CINEFILER

J.K. Simmons

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