J.K. Simmons
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.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
240
Gender
Male
Birthday
1955-01-09 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Acting

2025

The Accountant² as Ray King

2025

Zootopia 2 as Mayor Leodore Lionheart (voice)

2024

Red One as Nick

2024

Ren & Stimpy as Lint (voice)

2024

Juror #2 as Harold

2024

The Union as Tom Brennan

2023

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)

2022

Night Sky as Franklin York

2021

INVINCIBLE as Nolan Grayson / Omni-Man (voice)

2021

The Great North as Tusk Johnson (voice)

2021

The Tomorrow War as James Forester

2021

Spider-Man: No Way Home as J. Jonah Jameson

2021

Ghostbusters: Afterlife as Ivo Shandor

2021

Zack Snyder's Justice League as Commissioner Gordon

2021

Venom: Let There Be Carnage as J. Jonah Jameson (uncredited)

2020

Defending Jacob as Billy Barber

2020

The Stand as General Starkey

2020

Die Hart as Jackson Pepper

2020

Home Movie: The Princess Bride as The Grandfather

2020

Coronavirus, Explained as Self - Narrator

2020

Palm Springs as Roy

2019

The Kelly Clarkson Show as Not available

2019

Spider-Man: Far From Home as J. Jonah Jameson

2018

Explained as Narrator (voice)

2017

Justice League as Commissioner James Gordon

2017

Brockmire as Matt "The Bat" Hardesty

2017

No Activity as Leo

2017

Counterpart as Howard Silk

2017

Father Figures as Ronald Hunt

2016

The Accountant as Ray King

2016

Goliath as George Zax

2016

Zootopia as Mayor Leodore Lionheart (voice)

2016

La La Land as Bill

2016

Kung Fu Panda 3 as Kai (voice)

2015

Major Lazer as President Whitewall (voice)

2015

Terminator Genisys as O'Brien

2015

What Lives Inside as Benjamin 'Pops' Delaney

2014

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as Voice Over (voice)

2014

BoJack Horseman as Lenny Turtletaub (voice)

2014

Growing Up Fisher as Mel Fisher

2014

Whiplash as Fletcher

2014

Men, Women & Children as Allison's Dad

2014

Barefoot as Dr. Bertleman

2013

Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Frank Dillman

2013

Family Tools as Not available

2013

LEGO MARVEL Super Heroes: Maximum Overload as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)

2013

Labor Day as Mr. Jervis

2012

Gravity Falls as Stanford Pines (voice)

2012

The Legend of Korra as Tenzin (voice)

2012

Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)

2012

Men At Work as P.J. Jordan

2011

NTSF:SD:SUV:: as Frank Forrest

2010

The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)

2010

The Talk as Self - Guest

2010

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien as Magister Gilhil / Plumber (voice)

2010

Raising Hope as Bruce Chance

2010

Pound Puppies as Lt. Rock (voice)

2010

Pound Puppies as Mr. Withers (voice)

2010

Megamind as Warden (voice)

2010

True Grit as J. Noble Daggett (voice) (uncredited)

2009

Parks and Recreation as Mayor Stice

2009

Archer as Detective (voice)

2009

Party Down as Leonard Stiltskin

2009

Jennifer's Body as Mr. Wroblewski

2008

Batman: The Brave and the Bold as Guardian (voice)

2008

Burn After Reading as CIA Superior

2007

Phineas and Ferb as Napoleon (voice)

2007

Phineas and Ferb as J.B. (voice)

2007

Spider-Man 3 as J. Jonah Jameson

2007

Juno as Mac MacGuff

2005

American Dad! as Judge (voice)

2005

American Dad! as Dean of CIA Academy (voice)

2005

American Dad! as Gene (voice)

2005

American Dad! as Jed Farnsworth (voice)

2005

The Closer as Will Pope

2004

Veronica Mars as Clyde Pickett

2004

Justice League Unlimited as Eiling (voice)

2004

Justice League Unlimited as General Eiling (voice)

2004

Jack & Bobby as Not available

2004

The Jury as Not available

2004

Spider-Man 2 as J. Jonah Jameson

2003

Arrested Development as General Anderson

2003

Nip/Tuck as Not available

2002

Without a Trace as Mark Wilson

2002

Kim Possible as Martin Smarty / Additional voices (voice)

2002

Kim Possible as Martin Smarty (voice)

2002

Everwood as Phil Drebbles

2002

Spider-Man as J. Jonah Jameson

2002

John Doe as Not available

2001

Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Emil Skoda

1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Dr. Emil Skoda

1999

The West Wing as Harry Ravitch

1999

Third Watch as Frank Hagedorn

1997

Oz as Vernon Schillinger

1997

Anastasia as Ensemble and Character Vocals (voice)

1997

The Jackal as FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon

1996

Spin City as Kevin

1996

Remember WENN as 'Captain Amazon'

1995

New York News as Not available

1994

ER as Gus Loomer

1994

New York Undercover as Not available

1993

Homicide: Life on the Street as Alexander Rausch

1990

Law & Order as Emil Skoda

1990

Law & Order as Jerry Luppin

1989

The Simpsons as Victor Kleskow (voice)

1989

The Simpsons as Tabloid Editor (voice)

1989

The Simpsons as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)

1989

The Simpsons as JJ Gruff (voice)

1989

The Simpsons as Dr. Jessup (voice)

