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J.K. Simmons

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.

Filmography

2016
Zootopia

as Mayor Lionheart (voice)

Movie
2016
La La Land

as Bill

Movie
2007
Spider-Man 3

as J. Jonah Jameson

Movie
2025
The Accountant²

as Ray King

Movie
2024
Red One

as Nick

Movie
2021
Spider-Man: No Way Home

as J. Jonah Jameson

Movie
2023
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)

Movie
2021
Zack Snyder's Justice League

as Commissioner Gordon

Movie
1997
Anastasia

as Ensemble and Character Vocals (voice)

Movie
2021
The Tomorrow War

as James Forester

Movie
2019
Klaus

as Klaus (voice)

Movie
2010
True Grit

as J. Noble Daggett (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
2010
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore

as Gruff K-9 (voice)

Movie
2014
Whiplash

as Fletcher

Movie
2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home

as J. Jonah Jameson

Movie
2002
Spider-Man

as J. Jonah Jameson

Movie
2024
Juror #2

as Harold

Movie
2021
INVINCIBLE

as Nolan Grayson / Omni-Man (voice)

TV Show
1990
Law & Order

as Emil Skoda

TV Show