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J.K. Simmons
9 FOLLOWERS • 117 CREDITS • JAN 9, 1955 • 69
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 “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.
Known For
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Law & Order
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Saturday Night Live
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9Gg1oM8Us8gCS5aJA8e0ZRuIHnf.jpg)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xnFFz3etm1vftF0ns8RMHA8XdqT.jpg)
American Dad!
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wyMHJMQp8WpmBg9CxefvbQnFhrm.jpg)
The Oscars
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vHqeLzYl3dEAutojCO26g0LIkom.jpg)
The Simpsons
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rAxd8H0zGH61RWMPVZiR9zT4Nqk.jpg)
ER
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/onmSVwYsPMYtO8OjLdjS8FfRNKb.jpg)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hgRMSOt7a1b8qyQR68vUixJPang.jpg)
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/feMijc8Ga8kvzftz2MXyoW7GByb.jpg)
Parks and Recreation
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/61QRBFIIsIPGxbshGARaVb4Ybbh.jpg)
Veronica Mars
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rWQmgNLdyZGIL6Xuo9ImL0Kh6wt.jpg)
Third Watch
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pB9L0jAnEQLMKgexqCEocEW8TA.jpg)
BoJack Horseman
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/iNhE283iY7xtS8zCjhSxpTfOzn0.jpg)
Without a Trace
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nb5310xlFjx5r9TnpKoaOTQsAlP.jpg)
Homicide: Life on the Street
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qpu7pwpafHh75bqW0driyihht4c.jpg)
Kim Possible
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oSLwJMOOQGAsyJNMi4Y3MO44iAJ.jpg)
Phineas and Ferb
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/b12eM3FXNjN7yM7XYTIdmeQRud9.jpg)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8PY0OZ1xUbguPipb0a1uL6mg5Ka.jpg)
Justice League Unlimited
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tv2mOIRcPP4H0DhOH84xPgqui7d.jpg)
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/o51NY5Zjgh7ridCu93dKOdKftVy.jpg)
Archer
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/d735cGL2G07Tb0ysLHStu8c0uo8.jpg)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4zmuA2Ql1QdUtw9OM6MdmtXnZEF.jpg)
Everwood
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8MwwAuDy6dc1GbiBUZdvWtQczqR.jpg)
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/b8wq87RBCman73pxQzWWK93Eicu.jpg)
Nip/Tuck
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4iiV2Fh4EA5of5B9Wtgllu0WDWA.jpg)
Explained
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ckQE1aLYQkRpp2HmHljiELAiOr1.jpg)
The Venture Bros.
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qMzwO952hMWQSCfHkp7IL20s4K7.jpg)
Arrested Development
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oHwdy9LPFQuvl1e80DoHpKcjO5Q.jpg)
The Great North
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7sizkzLu7RNowjfojv6eUn2tAzA.jpg)
The Talk
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/68MUdrxeokhmd8pvlAjkD6yIfHR.jpg)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6bZuQOxapj98cUTs0pioh2vQg2O.jpg)
Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/6gcgnWLWbEURoeA0FCjUOtCfDrf.jpg)
Coronavirus, Explained
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4mk8iFUbTyUtjeYZDU5zgPm2o1s.jpg)
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/twxZGqVfidPiodBqNAEAYSeMTzZ.jpg)
New York News
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/w6XiuRK5QQaLNmIqDRCWOpEcHwi.jpg)
The Stand
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8QaVSHiZSOlKEqBkwcn6HdcLBI5.jpg)
NTSF:SD:SUV::
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qQTmlqa0jlaMxQ2FZXkKAcMP547.jpg)
No Activity
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hbsoFctJ1dDPp3KUIuUgd2E1U4r.jpg)
Party Down
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pnoGOBtkffH64hhI5GPdsQ218d1.jpg)
Gravity Falls
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1MJNcPZy46hIy2CmSqOeru0yr5C.jpg)
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4tGMz5xUs9sk8X9B28G6UalHK1d.jpg)
Young Adult
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tCrB8pcjadZjsDk7rleGJaIv78k.jpg)
True Grit
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/4q2NNj4S5dG2RLF9CpXsej7yXl.jpg)
Spider-Man: Far From Home
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The First Wives Club
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Goliath
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/v2cyF2PZB2GQBP4fzGG57Xg0r3w.jpg)
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8LDVAMImGuMrNvyUWctvF4qkHwQ.jpg)
Anastasia
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nTsZT66I4U3aS9ezLdOKacfvo8T.jpg)
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dzFHIxCcvq2CZVFCsgz7n1z5oIM.jpg)
Men, Women & Children
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/rcz5c4JeyExYVpdoNmEpViPcbug.jpg)
Path to War
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sg4xJaufDiQl7caFEskBtQXfD4x.jpg)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/e2LLmI5wKIrWGAy9Of3yyWu7Szn.jpg)
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wrkjsGcFJxcQqR56kJUYAEKKg2T.jpg)
Jennifer's Body
