)
2015
What Lives Inside as Benjamin 'Pops' Delaney
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
2014
Men, Women & Children as Allison's Dad
2014
Whiplash as Terence Fletcher
2014
Ava & Lala as General Tiger (voice)
2014
BoJack Horseman as Lenny Turtletaub (voice)
2014
Wild Hawaii as Narrator (voice)
2014
The Boxcar Children as Dr. Moore (voice)
2014
The Rewrite as Dr. Hal Lerner
2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Voice Over (voice)
2014
Murder of a Cat as Sheriff Frank Hoyle
2014
Break Point as Jack
2014
Growing Up Fisher as Mel Fisher
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2014
Barefoot as Dr. Bertleman
2013
Labor Day as Mr. Jervis
2013
LEGO MARVEL Super Heroes: Maximum Overload as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
2013
Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Frank Dillman
2013
Jobs as Arthur Rock
2013
3 Geezers! as J. Kimball
2013
The Magic Bracelet as The Shaman
2013
Family Tools
2013
The Heeler as Roscoe
2013
Dark Skies as Edwin Pollard
2013
Whiplash as Fletcher
2012
The Words as Mr. Jansen
2012
Gravity Falls as Stanford Pines (voice)
2012
Men At Work as P.J. Jordan
2012
The Legend of Korra as Tenzin (voice)
2012
Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
2012
Contraband as Captain Camp
2011
Young Adult as Mavis' Publisher (voice) (uncredited)
2011
NTSF:SD:SUV:: as Frank Forrest
2011
Blackstone as Detective Burke
2011
The Good Doctor as Detective Krauss
2011
The Music Never Stopped as Henry Sawyer
2011
Desert Car Kings as Himself - Narrator
2010
True Grit as J. Noble Daggett (voice) (uncredited)
2010
Megamind as Warden (voice)
2010
4192: The Crowning of the Hit King as Narrator (voice)
2010
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
2010
The Talk as Self - Guest
2010
Pound Puppies as Lt. Rock (voice)
2010
Pound Puppies as Mr. Withers (voice)
2010
An Invisible Sign as Mr. Jones
2010
A Beginner's Guide to Endings as Uncle Pal
2010
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore as Gruff K-9 (voice)
2010
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien as Magister Gilhil / Plumber (voice)
2010
Crazy on the Outside as Ed
2009
Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe as Self
2009
The Vicious Kind as Donald Sinclaire
2009
Up in the Air as Bob
2009
Jennifer's Body as Mr. Wroblewski
2009
Archer as Detective
2009
Extract as Brian
2009
Post Grad as Roy Davies
2009
Aliens in the Attic as Skip (voice)
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2009
Parks and Recreation as Mayor Stice
2009
I Love You, Man as Oswald Klaven
2009
Party Down as Leonard Stiltskin
2009
Red Sands as Lt. Col. Arson
2009
The Way of War as Sergeant Mitchell
2009
New in Town as Stu Kopenhafer
2008
Batman: The Brave and the Bold as Guardian (voice)
2008
Burn After Reading as CIA Superior
2008
Walt Whitman as Narrator (voice)
2007
Juno as Mac MacGuff
2007
Postal as Candidate Welles
2007
Rendition as Lee Mayer
2007
Phineas and Ferb as Napoleon (voice)
2007
Phineas and Ferb as J.B. (voice)
2007
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee as James McLaughlin
2007
Spider-Man 3 as J. Jonah Jameson
2007
The Astronaut Farmer as Jacobson
2006
First Snow as Vacaro
2005
Harsh Times as Agent Richards
2005
Thank You for Smoking as BR
2005
The Closer as Will Pope
2005
American Dad! as Judge (voice)
2005
American Dad! as Jed Farnsworth (voice)
2005
American Dad! as Dean of CIA Academy (voice)
2005
American Dad! as Gene (voice)
2004
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story as Ralph Earnhardt
2004
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing as Self
2004
Broadway's Lost Treasures II as Benny Southstreet (segment "Guys & Dolls")
2004
Veronica Mars as Clyde Pickett
2004
Jack & Bobby
2004
The Venture Bros. as Ben (Old Man Potter) (voice)
2004
Justice League Unlimited as Eiling (voice)
2004
Justice League Unlimited as General Eiling (voice)
2004
Spider-Man 2 as J. Jonah Jameson
2004
The Jury
2004
The Ladykillers as Garth Pancake
2004
The D.A. as Dep. Dist. Atty. Joe Carter
2004
Hidalgo as Buffalo Bill Cody
2003
Arrested Development as General Anderson
2003
Path to War as CIA Briefer
2003
Off the Map as George
2003
Nip/Tuck
2003
Disposal as Older Hunter
2002
Without a Trace as Mark Wilson
2002
John Doe
2002
Everwood as Phil Drebbles
2002
Kim Possible as Martin Smarty (voice)
2002
Kim Possible as Martin Smarty / Additional voices (voice)
2002
Spider-Man as J. Jonah Jameson
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Dr. Emil Skoda
2001
The Mexican as Ted Slocum
2001
Starwater
2000
Autumn in New York as Dr. Tom Grandy
2000
The Gift as Sheriff Pearl Johnson
1999
The Cider House Rules as Ray Kendall
1999
Third Watch
1999
The West Wing as Harry Ravitch
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Dr. Emil Skoda
1999
I Lost My M in Vegas as Yellow
1999
For Love of the Game as Frank Perry
1999
Hit and Runway as Ray Tilman
1998
Crossing Fields as Guy
1998
Above Freezing as Hoyd
1998
Celebrity as Souvenir Hawker
1997
Face Down as Herb Aames
1997
The Jackal as FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon
1997
Oz as Vernon Schillinger
1997
Love Walked In as Mr. Shulman
1996
Extreme Measures as Dr. Mingus
1996
The First Wives Club as Federal Marshall
1996
Spin City as Kevin
1995
New York News
1994
The Scout as Assistant Coach
1994
ER as Gus Loomer
1994
New York Undercover
1994
The Ref as Siskel
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
1992
Guys And Dolls: Off The Record as Himself / Benny Southstreet
1990
Law & Order as Emil Skoda
1990
Law & Order as Jerry Luppin
1989
The Simpsons as Victor Kleskow (voice)
1986
American Masters as Edward Hopper
1986
Popeye Doyle as Patrolman in Park
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1953
The Oscars as Self
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