J.K. Simmons
Actor

J.K. Simmons

35 Movies
6 TV Shows
41 Credits
Personal Info
Known For Acting
Known Credits 41
Birthday January 9, 1955 (71 years old)
Place of Birth Detroit, Michigan, USA
Also Known As JK Simmons, Jonathan Simmons, Jonathan Kimble "J.K." Simmons, ΀΢έι Κέι Σίμονς
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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 β€œFord” 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 β€œOmni-Man” Grayson in the Amazon Prime action animated series Invincible (2021). He has been the voice of the Yellow M&M since 1996.

Filmography (236)

The Brink of War 2026
Heart of the Beast 2026
The Westies 2026
Little Brother 2025
The AccountantΒ² 2025
The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery 2025
You Can't Run Forever 2024
The Union 2024
Juror #2 2024
Red One 2024
Saturday Night 2024
Ren & Stimpy 2024
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 2023
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart 2023
Rally Road Racers 2023
One Day as a Lion 2023
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers 2022
Glorious 2022
Prophets of Change 2022
Rivals: Ohio State vs. Michigan 2022
Marmaduke 2022
Hopper: An American Love Story 2022
Night Sky 2022
Seal Team 2021
Venom: Let There Be Carnage 2021 Ghostbusters: Afterlife 2021
The Tomorrow War 2021
Zack Snyder's Justice League 2021
Being the Ricardos 2021
Rushing or Dragging 2021
National Champions 2021
Ride the Eagle 2021
Spider-Man: No Way Home 2021
The Great North 2021
INVINCIBLE 2021
Palm Springs 2020
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens 2020
Home Movie: The Princess Bride 2020
Coronavirus, Explained 2020
Defending Jacob 2020
The Stand 2020
Die Hart 2020
Fanboy 2019
Klaus 2019
21 Bridges 2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home 2019
3 Days with Dad 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show 2019
A Boy Called Sailboat 2018
The Front Runner 2018
Detroit: Comeback City 2018
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island 2018
Drug$ 2018
Explained 2018
Punching Henry 2017
Renegades 2017
All Nighter 2017
Father Figures 2017
The Snowman 2017
Justice League 2017
The Bachelors 2017
I'm Not Here 2017
The Black Ghiandola 2017
Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics 2017
Counterpart 2017
No Activity 2017
Brockmire 2017
The Accountant 2016
Rock Dog 2016
The Meddler 2016
Zootopia 2016 Kung Fu Panda 3 2016
Patriots Day 2016
La La Land 2016
The Late Bloomer 2016
Gravity Falls: Between the Pines 2016
Goliath 2016
O.W.C.A. Files 2015
Terminator Genisys 2015
Worlds Apart 2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter 2015
Major Lazer 2015
What Lives Inside 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2015
Break Point 2014
Barefoot 2014
Whiplash 2014
Murder of a Cat 2014
The Rewrite 2014
Men, Women & Children 2014
The Boxcar Children 2014
Ava & Lala 2014
Growing Up Fisher 2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors 2014
BoJack Horseman 2014
Wild Hawaii 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers 2014
Dark Skies 2013
Jobs 2013
3 Geezers! 2013
Labor Day 2013
The Magic Bracelet 2013
The Heeler 2013
Family Tools 2013
LEGO MARVEL Super Heroes: Maximum Overload 2013
Brooklyn Nine-Nine 2013
The Words 2012
Contraband 2012
Men at Work 2012
The Legend of Korra 2012
Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man 2012
Gravity Falls 2012
Best Friends Forever 2012
The Music Never Stopped 2011
Young Adult 2011
The Good Doctor 2011
Blackstone 2011
Ben 10 / Generator Rex: Heroes United 2011
Desert Car Kings 2011
NTSF:SD:SUV:: 2011
Crazy on the Outside 2010
Megamind 2010
An Invisible Sign 2010
A Beginner's Guide to Endings 2010
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore 2010
4192: The Crowning of the Hit King 2010
True Grit 2010
The Talk 2010
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien 2010
Pound Puppies 2010
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes 2010
Raising Hope 2010
Up in the Air 2009
Extract 2009
Post Grad 2009
The Vicious Kind 2009
New in Town 2009
The Way of War 2009
I Love You, Man 2009
Jennifer's Body 2009
Aliens in the Attic 2009
Red Sands 2009
Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe 2009
Party Down 2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen 2009
Archer 2009
Parks and Recreation 2009
Burn After Reading 2008
Walt Whitman 2008
Batman: The Brave and the Bold 2008
Ben 10: Alien Force 2008
Spider-Man 3 2007
Rendition 2007
Juno 2007
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee 2007
The Astronaut Farmer 2007
Postal 2007
Phineas and Ferb 2007
First Snow 2006
Harsh Times 2005
Thank You for Smoking 2005
American Dad! 2005
The Closer 2005
Numb3rs 2005
Spider-Man 2 2004 Hidalgo 2004
The Ladykillers 2004
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing 2004
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story 2004
Broadway's Lost Treasures II 2004
Jack & Bobby 2004
The Jury 2004
The D.A. 2004
Justice League Unlimited 2004
Veronica Mars 2004
Off the Map 2003
Disposal 2003
Path to War 2003
Nip/Tuck 2003
Arrested Development 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2003
Spider-Man 2002
John Doe 2002
Everwood 2002
Without a Trace 2002
Kim Possible 2002
The Mexican 2001
Starwater 2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent 2001
The Gift 2000
Autumn in New York 2000
Hit and Runway 1999
The Cider House Rules 1999
For Love of the Game 1999
I Lost My M in Vegas 1999
Third Watch 1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999
The West Wing 1999
Celebrity 1998
Crossing Fields 1998
Above Freezing 1998
The Jackal 1997
Love Walked In 1997
Face Down 1997
Anastasia 1997 Oz 1997
Extreme Measures 1996
The First Wives Club 1996
Spin City 1996
Remember WENN 1996
The Daily Show 1996
Swift Justice 1996
New York News 1995
The Ref 1994
The Scout 1994
New York Undercover 1994
ER 1994
Homicide: Life on the Street 1993
The Adventures of Pete & Pete 1993
Guys and Dolls: Off the Record 1992
Law & Order 1990
The Simpsons 1989
Popeye Doyle 1986
American Masters 1986
Saturday Night Live 1975
The Oscars 1953
Monkey Quest
The Prince
Spaceman
109 Billion Followers
Behind the Zirkonians
Purgatory
The Thing That Hurts
Embassy