J.K. Simmons
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Jan 9, 1955 (71 years old)
Place of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
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
| 2025 | Little BrotherWarren Duffy | |
| 2025 | The Accountant²Ray King | |
| 2025 | The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes MysteryNarrator | |
| 2024 | You Can't Run ForeverWade | |
| 2024 | The UnionTom Brennan | |
| 2024 | Juror #2Harold | |
| 2024 | Red OneNick | |
| 2024 | Saturday NightMilton Berle | |
| 2024 | Ren & StimpyLint (voice) | |
| 2023 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-VerseJ. Jonah Jameson (voice) | |
| 2023 | The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon HeartBen (voice) | |
| 2023 | Rally Road RacersGnash (voice) | |
| 2023 | One Day as a LionWalter Boggs | |
| 2022 | Chip 'n Dale: Rescue RangersCaptain Putty (voice) | |
| 2022 | GloriousGhat (voice) | |
| 2022 | Prophets of ChangeNarrator | |
| 2022 | Rivals: Ohio State vs. MichiganNarrator | |
| 2022 | MarmadukeZeus (voice) | |
| 2022 | Hopper: An American Love StoryEdward Hopper (voice) | |
| 2022 | Night SkyFranklin York | |
| 2021 | Seal TeamClaggart (voice) | |
| 2021 | Venom: Let There Be CarnageJ. Jonah Jameson (uncredited) | |
| 2021 | Ghostbusters: AfterlifeIvo Shandor | |
| 2021 | The Tomorrow WarJames Forester | |
| 2021 | Zack Snyder's Justice LeagueCommissioner Gordon | |
| 2021 | Being the RicardosWilliam Frawley | |
| 2021 | Rushing or DraggingTerrence Fletcher (Archive Audio) | |
| 2021 | National ChampionsCoach James Lazor | |
| 2021 | Ride the EagleCarl | |
| 2021 | Spider-Man: No Way HomeJ. Jonah Jameson | |
| 2021 | The Great NorthTusk Johnson (voice) | |
| 2021 | InvincibleNolan Grayson / Omni-Man (voice) | |
| 2020 | Palm SpringsRoy | |
| 2020 | Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging QueensOrville | |
| 2020 | Home Movie: The Princess BrideThe Grandfather | |
| 2020 | Coronavirus, ExplainedSelf - Narrator | |
| 2020 | Defending JacobBilly Barber | |
| 2020 | The StandGeneral Starkey | |
| 2020 | Die HartJackson Pepper | |
| 2019 | FanboyJ.K. / Frank Perry | |
| 2019 | KlausKlaus (voice) | |
| 2019 | 21 BridgesCaptain Matt McKenna | |
| 2019 | Spider-Man: Far From HomeJ. Jonah Jameson | |
| 2019 | 3 Days with DadJoey | |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf | |
| 2018 | A Boy Called SailboatErnest | |
| 2018 | The Front RunnerBill Dixon | |
| 2018 | Detroit: Comeback CityHimself - Narrator | |
| 2018 | The Boxcar Children: Surprise IslandDr. Moore (voice) | |
| 2018 | Drug$Narrator | |
| 2018 | ExplainedNarrator (voice) | |
| 2017 | Punching HenryJay Warren | |
| 2017 | RenegadesLevin | |
| 2017 | All NighterMr. Gallo | |
| 2017 | Father FiguresRonald Hunt | |
| 2017 | The SnowmanArve Støp | |
| 2017 | Justice LeagueCommissioner Gordon | |
| 2017 | The BachelorsBill Palet | |
| 2017 | I'm Not HereSteve | |
| 2017 | The Black GhiandolaRalph Aceto | |
| 2017 | Robert Kirkman's Secret History of ComicsSelf | |
| 2017 | CounterpartHoward Silk | |
| 2017 | No ActivityLeo | |
| 2017 | BrockmireMatt "The Bat" Hardesty | |
| 2016 | The AccountantRay King | |
| 2016 | Rock DogKhampa (voice) | |
| 2016 | The MeddlerRandall Zipper | |
| 2016 | ZootopiaMayor Lionheart (voice) | |
| 2016 | Kung Fu Panda 3Kai (voice) | |
| 2016 | Patriots DaySgt. Jeffrey Pugliese | |
| 2016 | La La LandBill | |
| 2016 | The Late BloomerJames Newmans | |
| 2016 | Gravity Falls: Between the PinesFord Pines (Voice) | |
| 2016 | GoliathGeorge Zax | |
| 2015 | O.W.C.A. FilesNapoleon / Additional Voices (voice) | |
| 2015 | Terminator GenisysO'Brien | |
| 2015 | Worlds ApartSebastian | |
| 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf | |
| 2015 | Major LazerPresident Whitewall (voice) | |
