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.
Movies (144)
Heart of the Beast
2026
The Brink of War
2026
Little Brother
2025
The Accountant²
2025
The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery
2025
Red One
2024
Juror #2
2024
Saturday Night
2024
The Union
2024
You Can't Run Forever
2024
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart
2023
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023
Rally Road Racers
2023
One Day as a Lion
2023
Rivals: Ohio State vs. Michigan
2022
Prophets of Change
2022
Hopper: An American Love Story
2022
Glorious
2022
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
2022
Marmaduke
2022
Spider-Man: No Way Home
2021
Being the Ricardos
2021
National Champions
2021
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021
Seal Team
2021
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
2021
The Tomorrow War
2021
Ride the Eagle
2021
Rushing or Dragging
2021
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
2020
Palm Springs
2020
Klaus
2019
21 Bridges
2019
3 Days with Dad
2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home
2019
Fanboy
2019
Drug$
2018
The Front Runner
2018
Detroit: Comeback City
2018
A Boy Called Sailboat
2018
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island
2018
Father Figures
2017
I'm Not Here
2017
Justice League
2017
The Bachelors
2017
The Snowman
2017
Renegades
2017
The Black Ghiandola
2017
All Nighter
2017
Punching Henry
2017
Patriots Day
2016
La La Land
2016
The Accountant
2016
The Late Bloomer
2016
Rock Dog
2016
The Meddler
2016
Zootopia
2016
Gravity Falls: Between the Pines
2016
Kung Fu Panda 3
2016
Worlds Apart
2015
O.W.C.A. Files
2015
Terminator Genisys
2015
Men, Women & Children
2014
Whiplash
2014
Ava & Lala
2014
The Boxcar Children
2014
The Rewrite
2014
Murder of a Cat
2014
Break Point
2014
Barefoot
2014
Labor Day
2013
Jobs
2013
3 Geezers!
2013
Dark Skies
2013
Whiplash
2013
The Words
2012
Contraband
2012
Ben 10 / Generator Rex: Heroes United
2011
Young Adult
2011
The Good Doctor
2011
The Music Never Stopped
2011
True Grit
2010
Megamind
2010
4192: The Crowning of the Hit King
2010
An Invisible Sign
2010
A Beginner's Guide to Endings
2010
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
2010
Crazy on the Outside
2010
Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe
2009
The Vicious Kind
2009
Up in the Air
2009
Jennifer's Body
2009
Extract
2009
Post Grad
2009
Aliens in the Attic
2009
The Way of War
2009
I Love You, Man
2009
Red Sands
2009
New in Town
2009
Burn After Reading
2008
Walt Whitman
2008
Juno
2007
Postal
2007
Rendition
2007
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007
Spider-Man 3
2007
The Astronaut Farmer
2007
First Snow
2006
Harsh Times
2005
Thank You for Smoking
2005
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
2004
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
2004
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
2004
Spider-Man 2
2004
The Ladykillers
2004
Hidalgo
2004
Path to War
2003
Off the Map
2003
Spider-Man
2002
The Mexican
2001
The Gift
2000
Autumn in New York
2000
The Cider House Rules
1999
I Lost My M in Vegas
1999
For Love of the Game
1999
Hit and Runway
1999
Crossing Fields
1998
Above Freezing
1998
Celebrity
1998
Anastasia
1997
Face Down
1997
The Jackal
1997
Love Walked In
1997
Extreme Measures
1996
The First Wives Club
1996
The Scout
1994
The Ref
1994
Guys and Dolls: Off the Record
1992
Popeye Doyle
1986
Monkey Quest
Spaceman
109 Billion Followers
Behind the Zirkonians
TV Shows (98)
The Westies
2026
Ren & Stimpy
2024
Night Sky
2022
INVINCIBLE
2021
The Great North
2021
The Stand
2020
Die Hart
2020
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
Coronavirus, Explained
2020
Defending Jacob
2020
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Explained
2018
Counterpart
2017
Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics
2017
No Activity
2017
Brockmire
2017
Goliath
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
Major Lazer
2015
What Lives Inside
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
BoJack Horseman
2014
Wild Hawaii
2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Growing Up Fisher
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
LEGO MARVEL Super Heroes: Maximum Overload
2013
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
Family Tools
2013
Gravity Falls
2012
Men at Work
2012
The Legend of Korra
2012
The Legend of Korra
2012
Best Friends Forever
2012
Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man
2012
NTSF:SD:SUV::
2011
Desert Car Kings
2011
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
2010
The Talk
2010
Pound Puppies
2010
Pound Puppies
2010
Raising Hope
2010
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
2010
Archer
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Parks and Recreation
2009
Party Down
2009
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
2008
Ben 10: Alien Force
2008
Phineas and Ferb
2007
Phineas and Ferb
2007
The Closer
2005
American Dad!
2005
American Dad!
2005
American Dad!
2005
American Dad!
2005
Numb3rs
2005
Veronica Mars
2004
Jack & Bobby
2004
Justice League Unlimited
2004
Justice League Unlimited
2004
The Jury
2004
The D.A.
2004
Arrested Development
2003
Nip/Tuck
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Without a Trace
2002
John Doe
2002
Everwood
2002
Kim Possible
2002
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
Third Watch
1999
The West Wing
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Oz
1997
Spin City
1996
The Daily Show
1996
Swift Justice
1996
Remember WENN
1996
New York News
1995
ER
1994
New York Undercover
1994
The Adventures of Pete & Pete
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
Law & Order
1990
Law & Order
1990
The Simpsons
1989
The Simpsons
1989
The Simpsons
1989
The Simpsons
1989
The Simpsons
1989
American Masters
1986
Saturday Night Live
1975
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Oscars
1953