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Actor

J.K. Simmons

Known for Acting

Born 1955-01-09 in Detroit, Michigan, USA

Age 71

Mostly Thriller, Adventure, Drama

2Films in catalog

160Credits

1986 to 2027Years active

114Trailers on Reactr

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.

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INVINCIBLE - Season Five Collection

2027

as Omni-Man / Nolan Grayson (voice)

Heart of the Beast

2026 · Trailer

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Purgatory

2026

as Father Malone

The Brink of War

2026 · Trailer

as George Shultz

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INVINCIBLE - Season Four Collection

2026

as Omni-Man / Nolan Grayson (voice)

Little Brother

2025 · Trailer

as Warren Duffy

The Accountant²

2025 · Trailer

as Ray King

INVINCIBLE - Season Three Collection

2025

as Omni-Man / Nolan Grayson (voice)

The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery

2025 · Trailer

as Narrator

Red One

2024 · Trailer

as Nick

Juror #2

2024 · Trailer

as Harold

Saturday Night

2024 · Trailer

as Milton Berle

The Union

2024 · Trailer

as Tom Brennan

You Can't Run Forever

2024 · Trailer

as Wade

INVINCIBLE - Season Two Collection

2023

as Omni-Man / Nolan Grayson (voice)

The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart

2023 · Trailer

as Ben (voice)

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2023 · Trailer

as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)

Rally Road Racers

2023 · Trailer

as Gnash (voice)

One Day as a Lion

2023 · Trailer

as Walter Boggs

Rivals: Ohio State vs. Michigan

2022

as Narrator

Prophets of Change

2022

as Narrator

Hopper: An American Love Story

2022 · Trailer

as Edward Hopper (voice)

Glorious

2022 · Trailer

as Ghat (voice)

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers

2022 · Trailer

as Captain Putty (voice)

Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home

2022 · Trailer

as Self

Marmaduke

2022 · Trailer

as Zeus (voice)

Spider-Man: No Way Home

2021 · Trailer

as J. Jonah Jameson

Being the Ricardos

2021 · Trailer

as William Frawley

National Champions

2021 · Trailer

as Coach James Lazor

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

2021 · Trailer

as Ivo Shandor

Seal Team

2021 · Trailer

as Claggart (voice)

Venom: Let There Be Carnage

2021 · Trailer

as J. Jonah Jameson (uncredited)

The Tomorrow War

2021 · Trailer

as James Forester

Ride the Eagle

2021 · Trailer

as Carl

INVINCIBLE - Season One Collection

2021

as Omni-Man / Nolan Grayson (voice)

Rushing or Dragging

2021

as Terrence Fletcher (Archive Audio)

Zack Snyder's Justice League

2021 · Trailer

as Commissioner Gordon

Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens

2020

as Orville

Charlie Russell's Old West

2020

as Narrator

Palm Springs

2020 · Trailer

as Roy

Klaus

2019 · Trailer

as Klaus (voice)

21 Bridges

2019 · Trailer

as Captain Matt McKenna

3 Days with Dad

2019

as Joey

Spider-Man: Far From Home

2019 · Trailer

as J. Jonah Jameson

Fanboy

2019

as J.K. / Frank Perry

Drug$

2018 · Trailer

as Narrator

The Front Runner

2018 · Trailer

as Bill Dixon

Detroit: Comeback City

2018

as Himself - Narrator

A Boy Called Sailboat

2018 · Trailer

as Ernest

The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island

2018 · Trailer

as Dr. Moore (voice)

Father Figures

2017 · Trailer

as Ronald Hunt

I'm Not Here

2017

as Steve

Justice League

2017 · Trailer

as Commissioner Gordon

The Bachelors

2017 · Trailer

as Bill Palet

The Snowman

2017 · Trailer

as Arve Støp

Renegades

2017 · Trailer

as Levin

The Black Ghiandola

2017 · Trailer

as Ralph Aceto

All Nighter

2017 · Trailer

as Mr. Gallo

Punching Henry

2017 · Trailer

as Jay Warren

Patriots Day

2016 · Trailer

as Sgt. Jeffrey Pugliese

La La Land

2016 · Trailer

as Bill

The Accountant

2016 · Trailer

as Ray King

The Late Bloomer

2016 · Trailer

as James Newmans

Rock Dog

2016 · Trailer

as Khampa (voice)

The Meddler

2016 · Trailer

as Randall Zipper

Zootopia

2016 · Trailer

as Mayor Lionheart (voice)

Gravity Falls: Between the Pines

2016

as Ford Pines (Voice)

Kung Fu Panda 3

2016 · Trailer

as Kai (voice)

Worlds Apart

2015 · Trailer

as Sebastian

O.W.C.A. Files

2015 · Trailer

as Napoleon / Additional Voices (voice)

Terminator Genisys

2015 · Trailer

as O'Brien

Men, Women & Children

2014 · Trailer

as Allison's Dad

Whiplash

2014 · Trailer

as Fletcher

Ava & Lala

2014

as General Tiger (voice)

The Boxcar Children

2014

as Dr. Moore (voice)

