J.K. Simmons

J.K. Simmons

Acting
January 09, 1955
Detroit, Michigan, USA

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.

TV shows starring J.K. Simmons

Counterpart

Howard Silk

7.4
2017 56 min Canceled
Sci-Fi & Fantasy Drama

Night Sky

Franklin York

6.9
2022 54 min Canceled
Sci-Fi & Fantasy Drama

The Closer

Will Pope

7.9
2005 46 min Ended
Crime Drama Mystery

Brockmire

Matt "The Bat" Hardesty

6.8
2017 23 min Ended
Comedy Drama

Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man

J. Jonah Jameson (voice)

7.7
2012 21 min Ended
Kids Action & Adventure Animation Comedy Family

INVINCIBLE

Nolan Grayson / Omni-Man (voice)

8.6
2021 Returning series
Animation Sci-Fi & Fantasy Action & Adventure Drama

The Legend of Korra

Tenzin (voice)

8.2
2012 23 min Ended
Animation Action & Adventure Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Defending Jacob

Billy Barber

8.3
2020 Ended
Drama Mystery Crime

Die Hart

Jackson Pepper

6.3
2020 Returning series
Action & Adventure Comedy

Oz

Vernon Schillinger

8.0
1997 60 min Ended
Crime Drama

Goliath

George Zax

7.6
2016 55 min Ended
Crime Drama