J.K. Simmons
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1955-01-09 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, USA
J.K. Simmons
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.
Known For
Acting
The Tomorrow War 2
as Slade
Batgirl
as Commissioner Gordon
Reykjavik
as George Shultz
Hypergalactic
as (voice)
(2025)
The Accountant²
as Ray King
(2025)
Little Brother
as Warren Duffy
(2025)
The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery
as Narrator
(2024)
Red One
as Nick
(2024)
Juror #2
as Harold
(2024)
The Union
as Tom Brennan
(2024)
You Can't Run Forever
as Wade
(2024)
Saturday Night
as Milton Berle
(2023)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
(2023)
(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)
Marmaduke
as Zeus (voice)
(2022)
Glorious
as Ghat (voice)
(2022)
Prophets of Change
as Narrator
(2022)
Hopper: An American Love Story
as Edward Hopper (voice)
(2022)
Rivals: Ohio State vs. Michigan
as Narrator
(2021)
Spider-Man: No Way Home
as J. Jonah Jameson
(2021)
Zack Snyder's Justice League
as Commissioner Gordon
(2021)
The Tomorrow War
as James Forester
(2021)
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
as J. Jonah Jameson (uncredited)
(2021)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
as Ivo Shandor
(2021)
Being the Ricardos
as William Frawley
(2021)
National Champions
as Coach James Lazor
(2021)
Seal Team
as Claggart (voice)
(2021)
Ride the Eagle
as Carl
(2021)
Rushing or Dragging
as Terrence Fletcher (Archive Audio)
(2020)
Palm Springs
as Roy
(2020)
(2019)
Spider-Man: Far From Home
as J. Jonah Jameson
(2019)
Klaus
as Klaus (voice)
(2019)
21 Bridges
as Captain Matt McKenna
(2019)
Fanboy
as J.K. / Frank Perry
(2019)
3 Days with Dad
as Joey
(2018)
The Front Runner
as Bill Dixon
(2018)
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island
as Dr. Moore (voice)
(2018)
A Boy Called Sailboat
as Ernest
(2018)
Detroit: Comeback City
as Himself - Narrator
(2018)
Drug$
as Narrator
(2017)
Justice League
as Commissioner Gordon
(2017)
Renegades
as Levin
(2017)
The Snowman
as Arve Støp
(2017)
Punching Henry
as Jay Warren
(2017)
The Bachelors
as Bill Palet
(2017)
Father Figures
as Ronald Hunt
(2017)
The Black Ghiandola
as Ralph Aceto
(2017)
I'm Not Here
as Steve
(2017)
All Nighter
as Mr. Gallo
(2016)
Zootopia
as Mayor Lionheart (voice)
(2016)
Kung Fu Panda 3
as Kai (voice)
(2016)
La La Land
as Bill
(2016)
The Accountant
as Ray King
(2016)
The Late Bloomer
as James Newmans
(2016)
Patriots Day
as Sgt. Jeffrey Pugliese
(2016)
Rock Dog
as Khampa (voice)
(2016)
The Meddler
as Randall Zipper
(2015)
Terminator Genisys
as O'Brien
(2015)
Worlds Apart
as Sebastian
(2015)
O.W.C.A. Files
as Napoleon / Additional Voices (voice)
(2014)
Whiplash
as Fletcher
(2014)
Men, Women & Children
as Allison's Dad
(2014)
Barefoot
as Dr. Bertleman
(2014)
Break Point
as Jack
(2014)
Ava & Lala
as General Tiger (voice)
(2014)
The Rewrite
as Dr. Hal Lerner
(2014)
Murder of a Cat
as Sheriff Frank Hoyle
(2014)
The Boxcar Children
as Dr. Moore (voice)
(2013)
Labor Day
as Mr. Jervis
(2013)
The Magic Bracelet
as The Shaman
(2013)
Dark Skies
as Edwin Pollard
(2013)
Jobs
as Arthur Rock
(2013)
Whiplash
as Fletcher
(2013)
3 Geezers!
as J. Kimball
(2013)
The Heeler
as Roscoe
(2012)
Contraband
as Captain Camp
(2012)
The Words
as Mr. Jansen
(2011)
The Music Never Stopped
as Henry Sawyer
(2011)
Young Adult
as Mavis' Publisher (voice) (uncredited)
(2011)
The Good Doctor
as Detective Krauss
(2011)
Ben 10 - Generator Rex: Heroes United
as White Knight (voice)
(2011)
Blackstone
as Detective Burke
(2010)
Megamind
as Warden (voice)
(2010)
True Grit
as J. Noble Daggett (voice) (uncredited)
(2010)
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
as Gruff K-9 (voice)
(2010)
Crazy on the Outside
as Ed
(2010)
An Invisible Sign
as Mr. Jones
(2010)
A Beginner's Guide to Endings
as Uncle Pal
(2010)
4192: The Crowning of the Hit King
as Narrator (voice)
(2009)
Jennifer's Body
as Mr. Wroblewski
(2009)
Extract
as Brian
(2009)
Up in the Air
as Bob
(2009)
I Love You, Man
as Oswald Klaven
(2009)
Aliens in the Attic
as Skip (voice)
(2009)
New in Town
as Stu Kopenhafer
(2009)
Post Grad
as Roy Davies
(2009)
Red Sands
as Lt. Col. Arson
(2009)
The Way of War
as Sergeant Mitchell
(2009)
The Vicious Kind
as Donald Sinclaire
(2009)
(2008)
Burn After Reading
as CIA Superior
(2008)
Walt Whitman
as Narrator (voice)
(2007)
Spider-Man 3
as J. Jonah Jameson
(2007)
The Astronaut Farmer
as Jacobson
(2007)
Juno
as Mac MacGuff
(2007)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
as James McLaughlin
(2007)
Postal
as Candidate Welles
(2007)
Rendition
as Lee Mayer
(2006)
First Snow
as Vacaro
(2005)
(2005)
Harsh Times
as Agent Richards
(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)
(2003)
Path to War
as CIA Briefer
(2003)
Disposal
as Older Hunter
(2003)
Off the Map
as George
(2002)
Spider-Man
as J. Jonah Jameson
(2001)
The Mexican
as Ted Slocum
(2001)
(2000)
The Gift
as Sheriff Pearl Johnson
(2000)
Autumn in New York
as Dr. Tom Grandy
(1999)
The Cider House Rules
as Ray Kendall
(1999)
For Love of the Game
as Frank Perry
(1999)
Hit and Runway
as Ray Tilman
(1999)
I Lost My M in Vegas
as Yellow (voice)
(1998)
Above Freezing
as Hoyd
(1998)
Celebrity
as Souvenir Hawker
(1998)
Crossing Fields
as Guy
(1997)
The Jackal
as FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon
(1997)
Anastasia
as Ensemble and Character Vocals (voice)
(1997)
Face Down
as Herb Aames
(1997)
Love Walked In
as Mr. Shulman
(1996)
The First Wives Club
as Federal Marshall
(1996)
Extreme Measures
as Dr. Mingus
(1994)
The Scout
as Assistant Coach
(1994)
The Ref
as Siskel
(1992)
Guys and Dolls: Off the Record
as Himself / Benny Southstreet
(1986)
Popeye Doyle
as Patrolman in Park