| 2015 | What Lives InsideBenjamin 'Pops' Delaney | |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest | |
| 2014 | Break PointJack | |
| 2014 | BarefootDr. Bertleman | |
| 2014 | WhiplashFletcher | |
| 2014 | Murder of a CatSheriff Frank Hoyle | |
| 2014 | The RewriteDr. Hal Lerner | |
| 2014 | Men, Women & ChildrenAllison's Dad | |
| 2014 | The Boxcar ChildrenDr. Moore (voice) | |
| 2014 | Ava & LalaGeneral Tiger (voice) | |
| 2014 | Growing Up FisherMel Fisher | |
| 2014 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver(voice) | |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on ActorsSelf | |
| 2014 | BoJack HorsemanLenny Turtletaub (voice) | |
| 2014 | Wild HawaiiNarrator (voice) | |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf - Guest | |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest | |
| 2013 | Dark SkiesEdwin Pollard | |
| 2013 | JobsArthur Rock | |
| 2013 | 3 Geezers!J. Kimball | |
| 2013 | Labor DayMr. Jervis | |
| 2013 | WhiplashFletcher | |
| 2013 | The Magic BraceletThe Shaman | |
| 2013 | The HeelerRoscoe | |
| 2013 | Family ToolsTony Shea | |
| 2013 | LEGO MARVEL Super Heroes: Maximum OverloadJ. Jonah Jameson (voice) | |
| 2013 | Brooklyn Nine-NineFrank Dillman | |
| 2012 | The WordsMr. Jansen | |
| 2012 | ContrabandCaptain Camp | |
| 2012 | Men at WorkP.J. Jordan | |
| 2012 | The Legend of KorraTenzin (voice) | |
| 2012 | Marvel's Ultimate Spider-ManJ. Jonah Jameson (voice) | |
| 2012 | Gravity FallsStanford Pines (voice) | |
| 2012 | Best Friends ForeverDon | |
| 2012 | The Legend of KorraMushi (voice) | |
| 2011 | The Music Never StoppedHenry Sawyer | |
| 2011 | Young AdultMavis' Publisher (voice) (uncredited) | |
| 2011 | The Good DoctorDetective Krauss | |
| 2011 | BlackstoneDetective Burke | |
| 2011 | Ben 10 / Generator Rex: Heroes UnitedWhite Knight (voice) | |
| 2011 | Desert Car KingsHimself - Narrator | |
| 2011 | NTSF:SD:SUV::Frank Forrest | |
| 2010 | Crazy on the OutsideEd | |
| 2010 | MegamindWarden (voice) | |
| 2010 | An Invisible SignMr. Jones | |
| 2010 | A Beginner's Guide to EndingsUncle Pal | |
| 2010 | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty GaloreGruff K-9 (voice) | |
| 2010 | 4192: The Crowning of the Hit KingNarrator (voice) | |
| 2010 | True GritJ. Noble Daggett (voice) (uncredited) | |
| 2010 | The TalkSelf - Guest | |
| 2010 | Ben 10: Ultimate AlienMagister Gilhil / Plumber (voice) | |
| 2010 | Pound PuppiesLt. Rock (voice) | |
| 2010 | Pound PuppiesMr. Withers (voice) | |
| 2010 | The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest HeroesJ. Jonah Jameson (voice) | |
| 2010 | Raising HopeBruce Chance | |
| 2009 | Up in the AirBob | |
| 2009 | ExtractBrian | |
| 2009 | Post GradRoy Davies | |
| 2009 | The Vicious KindDonald Sinclaire | |
| 2009 | New in TownStu Kopenhafer | |
| 2009 | The Way of WarSergeant Mitchell | |
| 2009 | I Love You, ManOswald Klaven | |
| 2009 | Jennifer's BodyMr. Wroblewski | |
| 2009 | Aliens in the AtticSkip (voice) | |
| 2009 | Red SandsLt. Col. Arson | |
| 2009 | Extract: Mike Judge's Secret RecipeSelf | |
| 2009 | Party DownLeonard Stiltskin | |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest | |
| 2009 | ArcherDetective (voice) | |
| 2009 | Parks and RecreationMayor Stice | |
| 2008 | Burn After ReadingCIA Superior | |
| 2008 | Walt WhitmanNarrator (voice) | |
| 2008 | Batman: The Brave and the BoldGuardian (voice) | |
| 2008 | Ben 10: Alien ForceMagister Gilhil (voice) | |
| 2007 | Spider-Man 3J. Jonah Jameson | |
| 2007 | RenditionLee Mayer | |
| 2007 | JunoMac MacGuff | |
| 2007 | Bury My Heart at Wounded KneeJames McLaughlin | |
| 2007 | The Astronaut FarmerJacobson | |
| 2007 | PostalCandidate Welles | |
| 2007 | Phineas and FerbNapoleon (voice) | |
| 2007 | Phineas and FerbJ.B. (voice) | |
| 2006 | First SnowVacaro | |
| 2005 | Harsh TimesAgent Richards | |
