J.K. Simmons
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 9 January 1955 · Detroit, Michigan, USA
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
Acting 165
- 2026The Prince
- 2026Heart of the Beast as Watkins
- 2026Behind the Zirkonians as Skip (voice)
- 2026Monkey Quest as Vex (voice)
- 2026The Thing That Hurts
- 2026109 Billion Followers as Reaper
- 2026Purgatory as Father Malone
- 2026The Brink of War as George Shultz
- 2026KSonic: Into the Multi-World as Omni-Man (archive footage) (voice)/Terence Fletcher (archive footage) (voice)
- 2025Batgirl as Commissioner Gordon
- 2025The Tomorrow War 2 as Slade
- 2025Little Brother as Warren Duffy
- 2025The Accountant² as Ray King
- 2025The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery as Narrator
- 2024Red One as Nick
- 2024Juror #2 as Harold
- 2024Saturday Night as Milton Berle
- 2024The Union as Tom Brennan
- 2024Spaceman
- 2024You Can't Run Forever as Wade
- 2023Invincible: Atom Eve as Nolan Grayson
- 2023The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart as Ben (voice)
- 2023Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
- 2023Rally Road Racers as Gnash (voice)
- 2023One Day as a Lion as Walter Boggs
- 2022Rivals: Ohio State vs. Michigan as Narrator
- 2022Prophets of Change as Narrator
- 2022Hopper: An American Love Story as Edward Hopper (voice)
- 2022Glorious as Ghat (voice)
- 2022Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers as Captain Putty (voice)
- 2022Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home as Self
- 2022Marmaduke as Zeus (voice)
- 2021Spider-Man: No Way Home as J. Jonah Jameson
- 2021National Champions as Coach James Lazor
- 2021Being the Ricardos as William Frawley
- 2021Ghostbusters: Afterlife as Ivo Shandor
- 2021Seal Team as Claggart (voice)
- 2021Venom: Let There Be Carnage as J. Jonah Jameson (uncredited)
- 2021The Tomorrow War as James Forester
- 2021Ride the Eagle as Carl
- 2021Rushing or Dragging as Terrence Fletcher (Archive Audio)
- 2021Zack Snyder's Justice League as Commissioner Gordon
- 2020Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens as Orville
- 2020Charlie Russell's Old West as Narrator
- 2020Palm Springs as Roy
- 2019Klaus as Klaus (voice)
- 201921 Bridges as Captain Matt McKenna
- 20193 Days with Dad as Joey
- 2019Spider-Man: Far From Home as J. Jonah Jameson
- 2019Fanboy as J.K. / Frank Perry
- 2019The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self · 2 episodes
- 2018Drug$ as Narrator
- 2018The Front Runner as Bill Dixon
- 2018Detroit: Comeback City as Himself - Narrator
- 2018A Boy Called Sailboat as Ernest
- 2018The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island as Dr. Moore (voice)
- 2017Father Figures as Ronald Hunt
- 2017I'm Not Here as Steve
- 2017Justice League as Commissioner Gordon
- 2017The Bachelors as Bill Palet
- 2017The Snowman as Arve Støp
- 2017Renegades as Levin
- 2017The Black Ghiandola as Ralph Aceto
- 2017All Nighter as Mr. Gallo
- 2017Punching Henry as Jay Warren
- 2016Patriots Day as Sgt. Jeffrey Pugliese
- 2016La La Land as Bill
- 2016The Accountant as Ray King
- 2016The Late Bloomer as James Newmans
- 2016Rock Dog as Khampa (voice)
- 2016The Meddler as Randall Zipper
- 2016Zootopia as Mayor Lionheart (voice)
- 2016Gravity Falls: Between the Pines as Ford Pines (Voice)
- 2016Kung Fu Panda 3 as Kai (voice)
- 2015Worlds Apart as Sebastian
- 2015O.W.C.A. Files as Napoleon / Additional Voices (voice)
- 2015Terminator Genisys as O'Brien
- 2014Men, Women & Children as Allison's Dad
- 2014Whiplash as Fletcher
