J.K. Simmons
Acting • Born 1955-01-09
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
251 credits
Spider-Man
Movie • 2002
J. Jonah Jameson
Spider-Man 2
Movie • 2004
J. Jonah Jameson
Spider-Man 3
Movie • 2007
J. Jonah Jameson
The Gift
Movie • 2000
Sheriff Pearl Johnson
Hidalgo
Movie • 2004
Buffalo Bill Cody
Seal Team
Movie • 2021
Claggart (voice)
You Can't Run Forever
Movie • 2024
Wade
The Jackal
Movie • 1997
FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon
Burn After Reading
Movie • 2008
CIA Superior
The Ladykillers
Movie • 2004
Garth Pancake
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Movie • 2021
J. Jonah Jameson (uncredited)
Rendition
Movie • 2007
Lee Mayer
Up in the Air
Movie • 2009
Bob
Extreme Measures
Movie • 1996
Dr. Mingus
Juno
Movie • 2007
Mac MacGuff
The Mexican
Movie • 2001
Ted Slocum
Off the Map
Movie • 2003
George
Harsh Times
Movie • 2005
Agent Richards
Extract
Movie • 2009
Brian
Post Grad
Movie • 2009
Roy Davies
The Vicious Kind
Movie • 2009
Donald Sinclaire
Thank You for Smoking
Movie • 2005
BR
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Movie • 2007
James McLaughlin
Crazy on the Outside
Movie • 2010
Ed
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
Movie • 2004
Self
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Movie • 2021
Ivo Shandor
New in Town
Movie • 2009
Stu Kopenhafer
The Way of War
Movie • 2009
Sergeant Mitchell
Megamind
Movie • 2010
Warden (voice)
First Snow
Movie • 2006
Vacaro
I Love You, Man
Movie • 2009
Oswald Klaven
Starwater
Movie • 2001
Jennifer's Body
Movie • 2009
Mr. Wroblewski
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Movie • 2023
J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
The Words
Movie • 2012
Mr. Jansen
The Music Never Stopped
Movie • 2011
Henry Sawyer
An Invisible Sign
Movie • 2010
Mr. Jones
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
Movie • 2022
Captain Putty (voice)
Glorious
Movie • 2022
Ghat (voice)
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart
Movie • 2023
Ben (voice)
Fanboy
Movie • 2019
J.K. / Frank Perry
Contraband
Movie • 2012
Captain Camp
A Beginner's Guide to Endings
Movie • 2010
Uncle Pal
Dark Skies
Movie • 2013
Edwin Pollard
Jobs
Movie • 2013
Arthur Rock
3 Geezers!
Movie • 2013
J. Kimball
Hit and Runway
Movie • 1999
Ray Tilman
O.W.C.A. Files
Movie • 2015
Napoleon / Additional Voices (voice)
Love Walked In
Movie • 1997
Mr. Shulman
The Union
Movie • 2024
Tom Brennan
Little Brother
Movie • 2025
Warren Duffy
Break Point
Movie • 2014
Jack
Barefoot
Movie • 2014
Dr. Bertleman
Whiplash
Movie • 2014
Fletcher
Terminator Genisys
Movie • 2015
O'Brien
Murder of a Cat
Movie • 2014
Sheriff Frank Hoyle
The Cider House Rules
Movie • 1999
Ray Kendall
Rally Road Racers
Movie • 2023
Gnash (voice)
The Rewrite
Movie • 2014
Dr. Hal Lerner
Men, Women & Children
Movie • 2014
Allison's Dad
Juror #2
Movie • 2024
Harold
The Ref
Movie • 1994
Siskel
Celebrity
Movie • 1998
Souvenir Hawker
Face Down
Movie • 1997
Herb Aames
The Accountant
Movie • 2016
Ray King
Punching Henry
Movie • 2017
Jay Warren
Prophets of Change
Movie • 2022
Narrator
Hypergalactic
Movie
(voice)
Rock Dog
Movie • 2016
Khampa (voice)
Red One
Movie • 2024
Nick
The Meddler
Movie • 2016
Randall Zipper
Renegades
Movie • 2017
Levin
Rivals: Ohio State vs. Michigan
Movie • 2022
Narrator
Labor Day
Movie • 2013
Mr. Jervis
The Accountant²
Movie • 2025
Ray King
Worlds Apart
Movie • 2015
Sebastian
All Nighter
Movie • 2017
Mr. Gallo
Father Figures
Movie • 2017
Ronald Hunt
Saturday Night
Movie • 2024
Milton Berle
One Day as a Lion
Movie • 2023
Walter Boggs
The Boxcar Children
Movie • 2014
Dr. Moore (voice)
Zootopia
Movie • 2016
Mayor Lionheart (voice)
Whiplash
Movie • 2013
Fletcher
The Snowman
Movie • 2017
Arve Støp
Young Adult
Movie • 2011
Mavis' Publisher (voice) (uncredited)
The Astronaut Farmer
Movie • 2007
Jacobson
Kung Fu Panda 3
Movie • 2016
Kai (voice)
Justice League
Movie • 2017
Commissioner Gordon
Patriots Day
Movie • 2016
Sgt. Jeffrey Pugliese
The Bachelors
Movie • 2017
Bill Palet
The Prince
