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