- 2014Ava & Lala as General Tiger (voice)
- 2014The Boxcar Children as Dr. Moore (voice)
- 2014The Rewrite as Hal Lerner
- 2014Murder of a Cat as Sheriff Frank Hoyle
- 2014Break Point as Jack
- 2014Barefoot as Dr. Bertleman
- 2014Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as (voice) · 1 episode
- 2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest · 2 episodes
- 2013Labor Day as Mr. Jervis
- 2013Jobs as Arthur Rock
- 20133 Geezers! as J. Kimball
- 2013The Magic Bracelet as The Shaman
- 2013The Heeler as Roscoe
- 2013Dark Skies as Edwin Pollard
- 2013Whiplash as Fletcher
- 2012The Words as Mr. Jansen
- 2012Contraband as Captain Camp
- 2011Ben 10 / Generator Rex: Heroes United as White Knight (voice)
- 2011Young Adult as Mavis' Publisher (voice) (uncredited)
- 2011Blackstone as Detective Burke
- 2011The Good Doctor as Detective Krauss
- 2011The Music Never Stopped as Henry Sawyer
- 2010True Grit as J. Noble Daggett (voice) (uncredited)
- 2010Megamind as Warden (voice)
- 20104192: The Crowning of the Hit King as Narrator (voice)
- 2010An Invisible Sign as Mr. Jones
- 2010A Beginner's Guide to Endings as Uncle Pal
- 2010Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore as Gruff K-9 (voice)
- 2010Crazy on the Outside as Ed
- 2009Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe as Self
- 2009The Vicious Kind as Donald Sinclaire
- 2009Up in the Air as Bob
- 2009Jennifer's Body as Mr. Wroblewski
- 2009Extract as Brian
- 2009Post Grad as Roy Davies
- 2009Aliens in the Attic as Skip (voice)
- 2009The Way of War as Sergeant Mitchell
- 2009I Love You, Man as Oswald Klaven
- 2009Red Sands as Lt. Col. Arson
- 2009New in Town as Stu Kopenhafer
- 2008Burn After Reading as CIA Superior
- 2008Walt Whitman as Narrator (voice)
- 2007Juno as Mac MacGuff
- 2007Postal as Candidate Welles
- 2007Rendition as Lee Mayer
- 2007Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee as James McLaughlin
- 2007Spider-Man 3 as J. Jonah Jameson
- 2007On the Set: Spider-Man 3 as Self
- 2007The Astronaut Farmer as Jacobson
- 2006First Snow as Vacaro
- 2005Harsh Times as Agent Richards
- 2005Thank You for Smoking as BR
- 2005American Dad! as Gene (voice) · 4 episodes
- 20043: The Dale Earnhardt Story as Ralph Earnhardt
- 2004Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing as Self
- 2004Broadway's Lost Treasures II as Benny Southstreet (segment "Guys & Dolls")
- 2004Spider-Man 2 as J. Jonah Jameson
- 2004The Ladykillers as Garth Pancake
- 2004Hidalgo as Buffalo Bill Cody
- 2003Path to War as CIA Briefer
- 2003Off the Map as George
- 2003Disposal as Older Hunter
- 2002Spider-Man as J. Jonah Jameson
- 2001The Mexican as Ted
- 2001Starwater
- 2000The Gift as Sheriff Pearl Johnson
- 2000Autumn in New York as Dr. Tom Grandy
- 1999The Cider House Rules as Ray Kendall
- 1999I Lost My M in Vegas as Yellow (voice)
- 1999For Love of the Game as Frank Perry
- 1999Hit and Runway as Ray Tilman
- 1998Crossing Fields as Guy
- 1998Above Freezing as Hoyd
- 1998Celebrity as Souvenir Hawker
- 1997Anastasia as Ensemble and Character Vocals (voice)
- 1997Face Down as Herb Aames
- 1997The Jackal as FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon
- 1997Love Walked In as Mr. Shulman
- 1996Extreme Measures as Dr. Mingus
- 1996The First Wives Club as Federal Marshall
- 1996The Daily Show as Self - Guest · 1 episode
- 1994The Scout as Assistant Coach
- 1994The Ref as Siskel
- 1992Guys and Dolls: Off the Record as Himself / Benny Southstreet
- 1989The Simpsons as Victor Kleskow (voice) · 5 episodes
- 1986Popeye Doyle as Patrolman in Park