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