Movie
La La Land
Movie • 2016
Bill
The Magic Bracelet
Movie • 2013
The Shaman
I'm Not Here
Movie • 2017
Steve
Anastasia
Movie • 1997
Ensemble and Character Vocals (voice)
The Late Bloomer
Movie • 2016
James Newmans
Postal
Movie • 2007
Candidate Welles
Red Sands
Movie • 2009
Lt. Col. Arson
Aliens in the Attic
Movie • 2009
Skip (voice)
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Movie • 2010
Gruff K-9 (voice)
True Grit
Movie • 2010
J. Noble Daggett (voice) (uncredited)
The Good Doctor
Movie • 2011
Detective Krauss
Ava & Lala
Movie • 2014
General Tiger (voice)
Popeye Doyle
Movie • 1986
Patrolman in Park
The Scout
Movie • 1994
Assistant Coach
For Love of the Game
Movie • 1999
Frank Perry
Autumn in New York
Movie • 2000
Dr. Tom Grandy
Path to War
Movie • 2003
CIA Briefer
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
Movie • 2004
Ralph Earnhardt
Above Freezing
Movie • 1998
Hoyd
The Heeler
Movie • 2013
Roscoe
Blackstone
Movie • 2011
Detective Burke
Disposal
Movie • 2003
Older Hunter
4192: The Crowning of the Hit King
Movie • 2010
Narrator (voice)
A Boy Called Sailboat
Movie • 2018
Ernest
Crossing Fields
Movie • 1998
Guy
Spaceman
Movie
The Black Ghiandola
Movie • 2017
Ralph Aceto
The Front Runner
Movie • 2018
Bill Dixon
Klaus
Movie • 2019
Klaus (voice)
The First Wives Club
Movie • 1996
Federal Marshall
Detroit: Comeback City
Movie • 2018
Himself - Narrator
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island
Movie • 2018
Dr. Moore (voice)
Guys and Dolls: Off the Record
Movie • 1992
Himself / Benny Southstreet
21 Bridges
Movie • 2019
Captain Matt McKenna
Drug$
Movie • 2018
Narrator
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
Movie • 2004
Benny Southstreet (segment "Guys & Dolls")
Palm Springs
Movie • 2020
Roy
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Movie • 2019
J. Jonah Jameson
3 Days with Dad
Movie • 2019
Joey
The Tomorrow War
Movie • 2021
James Forester
Marmaduke
Movie • 2022
Zeus (voice)
Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe
Movie • 2009
Self
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
Movie • 2020
Orville
Walt Whitman
Movie • 2008
Narrator (voice)
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Movie • 2021
Commissioner Gordon
Being the Ricardos
Movie • 2021
William Frawley
Rushing or Dragging
Movie • 2021
Terrence Fletcher (Archive Audio)
National Champions
Movie • 2021
Coach James Lazor
Ride the Eagle
Movie • 2021
Carl
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Movie • 2021
J. Jonah Jameson
Ben 10 / Generator Rex: Heroes United
Movie • 2011
White Knight (voice)
109 Billion Followers
Movie
Reykjavik
Movie
George Shultz
Hopper: An American Love Story
Movie • 2022
Edward Hopper (voice)
The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery
Movie • 2025
Narrator
Heart of the Beast
Movie
I Lost My M in Vegas
Movie • 1999
Yellow (voice)
Behind the Zirkonians
Movie
Skip (voice)
Gravity Falls: Between the Pines
Movie • 2016
Ford Pines (Voice)
Purgatory
Movie
Father Malone
Invincible
Movie • 2021
Omni-Man
Third Watch
TV • 1999
Frank Hagedorn
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Victor Kleskow (voice)
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Emil Skoda
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Judge (voice)
The Closer
TV • 2005
Will Pope
John Doe
TV • 2002
Lucas Doya
Jack & Bobby
TV • 2004
Everwood
TV • 2002
Phil Drebbles
Nip/Tuck
TV • 2003
Ike Connors
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Dr. Emil Skoda
Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics
TV • 2017
Self
Without a Trace
TV • 2002
Mark Wilson
New York Undercover
TV • 1994
Homicide: Life on the Street
TV • 1993
Alexander Rausch
ER
TV • 1994
Gus Loomer
Arrested Development
TV • 2003
General Anderson
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Emil Skoda
Men at Work
TV • 2012
P.J. Jordan
Night Sky
TV • 2022
Franklin York
The Jury
TV • 2004
New York News
TV • 1995
The Great North
TV • 2021
Tusk Johnson (voice)
Party Down
TV • 2009
Leonard Stiltskin
The D.A.
