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