1986

American Masters as Edward Hopper

1975

Saturday Night Live as Self - Host

1975

Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

1953

The Oscars as Self

NaN

The Tomorrow War 2 as Slade

2024

Saturday Night as Milton Berle

2023

Rally Road Racers as Gnash (voice)

2023

One Day as a Lion as Walter Boggs

2022

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers as Captain Putty (voice)

2022

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home as Self (archive footage)

2022

Marmaduke as Zeus (voice)

2021

Seal Team as Claggart (voice)

2021

Being the Ricardos as William Frawley

2019

Klaus as Klaus (voice)

2019

21 Bridges as Captain Matt McKenna

2018

The Front Runner as Bill Dixon

2017

The Snowman as Arve Støp

2017

Renegades as Levin

2017

All Nighter as Mr. Gallo

2017

The Bachelors as Bill Palet

2016

Patriots Day as Sgt. Jeffrey Pugliese

2016

The Late Bloomer as James Newmans

2016

Rock Dog as Khampa (voice)

2016

The Meddler as Randall Zipper

2014

Wild Hawaii as Narrator (voice)

2014

The Rewrite as Dr. Hal Lerner

2013

Dark Skies as Edwin Pollard

2013

Jobs as Arthur Rock

2012

Contraband as Captain Camp

2012

The Words as Mr. Jansen

2011

Desert Car Kings as Himself - Narrator

2011

The Good Doctor as Detective Krauss

2011

Ben 10 - Generator Rex: Heroes United as White Knight (voice)

2011

Young Adult as Mavis' Publisher (voice) (uncredited)

2011

The Music Never Stopped as Henry Sawyer

2009

Up in the Air as Bob

2009

I Love You, Man as Oswald Klaven

2009

Aliens in the Attic as Skip (voice)

2009

Extract as Brian

2009

New in Town as Stu Kopenhafer

2009

Post Grad as Roy Davies

2007

Rendition as Lee Mayer

2007

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee as James McLaughlin

2007

The Astronaut Farmer as Jacobson

2007

Postal as Candidate Welles

2006

First Snow as Vacaro

2005

Harsh Times as Agent Richards

2004

The D.A. as Dep. Dist. Atty. Joe Carter

2004

Hidalgo as Buffalo Bill Cody

2004

The Ladykillers as Garth Pancake

2003

Path to War as CIA Briefer

2001

The Mexican as Ted Slocum

2000

The Gift as Sheriff Pearl Johnson

2000

Autumn in New York as Dr. Tom Grandy

1999

The Cider House Rules as Ray Kendall

1996

The First Wives Club as Federal Marshall

NaN

The Westies as Eamon Sweeney

2023

Little Brother as Warren Duffy

2022

Glorious as Ghat (voice)

2022

Hopper: An American Love Story as Edward Hopper (voice)

2022

Prophets of Change as Narrator

2021

National Champions as Coach James Lazor

2021

Ride the Eagle as Carl

2021

Rushing or Dragging as Terrence Fletcher (Archive Audio)

2019

Fanboy as J.K. / Frank Perry

2019

3 Days with Dad as Joey

2018

A Boy Called Sailboat as Ernest

2018

The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island as Dr. Moore (voice)

2018

Drug$ as Narrator

2018

Detroit: Comeback City as Himself - Narrator

2017

I'm Not Here as Steve

2017

The Black Ghiandola as Ralph Aceto

2017

Punching Henry as Jay Warren

2015

O.W.C.A. Files as Napoleon / Additional Voices (voice)

2015

Worlds Apart as Sebastian

2014

Murder of a Cat as Sheriff Frank Hoyle

2014

The Boxcar Children as Dr. Moore (voice)

2014

Break Point as Jack

2014

Ava & Lala as General Tiger (voice)

2013

Whiplash as Fletcher

2013

3 Geezers! as J. Kimball

2013

The Magic Bracelet as The Shaman

2013

The Heeler as Roscoe

2011

Blackstone as Detective Burke

2010

An Invisible Sign as Mr. Jones

2010

4192: The Crowning of the Hit King as Narrator (voice)

2009

The Way of War as Sergeant Mitchell

2009

Red Sands as Lt. Col. Arson

2009

The Vicious Kind as Donald Sinclaire

2008

Walt Whitman as Narrator (voice)

2004

Broadway's Lost Treasures II as Benny Southstreet (segment "Guys & Dolls")

2004

3: The Dale Earnhardt Story as Ralph Earnhardt

2003

Off the Map as George

2003

Disposal as Older Hunter

2001

Starwater as Not available

1999

For Love of the Game as Frank Perry

1998

Crossing Fields as Guy

1997

Face Down as Herb Aames

1997

Love Walked In as Mr. Shulman

1994

The Ref as Siskel

1994

The Scout as Assistant Coach

NaN

The Prince as Not available

NaN

Heart of the Beast as Not available

1986

Popeye Doyle as Patrolman in Park

NaN

Reykjavik as George Shultz

NaN

Hypergalactic as (voice)

1999

Hit and Runway as Ray Tilman

1998

Celebrity as Souvenir Hawker

1998

Above Freezing as Hoyd

1996

Extreme Measures as Dr. Mingus

1992

Guys and Dolls: Off the Record as Himself / Benny Southstreet

NaN

Spaceman as Not available

NaN

109 Billion Followers as Not available