About
J.K. Simmons
Overview
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
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| 2025 | The Accountant 2 | Actor | Ray King | N/A N/A |
| 2024 | Red One | Actor | Santa Claus | N/A N/A |
| 2024 | Juror #2 | Actor | Harold | N/A N/A |
| 2024 | Saturday Night | Actor | Milton Berle | 59 Average |
| 2024 | The Union | Actor | Tom Brennan | 61 Fair |
| 2024 | You Can't Run Forever | Actor | Wade | 58 Average |
| 2023 | The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart | Actor | Ben (voice) | 60 Fair |
| 2023 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Actor | J. Jonah Jameson (voice) | 81 Very good |
| 2023 | Rally Road Racers | Actor | Gnash (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2023 | One Day as a Lion | Actor | Walter Boggs | 58 Average |
| 2022 | Rivals: Ohio State vs. Michigan | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2022 | Prophets of Change | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2022 | Little Brother | Actor | Warren Duffy | 58 Average |
| 2022 | Glorious | Actor | Ghat (voice) | 58 Average |
| 2022 | Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers | Actor | Captain Putty (voice) | 66 Fair |
| 2022 | Night Sky | Actor | Franklin York | 69 Fair |
| 2022 | Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 60 Fair |
| 2022 | Marmaduke | Actor | Zeus (voice) | 57 Average |
| 2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | Actor | J. Jonah Jameson | 79 Good |
| 2021 | National Champions | Actor | Coach James Lazor | 59 Average |
| 2021 | Being the Ricardos | Actor | William Frawley | 62 Fair |
| 2021 | Ghostbusters: Afterlife | Actor | Ivo Shandor | 72 Good |
| 2021 | Seal Team | Actor | Claggart (voice) | 62 Fair |
| 2021 | Venom: Let There Be Carnage | Actor | J. Jonah Jameson (uncredited) | 67 Fair |
| 2021 | The Tomorrow War | Actor | James Forester | 73 Good |
| 2021 | Ride the Eagle | Actor | Carl | 59 Average |
| 2021 | INVINCIBLE | Actor | Nolan Grayson / Omni-Man (voice) | 86 Very good |
| 2021 | Rushing or Dragging | Actor | Terrence Fletcher (Archive Audio) | 59 Average |
| 2021 | Zack Snyder's Justice League | Actor | Commissioner Gordon | 80 Very good |
| 2020 | Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens | Actor | Orville | N/A N/A |
| 2020 | Palm Springs | Actor | Roy | 71 Good |
| 2020 | Defending Jacob | Actor | Billy Barber | 82 Very good |
| 2019 | Klaus | Actor | Klaus (voice) | 79 Good |
| 2019 | 21 Bridges | Actor | Captain Matt McKenna | 66 Fair |
| 2019 | 3 Days with Dad | Actor | Joey | 58 Average |
| 2019 | Spider-Man: Far From Home | Actor | J. Jonah Jameson | 73 Good |
| 2019 | Fanboy | Actor | J.K. / Frank Perry | N/A N/A |
| 2018 | Drug$ | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2018 | The Front Runner | Actor | Bill Dixon | 59 Average |
| 2018 | Detroit: Comeback City | Actor | Himself - Narrator | 59 Average |
| 2018 | A Boy Called Sailboat | Actor | Ernest | 59 Average |
| 2018 | The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island | Actor | Dr. Moore (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Father Figures | Actor | Ronald Hunt | 58 Average |
| 2017 | Counterpart | Actor | Howard Silk | 73 Good |
| 2017 | I'm Not Here | Actor | Steve | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Justice League | Actor | Commissioner James Gordon | 60 Fair |
| 2017 | The Bachelors | Actor | Bill Palet | 61 Fair |
| 2017 | The Snowman | Actor | Arve Støp | 53 Average |
| 2017 | Renegades | Actor | Levin | 57 Average |
| 2017 | The Black Ghiandola | Actor | Ralph Aceto | 59 Average |
| 2017 | All Nighter | Actor | Mr. Gallo | 58 Average |
| 2017 | Punching Henry | Actor | Jay Warren | 58 Average |
| 2016 | Patriots Day | Actor | Sgt. Jeffrey Pugliese | 68 Fair |
| 2016 | La La Land | Actor | Bill | 78 Good |
| 2016 | The Accountant | Actor | Ray King | 70 Good |
| 2016 | Goliath | Actor | George Zax | 75 Good |