The Rewrite

2014 · Trailer

as Hal Lerner

Murder of a Cat

2014

as Sheriff Frank Hoyle

Break Point

2014 · Trailer

as Jack

Barefoot

2014 · Trailer

as Dr. Bertleman

Labor Day

2013 · Trailer

as Mr. Jervis

Jobs

2013 · Trailer

as Arthur Rock

3 Geezers!

2013 · Trailer

as J. Kimball

The Magic Bracelet

2013

as The Shaman

The Heeler

2013

as Roscoe

Dark Skies

2013 · Trailer

as Edwin Pollard

Whiplash

2013

as Fletcher

The Words

2012 · Trailer

as Mr. Jansen

Contraband

2012 · Trailer

as Captain Camp

Ben 10 / Generator Rex: Heroes United

2011 · Trailer

as White Knight (voice)

Young Adult

2011 · Trailer

as Mavis' Publisher (voice) (uncredited)

Blackstone

2011

as Detective Burke

The Good Doctor

2011 · Trailer

as Detective Krauss

The Music Never Stopped

2011 · Trailer

as Henry Sawyer

True Grit

2010 · Trailer

as J. Noble Daggett (voice) (uncredited)

Megamind

2010 · Trailer

as Warden (voice)

4192: The Crowning of the Hit King

2010 · Trailer

as Narrator (voice)

An Invisible Sign

2010 · Trailer

as Mr. Jones

A Beginner's Guide to Endings

2010 · Trailer

as Uncle Pal

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore

2010 · Trailer

as Gruff K-9 (voice)

Crazy on the Outside

2010 · Trailer

as Ed

Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe

2009

as Self

The Vicious Kind

2009

as Donald Sinclaire

Up in the Air

2009 · Trailer

as Bob

Jennifer's Body

2009 · Trailer

as Mr. Wroblewski

Extract

2009 · Trailer

as Brian

Post Grad

2009 · Trailer

as Roy Davies

Aliens in the Attic

2009 · Trailer

as Skip (voice)

The Way of War

2009 · Trailer

as Sergeant Mitchell

I Love You, Man

2009 · Trailer

as Oswald Klaven

Red Sands

2009 · Trailer

as Lt. Col. Arson

New in Town

2009 · Trailer

as Stu Kopenhafer

Burn After Reading

2008 · Trailer

as CIA Superior

Walt Whitman

2008

as Narrator (voice)

Juno

2007 · Trailer

as Mac MacGuff

Postal

2007 · Trailer

as Candidate Welles

Rendition

2007 · Trailer

as Lee Mayer

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

2007 · Trailer

as James McLaughlin

Spider-Man 3

2007 · Trailer

as J. Jonah Jameson

The Astronaut Farmer

2007 · Trailer

as Jacobson

First Snow

2006 · Trailer

as Vacaro

Harsh Times

2005 · Trailer

as Agent Richards

Thank You for Smoking

2005 · Trailer

as BR

3: The Dale Earnhardt Story

2004

as Ralph Earnhardt

Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing

2004

as Self

Broadway's Lost Treasures II

2004

as Benny Southstreet (segment "Guys & Dolls")

Spider-Man 2

2004 · Trailer

as J. Jonah Jameson

The Ladykillers

2004 · Trailer

as Garth Pancake

Hidalgo

2004 · Trailer

as Buffalo Bill Cody

Path to War

2003 · Trailer

as CIA Briefer

Off the Map

2003

as George

Disposal

2003

as Older Hunter

Spider-Man

2002 · Trailer

as J. Jonah Jameson

The Mexican

2001 · Trailer

as Ted Slocum

Starwater

2001

The Gift

2000 · Trailer

as Sheriff Pearl Johnson

Autumn in New York

2000 · Trailer

as Dr. Tom Grandy

The Cider House Rules

1999 · Trailer

as Ray Kendall

I Lost My M in Vegas

1999

as Yellow (voice)

For Love of the Game

1999 · Trailer

as Frank Perry

Hit and Runway

1999

as Ray Tilman

Crossing Fields

1998

as Guy

Above Freezing

1998

as Hoyd

Celebrity

1998 · Trailer

as Souvenir Hawker

Anastasia

1997 · Trailer

as Ensemble and Character Vocals (voice)

Face Down

1997

as Herb Aames

The Jackal

1997 · Trailer

as FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon

Love Walked In

1997

as Mr. Shulman

Extreme Measures

1996 · Trailer

as Dr. Mingus

The First Wives Club

1996 · Trailer

as Federal Marshall

The Scout

1994 · Trailer

as Assistant Coach

The Ref

1994 · Trailer

as Siskel

Guys and Dolls: Off the Record

1992

as Himself / Benny Southstreet

Popeye Doyle

1986

as Patrolman in Park

Monkey Quest

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as (voice)

The Thing That Hurts

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The Prince

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Spaceman

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109 Billion Followers

Release date to be announced

as Reaper

Behind the Zirkonians

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as Skip (voice)

INVINCIBLE

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as Omni-Man / Nolan Grayson

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