J.K. Simmons
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1955-01-09
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.
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Spider-Man
May 01, 2002
Spider-Man 2
Jun 25, 2004
Spider-Man 3
May 01, 2007
The Gift
Mar 16, 2000
Hidalgo
Feb 04, 2004
Seal Team
Oct 28, 2021
You Can't Run Forever
May 17, 2024
The Jackal
Nov 14, 1997
Burn After Reading
Sep 05, 2008
The Ladykillers
Mar 25, 2004
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Sep 30, 2021
Rendition
Sep 07, 2007
Up in the Air
Dec 04, 2009
Extreme Measures
Sep 27, 1996
Juno
Dec 05, 2007
The Mexican
Mar 01, 2001
Off the Map
Sep 05, 2003
Harsh Times
Sep 11, 2005
Extract
Sep 03, 2009
Post Grad
Aug 21, 2009
The Vicious Kind
Dec 11, 2009
Thank You for Smoking
Sep 09, 2005
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
May 27, 2007
Crazy on the Outside
Jan 08, 2010
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
Nov 30, 2004
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Nov 18, 2021
New in Town
Jan 30, 2009
The Way of War
Apr 20, 2009
Megamind
Oct 28, 2010
First Snow
May 05, 2006
I Love You, Man
Mar 20, 2009
Starwater
Jan 01, 2001
Jennifer's Body
Sep 18, 2009
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
May 31, 2023
The Words
Sep 07, 2012
The Music Never Stopped
Mar 18, 2011
An Invisible Sign
Oct 06, 2010
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
May 20, 2022
Glorious
Jul 21, 2022
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart
Jul 21, 2023
Fanboy
Mar 22, 2019
Contraband
Jan 12, 2012
A Beginner's Guide to Endings
Sep 17, 2010
Dark Skies
Feb 21, 2013
Jobs
Aug 15, 2013
3 Geezers!
May 22, 2013
Hit and Runway
Apr 17, 1999
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
May 03, 2022
O.W.C.A. Files
Nov 09, 2015
Love Walked In
Jan 18, 1997
The Union
Aug 15, 2024
Little Brother
Apr 23, 2023
Break Point
Mar 08, 2014
Barefoot
Feb 02, 2014
Whiplash
Oct 10, 2014
Terminator Genisys
Jun 23, 2015
Murder of a Cat
Apr 24, 2014
The Cider House Rules
Dec 17, 1999
Rally Road Racers
May 12, 2023
The Rewrite
Jun 15, 2014
Men, Women & Children
Oct 17, 2014
Juror #2
Oct 30, 2024
The Ref
Mar 09, 1994
Celebrity
Sep 07, 1998
Face Down
Nov 15, 1997
The Accountant
Oct 13, 2016
Punching Henry
Feb 24, 2017
Prophets of Change
Oct 12, 2022
Hypergalactic
Rock Dog
Jul 08, 2016
Red One
Oct 31, 2024
The Meddler
Apr 05, 2016
Renegades
Aug 21, 2017
Rivals: Ohio State vs. Michigan
Nov 13, 2022
Labor Day
Dec 27, 2013
The Accountant²
Apr 23, 2025
Worlds Apart
Dec 17, 2015
All Nighter
Mar 10, 2017
Father Figures
Dec 21, 2017
Saturday Night
Sep 27, 2024
One Day as a Lion
Apr 04, 2023
The Boxcar Children
Aug 05, 2014
Zootopia
Feb 11, 2016
Whiplash
Jan 18, 2013
The Snowman
Aug 24, 2017
Young Adult
Nov 11, 2011
The Astronaut Farmer
Feb 23, 2007
Kung Fu Panda 3
Jan 23, 2016
Justice League
Nov 15, 2017
Patriots Day
Dec 12, 2016
The Bachelors
Oct 20, 2017
The Prince
La La Land
Dec 01, 2016
The Magic Bracelet
May 18, 2013
I'm Not Here
Nov 16, 2017
Anastasia
Nov 20, 1997
The Late Bloomer
Oct 07, 2016
The Good Doctor
Apr 23, 2011
For Love of the Game
Sep 17, 1999
True Grit
Dec 22, 2010
Postal
Oct 18, 2007
Aliens in the Attic
Jul 30, 2009
Blackstone
May 28, 2011
Path to War
Oct 28, 2003
Popeye Doyle
Jan 01, 1986
A Boy Called Sailboat
Jun 08, 2018
Ava & Lala
Oct 01, 2014
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
Dec 11, 2004
Red Sands
Feb 24, 2009
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Jul 29, 2010
The Scout
Sep 30, 1994
Autumn in New York
Aug 11, 2000
Above Freezing
Oct 01, 1998
Crossing Fields
Nov 06, 1998
The Heeler
Apr 18, 2013
Disposal
Jan 01, 2003
4192: The Crowning of the Hit King
Oct 22, 2010
Spaceman
The Black Ghiandola
Apr 22, 2017
The Front Runner
Nov 06, 2018
Klaus
Nov 08, 2019
The First Wives Club
Sep 20, 1996
Detroit: Comeback City
Jul 01, 2018
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island
May 08, 2018
Guys and Dolls: Off the Record
Dec 07, 1992
21 Bridges
Oct 24, 2019
Drug$
Dec 15, 2018