| 2016 | The Late Bloomer | Actor | James Newmans | 57 Average |
| 2016 | Rock Dog | Actor | Khampa (voice) | 60 Fair |
| 2016 | The Meddler | Actor | Randall Zipper | 58 Average |
| 2016 | Weirdmageddon | Actor | Ford Pines (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2016 | Zootopia | Actor | Mayor Leodore Lionheart (voice) | 76 Good |
| 2016 | Kung Fu Panda 3 | Actor | Kai (voice) | 68 Fair |
| 2015 | Worlds Apart | Actor | Sebastian | 59 Average |
| 2015 | Phineas and Ferb: The O.W.C.A. Files | Actor | Napoleon / Additional Voices (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2015 | Terminator Genisys | Actor | O'Brien | 59 Average |
| 2015 | Major Lazer | Actor | President Whitewall (voice) | 69 Fair |
| 2015 | What Lives Inside | Actor | Benjamin 'Pops' Delaney | 70 Good |
| 2014 | Men, Women & Children | Actor | Allison's Dad | 62 Fair |
| 2014 | Whiplash | Actor | Fletcher | 83 Very good |
| 2014 | Ava & Lala | Actor | General Tiger (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2014 | Wild Hawaii | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 69 Fair |
| 2014 | The Boxcar Children | Actor | Dr. Moore (voice) | 60 Fair |
| 2014 | The Rewrite | Actor | Dr. Hal Lerner | 59 Average |
| 2014 | Murder of a Cat | Actor | Sheriff Frank Hoyle | 58 Average |
| 2014 | Break Point | Actor | Jack | 58 Average |
| 2014 | Growing Up Fisher | Actor | Mel Fisher | 68 Fair |
| 2014 | Barefoot | Actor | Dr. Bertleman | 62 Fair |
| 2013 | Labor Day | Actor | Mr. Jervis | 66 Fair |
| 2013 | LEGO MARVEL Super Heroes: Maximum Overload | Actor | J. Jonah Jameson (voice) | 69 Fair |
| 2013 | LEGO Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload | Actor | J. Jonah Jameson | 61 Fair |
| 2013 | Jobs | Actor | Arthur Rock | 60 Fair |
| 2013 | 3 Geezers! | Actor | J. Kimball | 58 Average |
| 2013 | The Magic Bracelet | Actor | The Shaman | N/A N/A |
| 2013 | Family Tools | Actor | 67 Fair |
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| 2013 | The Heeler | Actor | Roscoe | N/A N/A |
| 2013 | Dark Skies | Actor | Edwin Pollard | 62 Fair |
| 2013 | Whiplash | Actor | Fletcher | 66 Fair |
| 2012 | The Words | Actor | Mr. Jansen | 63 Fair |
| 2012 | The Legend of Korra | Actor | Tenzin (voice) | 82 Very good |
| 2012 | Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man | Actor | J. Jonah Jameson (voice) | 76 Good |
| 2012 | Contraband | Actor | Captain Camp | 62 Fair |
| 2011 | Ben 10 - Generator Rex: Heroes United | Actor | White Knight (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2011 | Young Adult | Actor | Mavis' Publisher (voice) (uncredited) | 58 Average |
| 2011 | Blackstone | Actor | Detective Burke | 59 Average |
| 2011 | The Good Doctor | Actor | Detective Krauss | 59 Average |
| 2011 | The Music Never Stopped | Actor | Henry Sawyer | 62 Fair |
| 2011 | Desert Car Kings | Actor | Himself - Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 2010 | True Grit | Actor | J. Noble Daggett (voice) (uncredited) | 71 Good |
| 2010 | Megamind | Actor | Warden (voice) | 69 Fair |
| 2010 | 4192: The Crowning of the Hit King | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 58 Average |
| 2010 | An Invisible Sign | Actor | Mr. Jones | 57 Average |
| 2010 | A Beginner's Guide to Endings | Actor | Uncle Pal | 59 Average |
| 2010 | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | Actor | Gruff K-9 (voice) | 55 Average |
| 2010 | Crazy on the Outside | Actor | Ed | 57 Average |
| 2009 | Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2009 | The Vicious Kind | Actor | Donald Sinclaire | 59 Average |
| 2009 | Up in the Air | Actor | Bob | 67 Fair |
| 2009 | Jennifer's Body | Actor | Mr. Wroblewski | 59 Average |
| 2009 | Extract | Actor | Brian | 58 Average |
| 2009 | Post Grad | Actor | Roy Davies | 55 Average |
| 2009 | Aliens in the Attic | Actor | Skip (voice) | 57 Average |
| 2009 | The Way of War | Actor | Sergeant Mitchell | 57 Average |
| 2009 | I Love You, Man | Actor | Oswald Klaven | 64 Fair |