TV • 2004
Dep. Dist. Atty. Joe Carter
Family Tools
TV • 2013
Tony Shea
The Legend of Korra
TV • 2012
Tenzin (voice)
Growing Up Fisher
TV • 2014
Mel Fisher
Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man
TV • 2012
J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
Justice League Unlimited
TV • 2004
Eiling (voice)
Justice League Unlimited
TV • 2004
General Eiling (voice)
Oz
TV • 1997
Vernon Schillinger
The Talk
TV • 2010
Self - Guest
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
TV • 2014
(voice)
LEGO MARVEL Super Heroes: Maximum Overload
TV • 2013
J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
Goliath
TV • 2016
George Zax
The West Wing
TV • 1999
Harry Ravitch
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
TV • 2010
Magister Gilhil / Plumber (voice)
Counterpart
TV • 2017
Howard Silk
Kim Possible
TV • 2002
Martin Smarty (voice)
Kim Possible
TV • 2002
Martin Smarty / Additional voices (voice)
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Dean of CIA Academy (voice)
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Gene (voice)
Gravity Falls
TV • 2012
Stanford Pines (voice)
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Jed Farnsworth (voice)
Pound Puppies
TV • 2010
Lt. Rock (voice)
Pound Puppies
TV • 2010
Mr. Withers (voice)
Spin City
TV • 1996
Kevin
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
TV • 2020
The Grandfather
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Jerry Luppin
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
TV • 2010
J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
Phineas and Ferb
TV • 2007
Napoleon (voice)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
Phineas and Ferb
TV • 2007
J.B. (voice)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2015
Self
Desert Car Kings
TV • 2011
Himself - Narrator
American Masters
TV • 1986
Edward Hopper
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
No Activity
TV • 2017
Leo
Major Lazer
TV • 2015
President Whitewall (voice)
NTSF:SD:SUV::
TV • 2011
Frank Forrest
What Lives Inside
TV • 2015
Benjamin 'Pops' Delaney
Brockmire
TV • 2017
Matt "The Bat" Hardesty
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Archer
TV • 2009
Detective (voice)
Veronica Mars
TV • 2004
Clyde Pickett
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Explained
TV • 2018
Narrator (voice)
BoJack Horseman
TV • 2014
Lenny Turtletaub (voice)
Invincible
TV • 2021
Nolan Grayson / Omni-Man (voice)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
Parks and Recreation
TV • 2009
Mayor Stice
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
TV • 2013
Frank Dillman
Wild Hawaii
TV • 2014
Narrator (voice)
Coronavirus, Explained
TV • 2020
Self - Narrator
Defending Jacob
TV • 2020
Billy Barber
Best Friends Forever
TV • 2012
Don
The Stand
TV • 2020
General Starkey
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
TV • 2008
Guardian (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Tabloid Editor (voice)
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
JJ Gruff (voice)
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Dr. Jessup (voice)
Die Hart
TV • 2020
Jackson Pepper
Raising Hope
TV • 2010
Bruce Chance
Ren & Stimpy
TV • 2024
Lint (voice)
Remember WENN
TV • 1996
'Captain Amazon'
The Westies
TV
Eamon Sweeney
Numb3rs
TV • 2005
Dr. Clarence Weaver
The Legend of Korra
TV • 2012
Mushi (voice)
Ben 10: Alien Force
TV • 2008
Magister Gilhil (voice)
The Adventures of Pete & Pete
TV • 1993
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Swift Justice
TV • 1996
Mel Turman