J.K. Simmons
Acting
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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J.K. Simmons
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Filmography of
J.K. Simmons
Warren Duffy
... 2025
Ray King
... 2025
... 2025
Nick
... 2024
Harold
... 2024
Milton Berle
... 2024
Tom Brennan
... 2024
... 2024
... 2023
J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
... 2023
Gnash (voice)
... 2023
Walter Boggs
... 2023
Narrator
... 2022
Narrator
... 2022
Edward Hopper (voice)
... 2022
Ghat (voice)
... 2022
Captain Putty (voice)
... 2022
Zeus (voice)
... 2022
J. Jonah Jameson
... 2021
William Frawley
... 2021
Coach James Lazor
... 2021
Ivo Shandor
... 2021
Claggart (voice)
... 2021
J. Jonah Jameson (uncredited)
... 2021
James Forester
... 2021
Carl
... 2021
Terrence Fletcher (Archive Audio)
... 2021
Commissioner Gordon
... 2021
... 2020
Roy
... 2020
Klaus (voice)
... 2019
Captain Matt McKenna
... 2019
Joey
... 2019
J. Jonah Jameson
... 2019
J.K. / Frank Perry
... 2019
Narrator
... 2018
Bill Dixon
... 2018
Himself - Narrator
... 2018
Ernest
... 2018
Dr. Moore (voice)
... 2018
Ronald Hunt
... 2017
Steve
... 2017
Commissioner Gordon
... 2017
Bill Palet
... 2017
Arve Støp
... 2017
Levin
... 2017
Ralph Aceto
... 2017
Mr. Gallo
... 2017
Jay Warren
... 2017
Sgt. Jeffrey Pugliese
... 2016
Bill
... 2016
Ray King
... 2016
James Newmans
... 2016
Khampa (voice)
... 2016
Randall Zipper
... 2016
Mayor Lionheart (voice)
... 2016
Kai (voice)
... 2016
Sebastian
... 2015
Napoleon / Additional Voices (voice)
... 2015
O'Brien
... 2015
Allison's Dad
... 2014
Fletcher
... 2014
General Tiger (voice)
... 2014
Dr. Moore (voice)
... 2014
Dr. Hal Lerner
... 2014
Sheriff Frank Hoyle
... 2014
Jack
... 2014
Dr. Bertleman
... 2014
Mr. Jervis
... 2013
Arthur Rock
... 2013
J. Kimball
... 2013
The Shaman
... 2013
Roscoe
... 2013
Edwin Pollard
... 2013
Fletcher
... 2013
Mr. Jansen
... 2012
Captain Camp
... 2012
White Knight (voice)
... 2011
Mavis' Publisher (voice) (uncredited)
... 2011
Detective Burke
... 2011
Detective Krauss
... 2011
Henry Sawyer
... 2011
J. Noble Daggett (voice) (uncredited)
... 2010
Warden (voice)
... 2010
Narrator (voice)
... 2010
Mr. Jones
... 2010
Uncle Pal
... 2010
Gruff K-9 (voice)
... 2010
... 2010
... 2009
Donald Sinclaire
... 2009
Bob
... 2009
Mr. Wroblewski
... 2009
Brian
... 2009
Roy Davies
... 2009
Skip (voice)
... 2009
Sergeant Mitchell
... 2009
Oswald Klaven
... 2009
Lt. Col. Arson
... 2009
Stu Kopenhafer
... 2009
CIA Superior
... 2008
Narrator (voice)
... 2008
Mac MacGuff
... 2007
Candidate Welles
... 2007
Lee Mayer
... 2007
James McLaughlin
... 2007
J. Jonah Jameson
... 2007
Jacobson
... 2007
Vacaro
... 2006
Agent Richards
... 2005
... 2005
Ralph Earnhardt
... 2004
... 2004
Benny Southstreet (segment "Guys & Dolls")
... 2004
J. Jonah Jameson
... 2004
Garth Pancake
... 2004
Buffalo Bill Cody
... 2004
CIA Briefer
... 2003
George
... 2003
Older Hunter
... 2003
J. Jonah Jameson
... 2002
Ted Slocum
... 2001
... 2001
Dr. Tom Grandy
... 2000
Sheriff Pearl Johnson
... 2000
Ray Kendall
... 1999
Yellow (voice)
... 1999
Frank Perry
... 1999
Ray Tilman
... 1999
Guy
... 1998
Hoyd
... 1998
Souvenir Hawker
... 1998
Ensemble and Character Vocals (voice)
... 1997
Herb Aames
... 1997
FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon
... 1997
Mr. Shulman
... 1997
Dr. Mingus
... 1996
Federal Marshall
... 1996
Assistant Coach
... 1994
Siskel
... 1994
Himself / Benny Southstreet
... 1992
Patrolman in Park
... 1986
(voice)
Slade
George Shultz
Commissioner Gordon
Skip (voice)