J.K. Simmons
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 9, 1955
- Birthplace
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
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
Monkey Quest TBA
as Vex (voice)
- The Thing That Hurts
The Thing That Hurts TBA
Actor
Behind the Zirkonians TBA
as Skip (voice)
- The Prince
The Prince TBA
Actor
109 Billion Followers 2026
as Reaper
Heart of the Beast 2026
as Watkins
Purgatory 2026
as Father Malone
The Brink of War 2026
as George Shultz
Little Brother 2025
as Warren Duffy
The Accountant² 2025
as Ray King
The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery 2025
as Narrator
Red One 2024
as Nick
Juror #2 2024
as Harold
Saturday Night 2024
as Milton Berle
The Union 2024
as Tom Brennan
Spaceman 2024
Actor
You Can't Run Forever 2024
as Wade
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart 2023
as Ben (voice)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 2023
as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
Rally Road Racers 2023
as Gnash (voice)
One Day as a Lion 2023
as Walter Boggs
Rivals: Ohio State vs. Michigan 2022
as Narrator
Prophets of Change 2022
as Narrator
Hopper: An American Love Story 2022
as Edward Hopper (voice)
Glorious 2022
as Ghat (voice)
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers 2022
as Captain Putty (voice)
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home 2022
as Self
Marmaduke 2022
as Zeus (voice)
Spider-Man: No Way Home 2021
as J. Jonah Jameson
National Champions 2021
as Coach James Lazor
Being the Ricardos 2021
as William Frawley
Ghostbusters: Afterlife 2021
as Ivo Shandor
Seal Team 2021
as Claggart (voice)
Venom: Let There Be Carnage 2021
as J. Jonah Jameson (uncredited)
The Tomorrow War 2021
as James Forester
Ride the Eagle 2021
as Carl
Rushing or Dragging 2021
as Terrence Fletcher (Archive Audio)
Zack Snyder's Justice League 2021
as Commissioner Gordon
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens 2020
as Orville
Charlie Russell's Old West 2020
as Narrator
Palm Springs 2020
as Roy
Klaus 2019
as Klaus (voice)
21 Bridges 2019
as Captain Matt McKenna
3 Days with Dad 2019
as Joey
Spider-Man: Far From Home 2019
as J. Jonah Jameson
Fanboy 2019
as J.K. / Frank Perry
Drug$ 2018
as Narrator
The Front Runner 2018
as Bill Dixon
Detroit: Comeback City 2018
as Himself - Narrator
A Boy Called Sailboat 2018
as Ernest
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island 2018
as Dr. Moore (voice)
Father Figures 2017
as Ronald Hunt
I'm Not Here 2017
as Steve
Justice League 2017
as Commissioner Gordon
The Bachelors 2017
as Bill Palet
The Snowman 2017
as Arve Støp
Renegades 2017
as Levin
The Black Ghiandola 2017
as Ralph Aceto
All Nighter 2017
as Mr. Gallo
Punching Henry 2017
as Jay Warren
Patriots Day 2016
as Sgt. Jeffrey Pugliese
La La Land 2016
as Bill
The Accountant 2016
as Ray King
The Late Bloomer 2016
as James Newmans
Rock Dog 2016
as Khampa (voice)
The Meddler 2016
as Randall Zipper
Zootopia 2016
as Mayor Lionheart (voice)
Gravity Falls: Between the Pines 2016
as Ford Pines (Voice)
Kung Fu Panda 3 2016
as Kai (voice)
Worlds Apart 2015
as Sebastian
Terminator Genisys 2015
as O'Brien
Men, Women & Children 2014
as Allison's Dad
Whiplash 2014
as Fletcher
