J.K. Simmons Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

J.K. Simmons

J.K. Simmons

Acting

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.

Filmography Movies

Acting

Spider-Man movie poster
MOVIE

Spider-Man

7.3(20.7K)
Spider-Man
J. Jonah Jameson
Spider-Man 2 movie poster
MOVIE

Spider-Man 2

7.3(16.4K)
Spider-Man 2
J. Jonah Jameson
Spider-Man 3 movie poster
MOVIE

Spider-Man 3

6.5(15.2K)
Spider-Man 3
J. Jonah Jameson
The Gift movie poster
MOVIE

The Gift

6.5(1.4K)
The Gift
Sheriff Pearl Johnson
Hidalgo movie poster
MOVIE

Hidalgo

6.9(1.3K)
Hidalgo
Buffalo Bill Cody
Seal Team movie poster
MOVIE

Seal Team

6.9(0.2K)
Seal Team
Claggart (voice)
You Can't Run Forever movie poster
MOVIE

You Can't Run Forever

5.7(0.1K)
You Can't Run Forever
Wade
The Jackal movie poster
MOVIE

The Jackal

6.4(2.1K)
The Jackal
FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon
Burn After Reading movie poster
MOVIE

Burn After Reading

6.7(5.2K)
Burn After Reading
CIA Superior
The Ladykillers movie poster
MOVIE

The Ladykillers

6.1(1.7K)
The Ladykillers
Garth Pancake

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