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/lA2cmvt0qP8uuRfHbBSpbLin4e1.jpg)
LEGO MARVEL Super Heroes: Maximum Overload
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/7UGmn8TyWPPzkjhLUW58cOUHjPS.jpg)
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8Fr402A5aOS9JLK0Ll8C0QDcgwm.jpg)
The Cider House Rules
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/nQdBE1P0r4ZrgGqy5EX8sL2kXG6.jpg)
The Gift
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Justice League
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tnAuB8q5vv7Ax9UAEje5Xi4BXik.jpg)
Zack Snyder's Justice League
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The Ref
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Megamind
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Zootopia
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Labor Day
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Despicable Me 4
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Contraband
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/JTmkzwSDRiS9nvSPwpDB9fmZj2.jpg)
Defending Jacob
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/qFmwhVUoUSXjkKRmca5yGDEXBIj.jpg)
Spider-Man 3
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wZRNEkDxVDNNVaCPN7jKziMHmk5.jpg)
Up in the Air
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/vmHvrhfYfUZ58RtLaq4LOHp9q5m.jpg)
Autumn in New York
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oTQ9PUnCgf9CimYeWuDGp8iaT07.jpg)
Oz
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/t184N3Tl7JtwBynjhva18o8EBHN.jpg)
The Boxcar Children
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fJSdqHzpMeCkXMrILYt1SdGN2sL.jpg)
The Good Doctor
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Spider-Man
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mKsQ8KMOk0VBX26Ev0Lj6EmfGJu.jpg)
The Snowman
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Phineas and Ferb: The O.W.C.A. Files
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Terminator Genisys
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Face Down
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Spider-Man 2
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pxBkd0iHlWFQGSwrF74H0Fsm9Sq.jpg)
Major Lazer
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kBvZQjzK7u6Sdy20sSwXTHW4Wn9.jpg)
The Legend of Korra
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/3oF3GbxSSQxO9rWjrUjwAFi1fSF.jpg)
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5weKu49pzJCt06OPpjvT80efnQj.jpg)
Spider-Man: No Way Home
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oajNi4Su39WAByHI6EONu8G8HYn.jpg)
Kung Fu Panda 3
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oXF26QmDEaRaH9Fbhs3NXtcnryx.jpg)
The Jackal
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Juno
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La La Land
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/xr4zAYsvgTzvMMiWu6qCAP9WBer.jpg)
I Love You, Man
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Extract
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Gravity Falls: Weirdmageddon
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One Day as a Lion
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Patriots Day
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The Meddler
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The Tomorrow War 2
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yf5IuMW6GHghu39kxA0oFx7Bxmj.jpg)
Palm Springs
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/avRiH6kbsw3Wxi1J7857alb9yyt.jpg)
Father Figures
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mrdRhs7ZEF8Xw9nBsrQCa0NCvTq.jpg)
The Union
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/oztBLWdRk5gApYmNdADXvXkLT5m.jpg)
Being the Ricardos
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/34nDCQZwaEvsy4CFO5hkGRFDCVU.jpg)
The Tomorrow War
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Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man
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INVINCIBLE
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The Accountant
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5pHA57p0E32cAhMDv3uZdchNS2x.jpg)
Red One
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kDlmrGZROewneCoSwPjKx6Qfown.jpg)
21 Bridges
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/juwOjcai3aYJvybwAhLS79miHq1.jpg)
Night Sky
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/q125RHUDgR4gjwh1QkfYuJLYkL.jpg)
Klaus
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/u8QHO6GVBCpCi3BE7yOaFXnv6Ph.jpg)
What Lives Inside
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Whiplash
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Whiplash
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/sVE1SSDlXNCBh3sPYkIUTKfxOAk.jpg)
The Closer
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Desert Car Kings
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/yqDWr5NAE7m1IWrygYwLyEB6pN0.jpg)
The West Wing
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Growing Up Fisher
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Renegades
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You Can't Run Forever
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pY6pt26DraV9tF9D15mHO6LP3B6.jpg)
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