Ava & Lala 2014
as General Tiger (voice)
The Boxcar Children 2014
as Dr. Moore (voice)
The Rewrite 2014
as Hal Lerner
Murder of a Cat 2014
as Sheriff Frank Hoyle
Break Point 2014
as Jack
Barefoot 2014
as Dr. Bertleman
Labor Day 2013
as Mr. Jervis
Jobs 2013
as Arthur Rock
3 Geezers! 2013
as J. Kimball
- The Magic Bracelet
The Magic Bracelet 2013
as The Shaman
- The Heeler
The Heeler 2013
as Roscoe
Dark Skies 2013
as Edwin Pollard
Whiplash 2013
as Fletcher
The Words 2012
as Mr. Jansen
Contraband 2012
as Captain Camp
Ben 10 / Generator Rex: Heroes United 2011
as White Knight (voice)
Young Adult 2011
as Mavis' Publisher (voice) (uncredited)
- Blackstone
Blackstone 2011
as Detective Burke
The Good Doctor 2011
as Detective Krauss
The Music Never Stopped 2011
as Henry Sawyer
True Grit 2010
as J. Noble Daggett (voice) (uncredited)
Megamind 2010
as Warden (voice)
4192: The Crowning of the Hit King 2010
as Narrator (voice)
An Invisible Sign 2010
as Mr. Jones
A Beginner's Guide to Endings 2010
as Uncle Pal
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore 2010
as Gruff K-9 (voice)
Crazy on the Outside 2010
as Ed
Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe 2009
as Self
The Vicious Kind 2009
as Donald Sinclaire
Up in the Air 2009
as Bob
Jennifer's Body 2009
as Mr. Wroblewski
Extract 2009
as Brian
Post Grad 2009
as Roy Davies
Aliens in the Attic 2009
as Skip (voice)
The Way of War 2009
as Sergeant Mitchell
I Love You, Man 2009
as Oswald Klaven
Red Sands 2009
as Lt. Col. Arson
New in Town 2009
as Stu Kopenhafer
Burn After Reading 2008
as CIA Superior
Walt Whitman 2008
as Narrator (voice)
Juno 2007
as Mac MacGuff
Postal 2007
as Candidate Welles
Rendition 2007
as Lee Mayer
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee 2007
as James McLaughlin
Spider-Man 3 2007
as J. Jonah Jameson
On the Set: Spider-Man 3 2007
as Self
The Astronaut Farmer 2007
as Jacobson
First Snow 2006
as Vacaro
Harsh Times 2005
as Agent Richards
Thank You for Smoking 2005
as BR
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story 2004
as Ralph Earnhardt
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing 2004
as Self
Broadway's Lost Treasures II 2004
as Benny Southstreet (segment "Guys & Dolls")
Spider-Man 2 2004
as J. Jonah Jameson
The Ladykillers 2004
as Garth Pancake
Hidalgo 2004
as Buffalo Bill Cody
Path to War 2003
as CIA Briefer
Off the Map 2003
as George
- Disposal
Disposal 2003
as Older Hunter
Spider-Man 2002
as J. Jonah Jameson
The Mexican 2001
as Ted
- Starwater
Starwater 2001
Actor
The Gift 2000
as Sheriff Pearl Johnson
Autumn in New York 2000
as Dr. Tom Grandy
The Cider House Rules 1999
as Ray Kendall
I Lost My M in Vegas 1999
as Yellow (voice)
For Love of the Game 1999
as Frank Perry
Hit and Runway 1999
as Ray Tilman
Crossing Fields 1998
as Guy
Above Freezing 1998
as Hoyd
Celebrity 1998
as Souvenir Hawker
Face Down 1997
as Herb Aames
The Jackal 1997
as FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon
Love Walked In 1997
as Mr. Shulman
Extreme Measures 1996
as Dr. Mingus
The First Wives Club 1996
as Federal Marshall
The Scout 1994
as Assistant Coach
The Ref 1994
as Siskel
Guys and Dolls: Off the Record 1992
as Himself / Benny Southstreet
Popeye Doyle 1986
as Patrolman in Park
Credits from TMDB.