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
Oct 26, 2004
Palm Springs
Jul 10, 2020
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Jun 28, 2019
3 Days with Dad
Sep 13, 2019
The Tomorrow War
Sep 03, 2021
Marmaduke
Apr 28, 2022
Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe
Dec 22, 2009
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
Dec 01, 2020
Walt Whitman
Apr 14, 2008
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Mar 18, 2021
Being the Ricardos
Dec 10, 2021
Rushing or Dragging
Mar 20, 2021
National Champions
Dec 10, 2021
Ride the Eagle
Jul 30, 2021
The Tomorrow War 2
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Dec 15, 2021
Ben 10 - Generator Rex: Heroes United
Nov 25, 2011
109 Billion Followers
Reykjavik
Hopper: An American Love Story
Oct 11, 2022
The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery
Jan 31, 2025
Heart of the Beast
The Apology
Third Watch
Sep 23, 1999
The Simpsons
Dec 17, 1989
Law & Order
Sep 13, 1990
American Dad!
Feb 06, 2005
The Closer
Jun 13, 2005
John Doe
Sep 20, 2002
Jack & Bobby
Sep 12, 2004
Everwood
Sep 16, 2002
Nip/Tuck
Jul 22, 2003
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Sep 20, 1999
Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics
Nov 12, 2017
Without a Trace
Sep 26, 2002
New York Undercover
Sep 08, 1994
Homicide: Life on the Street
Jan 31, 1993
ER
Sep 19, 1994
Arrested Development
Nov 02, 2003
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Sep 30, 2001
Men At Work
May 24, 2012
Night Sky
May 19, 2022
The Jury
Jun 08, 2004
New York News
Sep 28, 1995
The Great North
Jan 03, 2021
Party Down
Mar 20, 2009
The D.A.
Mar 19, 2004
Family Tools
May 01, 2013
The Legend of Korra
Apr 14, 2012
Growing Up Fisher
Feb 23, 2014
Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man
Apr 01, 2012
Justice League Unlimited
Jul 31, 2004
Justice League Unlimited
Jul 31, 2004
Oz
Jul 12, 1997
The Talk
Oct 18, 2010
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Apr 27, 2014
LEGO MARVEL Super Heroes: Maximum Overload
Nov 05, 2013
Goliath
Oct 13, 2016
The West Wing
Sep 22, 1999
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
Apr 23, 2010
Counterpart
Dec 10, 2017
Kim Possible
Jun 07, 2002
Kim Possible
Jun 07, 2002
American Dad!
Feb 06, 2005
American Dad!
Feb 06, 2005
Gravity Falls
Jun 15, 2012
American Dad!
Feb 06, 2005
Pound Puppies
Oct 10, 2010
Pound Puppies
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Spin City
Sep 17, 1996
The Oscars
Mar 19, 1953
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Jun 29, 2020
Law & Order
Sep 13, 1990
Phineas and Ferb
Aug 17, 2007
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
Oct 20, 2010
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Dec 21, 2014
Phineas and Ferb
Aug 17, 2007
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Aug 02, 2015
Desert Car Kings
Jan 26, 2011
American Masters
Jun 23, 1986
Saturday Night Live
Oct 11, 1975
No Activity
Nov 11, 2017
Major Lazer
Apr 17, 2015
NTSF:SD:SUV::
Jul 21, 2011
What Lives Inside
Mar 25, 2015
Brockmire
Apr 05, 2017
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Jul 16, 2009
Archer
Sep 17, 2009
Veronica Mars
Sep 22, 2004
Saturday Night Live
Oct 11, 1975
Explained
May 23, 2018
BoJack Horseman
Aug 22, 2014
INVINCIBLE
Mar 25, 2021
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Sep 09, 2019
Parks and Recreation
Apr 09, 2009
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Sep 17, 2013
Wild Hawaii
Aug 20, 2014
Coronavirus, Explained
Apr 26, 2020
Defending Jacob
Apr 24, 2020
Best Friends Forever
Apr 04, 2012
The Stand
Dec 17, 2020
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Nov 14, 2008
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Feb 17, 2014
The Simpsons
Dec 17, 1989
The Simpsons
Dec 17, 1989
The Simpsons
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The Simpsons
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Die Hart
Jul 20, 2020
Raising Hope
Sep 21, 2010
Ren & Stimpy
Aug 10, 2024
Remember WENN
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