J.K. Simmons profile
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J.K. Simmons

9th January 1955 Detroit, Michigan, USA Acting

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.

139 Movies 98 TV Shows 2 In Production 252 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Klaus poster
Klaus 8th November 2019 as Klaus (voice)
Fanboy poster
Fanboy 22nd March 2019 as J.K. / Frank Perry
Drug$ poster
Drug$ 15th December 2018 as Narrator
Zootopia poster
Zootopia 11th February 2016 as Mayor Lionheart (voice)
Barefoot poster
Barefoot 2nd February 2014 as Dr. Bertleman
Jobs poster
Jobs 15th August 2013 as Arthur Rock
Young Adult poster
Young Adult 11th November 2011 as Mavis' Publisher (voice) (uncredited)
True Grit poster
True Grit 22nd December 2010 as J. Noble Daggett (voice) (uncredited)
Megamind poster
Megamind 28th October 2010 as Warden (voice)
Juno poster
Juno 5th December 2007 as Mac MacGuff
Postal poster
Postal 18th October 2007 as Candidate Welles
Hidalgo poster
Hidalgo 4th February 2004 as Buffalo Bill Cody
The Gift poster
The Gift 22nd December 2000 as Sheriff Pearl Johnson
Celebrity poster
Celebrity 25th September 1998 as Souvenir Hawker
Anastasia poster
Anastasia 20th November 1997 as Ensemble and Character Vocals (voice)
The Jackal poster
The Jackal 14th November 1997 as FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon
The Scout poster
The Scout 30th September 1994 as Assistant Coach
INVINCIBLE poster
INVINCIBLE 25th March 2021 as Nolan Grayson / Omni-Man (voice)
Brockmire poster
Brockmire 5th April 2017 as Matt "The Bat" Hardesty
Goliath poster
Goliath 13th October 2016 as George Zax
Major Lazer poster
Major Lazer 17th April 2015 as President Whitewall (voice)
Archer poster
Archer 17th September 2009 as Detective (voice)
Numb3rs poster
Numb3rs 23rd January 2005 as Dr. Clarence Weaver
The D.A. poster
The D.A. 19th March 2004 as Dep. Dist. Atty. Joe Carter
Everwood poster
Everwood 16th September 2002 as Phil Drebbles
Oz poster
Oz 12th July 1997 as Vernon Schillinger
ER poster
ER 19th September 1994 as Gus Loomer
Heart of the Beast poster Coming soon
Heart of the Beast 23rd September 2026
The Brink of War poster Coming soon
The Brink of War 14th August 2026 as George Shultz