| 2009 | Red Sands | Actor | Lt. Col. Arson | 56 Average |
| 2009 | New in Town | Actor | Stu Kopenhafer | 58 Average |
| 2008 | Burn After Reading | Actor | CIA Superior | 65 Fair |
| 2008 | Walt Whitman | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Juno | Actor | Mac MacGuff | 69 Fair |
| 2007 | Postal | Actor | Candidate Welles | 53 Average |
| 2007 | Rendition | Actor | Lee Mayer | 61 Fair |
| 2007 | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | Actor | James McLaughlin | 60 Fair |
| 2007 | Spider-Man 3 | Actor | J. Jonah Jameson | 64 Fair |
| 2007 | The Astronaut Farmer | Actor | Jacobson | 60 Fair |
| 2006 | First Snow | Actor | Vacaro | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Harsh Times | Actor | Agent Richards | 61 Fair |
| 2005 | Thank You for Smoking | Actor | BR | 69 Fair |
| 2005 | The Closer | Actor | Will Pope | 77 Good |
| 2004 | 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story | Actor | Ralph Earnhardt | 59 Average |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2004 | Broadway's Lost Treasures II | Actor | Benny Southstreet (segment "Guys & Dolls") | 59 Average |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2 | Actor | J. Jonah Jameson | 72 Good |
| 2004 | The Ladykillers | Actor | Garth Pancake | 60 Fair |
| 2004 | The D.A. | Actor | Dep. Dist. Atty. Joe Carter | N/A N/A |
| 2004 | Hidalgo | Actor | Buffalo Bill Cody | 65 Fair |
| 2003 | Path to War | Actor | CIA Briefer | 59 Average |
| 2003 | Off the Map | Actor | George | 59 Average |
| 2003 | Disposal | Actor | Older Hunter | N/A N/A |
| 2002 | Spider-Man | Actor | J. Jonah Jameson | 72 Good |
| 2001 | The Mexican | Actor | Ted Slocum | 59 Average |
| 2001 | Starwater | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2000 | Autumn in New York | Actor | Dr. Tom Grandy | 60 Fair |
| 2000 | The Gift | Actor | Sheriff Pearl Johnson | 62 Fair |
| 1999 | The Cider House Rules | Actor | Ray Kendall | 66 Fair |
| 1999 | I Lost My M in Vegas | Actor | Yellow | N/A N/A |
| 1999 | I Lost My 'M' in Vegas | Actor | Yellow | 60 Fair |
| 1999 | For Love of the Game | Actor | Frank Perry | 61 Fair |
| 1999 | Hit and Runway | Actor | Ray Tilman | 58 Average |
| 1998 | Crossing Fields | Actor | Guy | N/A N/A |
| 1998 | Above Freezing | Actor | Hoyd | 59 Average |
| 1998 | Celebrity | Actor | Souvenir Hawker | 59 Average |
| 1997 | Anastasia | Actor | Ensemble and Character Vocals (voice) | 74 Good |
| 1997 | Face Down | Actor | Herb Aames | 59 Average |
| 1997 | The Jackal | Actor | FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon | 62 Fair |
| 1997 | Oz | Actor | Vernon Schillinger | 79 Good |
| 1997 | Love Walked In | Actor | Mr. Shulman | 58 Average |
| 1996 | Extreme Measures | Actor | Dr. Mingus | 59 Average |
| 1996 | The First Wives Club | Actor | Federal Marshall | 63 Fair |
| 1994 | The Scout | Actor | Assistant Coach | 57 Average |
| 1994 | The Ref | Actor | Siskel | 61 Fair |
| 1992 | Guys and Dolls: Off the Record | Actor | Himself / Benny Southstreet | 59 Average |
| 1986 | Popeye Doyle | Actor | Patrolman in Park | 58 Average |
| 109 Billion Followers | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| Reykjavik | Actor | George Shultz | N/A N/A |
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| Mario Plush Forever | Actor | Poop Mario | N/A N/A |
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| Spaceman | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| The Accountant 3 | Actor | Ray King | N/A N/A |
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| Reykjavik | Actor | George Shultz | N/A N/A |
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| The Tomorrow War 2 | Actor | Slade | N/A N/A |
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| Hypergalactic | Actor | (voice) | N/A N/A |
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| Oh, the Places You’ll Go! | Actor | Narrator | 61 Fair |
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