| 2005 | Thank You for SmokingBR | |
| 2005 | American Dad!Judge (voice) | |
| 2005 | The CloserWill Pope | |
| 2005 | American Dad!Gene (voice) | |
| 2005 | American Dad!Dean of CIA Academy (voice) | |
| 2005 | American Dad!Jed Farnsworth (voice) | |
| 2005 | Numb3rsDr. Clarence Weaver | |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2J. Jonah Jameson | |
| 2004 | HidalgoBuffalo Bill Cody | |
| 2004 | The LadykillersGarth Pancake | |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2: Making the AmazingSelf | |
| 2004 | 3: The Dale Earnhardt StoryRalph Earnhardt | |
| 2004 | Broadway's Lost Treasures IIBenny Southstreet (segment "Guys & Dolls") | |
| 2004 | Jack & Bobby | |
| 2004 | The Jury | |
| 2004 | The D.A.Dep. Dist. Atty. Joe Carter | |
| 2004 | Justice League UnlimitedEiling (voice) | |
| 2004 | Justice League UnlimitedGeneral Eiling (voice) | |
| 2004 | Veronica MarsClyde Pickett | |
| 2003 | Off the MapGeorge | |
| 2003 | DisposalOlder Hunter | |
| 2003 | Path to WarCIA Briefer | |
| 2003 | Nip/TuckIke Connors | |
| 2003 | Arrested DevelopmentGeneral Anderson | |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest | |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self | |
| 2002 | Spider-ManJ. Jonah Jameson | |
| 2002 | John DoeLucas Doya | |
| 2002 | EverwoodPhil Drebbles | |
| 2002 | Without a TraceMark Wilson | |
| 2002 | Kim PossibleMartin Smarty (voice) | |
| 2002 | Kim PossibleMartin Smarty / Additional voices (voice) | |
| 2001 | The MexicanTed Slocum | |
| 2001 | Starwater | |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal IntentEmil Skoda | |
| 2000 | The GiftSheriff Pearl Johnson | |
| 2000 | Autumn in New YorkDr. Tom Grandy | |
| 1999 | Hit and RunwayRay Tilman | |
| 1999 | The Cider House RulesRay Kendall | |
| 1999 | For Love of the GameFrank Perry | |
| 1999 | I Lost My M in VegasYellow (voice) | |
| 1999 | Third WatchFrank Hagedorn | |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims UnitDr. Emil Skoda | |
| 1999 | The West WingHarry Ravitch | |
| 1998 | CelebritySouvenir Hawker | |
| 1998 | Crossing FieldsGuy | |
| 1998 | Above FreezingHoyd | |
| 1997 | The JackalFBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon | |
| 1997 | Love Walked InMr. Shulman | |
| 1997 | Face DownHerb Aames | |
| 1997 | AnastasiaEnsemble and Character Vocals (voice) | |
| 1997 | OzVernon Schillinger | |
| 1996 | Extreme MeasuresDr. Mingus | |
| 1996 | The First Wives ClubFederal Marshall | |
| 1996 | Spin CityKevin | |
| 1996 | Remember WENN'Captain Amazon' | |
| 1996 | The Daily ShowSelf - Guest | |
| 1996 | Swift JusticeMel Turman | |
| 1995 | New York News | |
| 1994 | The RefSiskel | |
| 1994 | The ScoutAssistant Coach | |
| 1994 | New York Undercover | |
| 1994 | ERGus Loomer | |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the StreetAlexander Rausch | |
| 1993 | The Adventures of Pete & Pete | |
| 1992 | Guys and Dolls: Off the RecordHimself / Benny Southstreet | |
| 1990 | Law & OrderEmil Skoda | |
| 1990 | Law & OrderJerry Luppin | |
| 1989 | The SimpsonsVictor Kleskow (voice) | |
| 1989 | The SimpsonsTabloid Editor (voice) | |
| 1989 | The SimpsonsJ. Jonah Jameson (voice) | |
| 1989 | The SimpsonsJJ Gruff (voice) | |
| 1989 | The SimpsonsDr. Jessup (voice) | |
| 1986 | Popeye DoylePatrolman in Park | |
| 1986 | American MastersEdward Hopper | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night LiveSelf - Cameo (uncredited) | |
| 1953 | The OscarsSelf | |
| - | Hypergalactic(voice) | |
| - | The Prince | |
| - | Spaceman | |
| - | 109 Billion Followers | |
| - | ReykjavikGeorge Shultz | |
| - | Heart of the Beast | |
| - | Behind the ZirkoniansSkip (voice) | |
| - | PurgatoryFather Malone | |
| - | The Thing That Hurts | |
| - | The WestiesEamon Sweeney | |
| - | EmbassyAmbassador Elliot Ashford |