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.
238 acting credits
Acting · 238
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Law & Order
1990
The Simpsons
1989
The Daily Show
1996
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
American Dad!
2005
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
INVINCIBLE
2021
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Saturday Night Live
1975
ER
1994
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
Without a Trace
2002
The West Wing
1999
The Closer
2005
Phineas and Ferb
2007
Third Watch
1999
Gravity Falls
2012
BoJack Horseman
2014
Arrested Development
2003
Veronica Mars
2004
Numb3rs
2005
Spider-Man: No Way Home
2021
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Archer
2009
Parks and Recreation
2009
Everwood
2002
Oz
1997
The Legend of Korra
2012
Nip/Tuck
2003
Kim Possible
2002
Spider-Man
2002
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
Spin City
1996
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023
Spider-Man: Far From Home
2019
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
Zootopia
2016
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
2010
Goliath
2016
Whiplash
2014
Raising Hope
2010
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
2008
Ben 10: Alien Force
2008
American Masters
1986
New York Undercover
1994
Spider-Man 3
2007
Pound Puppies
2010
The Talk
2010
The Oscars
1953
Justice League Unlimited
2004
The Great North
2021
Jennifer's Body
2009
La La Land
2016
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
2010
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021
Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man
2012
Terminator Genisys
2015
Red One
2024
The Tomorrow War
2021
Kung Fu Panda 3
2016
The Accountant²
2025
Justice League
2017
Explained
2018
Party Down
2009
The Stand
2020
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
2021
The Accountant
2016
Jack & Bobby
2004
John Doe
2002
Brockmire
2017
Spider-Man 2
2004
No Activity
2017
Counterpart
2017
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
Megamind
2010
Men at Work
2012
Remember WENN
1996
The Adventures of Pete & Pete
1993
The Jury
2004
The Jackal
1997
Defending Jacob
2020
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021
Die Hart
2020
NTSF:SD:SUV::
2011
True Grit
2010
Growing Up Fisher
2014
Anastasia
1997
New York News
1995
The Cider House Rules
1999
The Union
2024
Swift Justice
1996
Ren & Stimpy
2024
Palm Springs
2020
Klaus
2019
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
2010
Burn After Reading
2008
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
2022
21 Bridges
2019
Juror #2
2024
Up in the Air
2009
Patriots Day
2016
The Snowman
2017
Juno
2007
Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics
2017
Contraband
2012
The Gift
2000
Labor Day
2013
Night Sky
2022
Barefoot
2014
Major Lazer
2015
LEGO MARVEL Super Heroes: Maximum Overload
2013
Family Tools
2013
The Mexican
2001
The D.A.
2004
Dark Skies
2013
I Love You, Man
2009
Hidalgo
2004
Saturday Night
2024
Thank You for Smoking
2005
The Ladykillers
2004
Aliens in the Attic
2009
The First Wives Club
1996
Ben 10 / Generator Rex: Heroes United
2011
Extract
2009
The Westies
2026
Jobs
2013
Harsh Times
2005
Rendition
2007
The Words
2012
For Love of the Game
1999
Best Friends Forever
2012
Seal Team
2021
Father Figures
2017
Marmaduke
2022
Coronavirus, Explained
2020
Renegades
2017
Young Adult
2011
Postal
2007
First Snow
2006
The Rewrite
2014
Celebrity
1998
Rally Road Racers
2023
Men, Women & Children
2014
What Lives Inside
2015
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007
Wild Hawaii
2014
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart
2023
Autumn in New York
2000
New in Town
2009
The Meddler
2016
Rock Dog
2016
Extreme Measures
1996
The Good Doctor
2011
Being the Ricardos
2021
National Champions
2021
The Astronaut Farmer
2007
The Ref
1994
All Nighter
2017
Post Grad
2009
The Front Runner
2018
The Scout
1994
O.W.C.A. Files
2015
You Can't Run Forever
2024
The Late Bloomer
2016
Path to War
2003
I'm Not Here
2017
The Brink of War
2026
Heart of the Beast
2026
The Bachelors
2017
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
2004
An Invisible Sign
2010
Crazy on the Outside
2010
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
2020
Break Point
2014
Desert Car Kings
2011
A Beginner's Guide to Endings
2010
Whiplash
2013
One Day as a Lion
2023
Red Sands
2009
The Way of War
2009
Fanboy
2019
Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe
2009
The Music Never Stopped
2011
3 Days with Dad
2019
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island
2018
Punching Henry
2017
A Boy Called Sailboat
2018
The Vicious Kind
2009
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
2004
Popeye Doyle
1986
Murder of a Cat
2014
Glorious
2022
Starwater
2001
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
2004
Ride the Eagle
2021
Monkey Quest
—
Embassy
—
Little Brother
2025
The Boxcar Children
2014
Worlds Apart
2015
The Black Ghiandola
2017
Face Down
1997
The Prince
—
KSonic: Into the Multi-World
2026
Spaceman
—
3 Geezers!
2013
Prophets of Change
2022
Above Freezing
1998
Guys and Dolls: Off the Record
1992
Gravity Falls: Between the Pines
2016
Off the Map
2003
Love Walked In
1997
Purgatory
—
Disposal
2003
Blackstone
2011
Crossing Fields
1998
Hit and Runway
1999
109 Billion Followers
—
The Thing That Hurts
—
Hopper: An American Love Story
2022
The Magic Bracelet
2013
Ava & Lala
2014
Rivals: Ohio State vs. Michigan
2022
The Heeler
2013
The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery
2025
Walt Whitman
2008
Drug$
2018
Rushing or Dragging
2021
I Lost My M in Vegas
1999
Detroit: Comeback City
2018
Behind the Zirkonians
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4192: The Crowning of the Hit King
2010