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Known for Acting Age 71 years Place of birth Detroit, Michigan, USA

J.K. Simmons
Biography
Life and career
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
75 films

The Accountant²
2025as Ray King

Red One
2024as Nick

Juror #2
2024as Harold

Saturday Night
2024as Milton Berle

The Union
2024as Tom Brennan

The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart
2023as Ben (voice)

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
2022as Captain Putty (voice)

Spider-Man: No Way Home
2021as J. Jonah Jameson

Being the Ricardos
2021as William Frawley

Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021as Ivo Shandor

Seal Team
2021as Claggart (voice)

Venom: Let There Be Carnage
2021as J. Jonah Jameson (uncredited)

The Tomorrow War
2021as James Forester

Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021as Commissioner Gordon

Palm Springs
2020as Roy

Klaus
2019as Klaus (voice)

21 Bridges
2019as Captain Matt McKenna

Spider-Man: Far From Home
2019as J. Jonah Jameson

Justice League
2017as Commissioner Gordon

The Bachelors
2017as Bill Palet

The Snowman
2017as Arve Støp

Renegades
2017as Levin

Patriots Day
2016as Sgt. Jeffrey Pugliese

La La Land
2016as Bill

The Accountant
2016as Ray King

Rock Dog
2016as Khampa (voice)

The Meddler
2016as Randall Zipper

Zootopia
2016as Mayor Lionheart (voice)

Kung Fu Panda 3
2016as Kai (voice)

Terminator Genisys
2015as O'Brien

Men, Women & Children
2014as Allison's Dad

Whiplash
2014as Fletcher

Barefoot
2014as Dr. Bertleman

Labor Day
2013as Mr. Jervis

Jobs
2013as Arthur Rock

Dark Skies
2013as Edwin Pollard

The Words
2012as Mr. Jansen

Contraband
2012as Captain Camp

Young Adult
2011as Mavis' Publisher (voice) (uncredited)

The Good Doctor
2011as Detective Krauss

True Grit
2010as J. Noble Daggett (voice) (uncredited)

Megamind
2010as Warden (voice)

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
2010as Gruff K-9 (voice)

Up in the Air
2009as Bob

Jennifer's Body
2009as Mr. Wroblewski

Extract
2009as Brian

Post Grad
2009as Roy Davies

Aliens in the Attic
2009as Skip (voice)

I Love You, Man
2009as Oswald Klaven

New in Town
2009as Stu Kopenhafer

Burn After Reading
2008as CIA Superior

Juno
2007as Mac MacGuff

Postal
2007as Candidate Welles

Rendition
2007as Lee Mayer

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007as James McLaughlin

Spider-Man 3
2007as J. Jonah Jameson

First Snow
2006as Vacaro

Harsh Times
2005as Agent Richards

Thank You for Smoking
2005as BR

Spider-Man 2
2004as J. Jonah Jameson

The Ladykillers
2004as Garth Pancake

Hidalgo
2004as Buffalo Bill Cody

Spider-Man
2002as J. Jonah Jameson

The Mexican
2001as Ted Slocum

The Gift
2000as Sheriff Pearl Johnson

Autumn in New York
2000as Dr. Tom Grandy

The Cider House Rules
1999as Ray Kendall

For Love of the Game
1999as Frank Perry

Celebrity
1998as Souvenir Hawker

Anastasia
1997as Ensemble and Character Vocals (voice)

The Jackal
1997as FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon

Extreme Measures
1996as Dr. Mingus

The First Wives Club
1996as Federal Marshall

The Ref
1994as Siskel