
J.K. Simmons
Birthday: 1955-01-09
Place of Birth: Detroit, Michigan, USA
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.

The Ref, 1994
Comedy
Detective
Drama

The First Wives Club, 1996
Comedy

Extreme Measures, 1996
Drama
Thriller

The Jackal, 1997
Action
Thriller
Adventure
Detective

Celebrity, 1998
Drama
Comedy

The Cider House Rules, 1999
Drama

For Love of the Game, 1999
Drama
Romance

The Gift, 2000
Horror
Drama
Thriller
Mystery

The Mexican, 2001
Action
Comedy
Detective
Romance

Spider-Man, 2002
Action
Sci-Fi

Spider-Man 2, 2004
Action
Adventure
Sci-Fi

The Ladykillers, 2004
Comedy
Detective
Thriller

Hidalgo, 2004
Western
Adventure
Action

Thank You for Smoking, 2005
Comedy
Drama

Harsh Times, 2005
Detective
Drama
Thriller
Action

Spider-Man 3, 2007
Action
Adventure
Sci-Fi

Juno, 2007
Comedy
Drama
Romance

Rendition, 2007
Drama
Thriller

The Astronaut Farmer, 2007
Sci-Fi
Adventure
Comedy
Drama

Burn After Reading, 2008
Comedy
Drama

Jennifer's Body, 2009
Horror
Comedy

Aliens in the Attic, 2009
Adventure
Comedy
Fantasy
Sci-Fi

Up in the Air, 2009
Drama
Romance

I Love You, Man, 2009
Comedy
Romance

Extract, 2009
Comedy

New in Town, 2009
Comedy
Romance

Megamind, 2010
Animation
Action
Comedy
Sci-Fi

True Grit, 2010
Drama
Adventure
Western

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, 2010
Adventure
Comedy
Fantasy
Action
Animation

Young Adult, 2011
Comedy
Drama

The Good Doctor, 2011
Drama
Thriller
Mystery

Contraband, 2012
Thriller
Action
Drama
Detective

The Words, 2012
Drama
Thriller

Jobs, 2013
Drama
Historical

Labor Day, 2013
Drama

Whiplash, 2013
Drama

Dark Skies, 2013
Sci-Fi
Thriller
Horror

Whiplash, 2014
Drama

Men, Women & Children, 2014
Drama
Comedy

The Rewrite, 2014
Romance
Comedy

Barefoot, 2014
Comedy
Drama
Romance

Terminator Genisys, 2015
Sci-Fi
Action
Thriller
Adventure

April and the Extraordinary World, 2015
Thriller
Adventure
Animation
Comedy
Fantasy
Sci-Fi

Kung Fu Panda 3, 2016
Action
Adventure
Animation
Comedy

Zootopia, 2016
Animation
Adventure
Comedy

La La Land, 2016
Comedy
Drama
Romance

The Accountant, 2016
Detective
Thriller
Drama

Rock Dog, 2016
Adventure
Animation
Comedy

Patriots Day, 2016
Action
Detective
Drama
Historical
Thriller

The Late Bloomer, 2016
Comedy
Drama
Romance

The Meddler, 2016
Comedy
Drama

Justice League, 2017
Action
Adventure
Sci-Fi

The Snowman, 2017
Detective
Thriller

Renegades, 2017
Thriller
Action

Father Figures, 2017
Comedy

All Nighter, 2017
Comedy
Drama

The Front Runner, 2018
Drama
Historical

Spider-Man: Far From Home, 2019
Action
Adventure
Sci-Fi

21 Bridges, 2019
Detective
Action
Drama

Klaus, 2019
Animation
Adventure
Comedy
Fantasy

Palm Springs, 2020
Comedy
Romance
Sci-Fi

Spider-Man: No Way Home, 2021
Action
Adventure
Sci-Fi

The Tomorrow War, 2021
Action
Sci-Fi
Adventure

Zack Snyder's Justice League, 2021
Action
Adventure
Fantasy

Venom: Let There Be Carnage, 2021
Sci-Fi
Action
Adventure

Ghostbusters: Afterlife, 2021
Fantasy
Comedy
Adventure

Seal Team, 2021
Animation

Being the Ricardos, 2021
Drama
Historical

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, 2022
Animation
Comedy
Adventure
Mystery

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, 2023
Animation
Action
Adventure
Sci-Fi