J.K. Simmons
Born 1955
Known for Whiplash, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2.
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.
Movie Credits
You Can't Run Forever (2024)
Drug$ (2018)
All Nighter (2017)
The Bachelors (2017)
Heart of the Beast (2026)
Glorious (2022)
Marmaduke (2022)
Seal Team (2021)
Klaus (2019)
Whiplash (2014)
The Brink of War (2026)
The Brink of War (2026)
Juror #2 (2024)
The Union (2024)
Being the Ricardos (2021)
The Tomorrow War (2021)
Palm Springs (2020)
Father Figures (2017)
Punching Henry (2017)
Patriots Day (2016)
The Accountant (2016)
Barefoot (2014)
A Beginner's Guide to Endings (2010)
An Invisible Sign (2010)
New in Town (2009)
The Accountant² (2025)
One Day as a Lion (2023)
Ride the Eagle (2021)
Dark Skies (2013)
Crazy on the Outside (2010)
The Vicious Kind (2009)
1st Look (2008)
The Mexican (2001)
Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)
I Love You, Man (2009)
Juno (2007)
Hidalgo (2004)
Off the Map (2003)
The Jackal (1997)
Terminator Genisys (2015)
The Words (2012)
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
For Love of the Game (1999)
Face Down (1997)
The Snowman (2017)
The Good Doctor (2011)
Spider-Man (2002)
3 Days with Dad (2019)
Contraband (2012)
Up in the Air (2009)
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Autumn in New York (2000)
Zootopia (2016)
Labor Day (2013)
Red Sands (2009)
Burn After Reading (2008)
Rendition (2007)
Post Grad (2009)
Justice League (2017)
La La Land (2016)
Megamind (2010)
Thank You for Smoking (2005)
The Gift (2000)
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022)
The Cider House Rules (1999)
Extreme Measures (1996)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
Jobs (2013)
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart (2023)
Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)
Men, Women & Children (2014)
Aliens in the Attic (2009)
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010)
Saturday Night (2024)
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
Anastasia (1997)
The First Wives Club (1996)
Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
