Cast
J.K. Simmons
Acting
Cast
J.K. Simmons
Known for
Acting
Born
1955-01-09
From
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Also known as JK Simmons, Jonathan Simmons, Jonathan Kimble "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.
★7.9
MOVIE2021
Spider-Man: No Way Home
as J. Jonah Jameson
★8.3
MOVIE2023
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
★7.3
MOVIE2002
Spider-Man
as J. Jonah Jameson
★7.4
MOVIE2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home
as J. Jonah Jameson
★8.4
MOVIE2014
Whiplash
as Fletcher
★7.8
MOVIE2016
Zootopia
as Mayor Lionheart (voice)
★6.5
MOVIE2007
Spider-Man 3
as J. Jonah Jameson
★7.5
MOVIE2021
The Tomorrow War
as James Forester
★6.0
MOVIE2015
Terminator Genisys
as O'Brien
★7.1
MOVIE2025
The Accountant²
as Ray King
★8.1
MOVIE2021
Zack Snyder's Justice League
as Commissioner Gordon
★7.9
MOVIE2016
La La Land
as Bill
★7.0
MOVIE2010
Megamind
as Warden (voice)
★6.9
MOVIE2016
Kung Fu Panda 3
as Kai (voice)
★6.7
MOVIE2021
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
as J. Jonah Jameson (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE2017
Justice League
as Commissioner Gordon
★7.0
MOVIE2024
Red One
as Nick
★7.1
MOVIE2016
The Accountant
as Ray King
★7.3
MOVIE2004
Spider-Man 2
as J. Jonah Jameson
★7.3
MOVIE2021
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
as Ivo Shandor
★6.5
MOVIE2000
The Gift
as Sheriff Pearl Johnson
MOVIE2026
Heart of the Beast
★6.0
MOVIE2009
Jennifer's Body
as Mr. Wroblewski
★7.1
MOVIE2007
Juno
as Mac MacGuff
★7.6
MOVIE1997
Anastasia
as Ensemble and Character Vocals (voice)
★7.3
MOVIE2020
Palm Springs
as Roy
★6.7
MOVIE2012
The Words
as Mr. Jansen
★7.3
MOVIE2010
True Grit
as J. Noble Daggett (voice) (uncredited)
★8.2
MOVIE2019
Klaus
as Klaus (voice)
★6.9
MOVIE2009
Up in the Air
as Bob
★6.4
MOVIE1997
The Jackal
as FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon
★6.0
MOVIE2024
The Union
as Tom Brennan
★6.7
MOVIE1996
The First Wives Club
as Federal Marshall
★7.1
MOVIE2016
Patriots Day
as Sgt. Jeffrey Pugliese
★7.1
MOVIE2013
Labor Day
as Mr. Jervis
★7.1
MOVIE1999
The Cider House Rules
as Ray Kendall
★7.0
MOVIE2022
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
as Captain Putty (voice)
★6.7
MOVIE2008
Burn After Reading
as CIA Superior
★5.0
MOVIE2009
Post Grad
as Roy Davies
MOVIE2026
The Brink of War
as George Shultz
★6.3
MOVIE2012
Contraband
as Captain Camp
★5.7
MOVIE2009
Aliens in the Attic
as Skip (voice)
★6.5
MOVIE2014
Men, Women & Children
as Allison's Dad
★6.9
MOVIE2004
Hidalgo
as Buffalo Bill Cody
★7.2
MOVIE2005
Thank You for Smoking
as BR
★5.2
MOVIE2017
The Snowman
as Arve Støp
★6.7
MOVIE2014
Barefoot
as Dr. Bertleman
MOVIETBA
Purgatory
as Father Malone
★6.2
MOVIE2011
The Good Doctor
as Detective Krauss
★6.7
MOVIE2024
Saturday Night
as Milton Berle
★6.1
MOVIE2013
Jobs
as Arthur Rock
★7.5
MOVIE2015
O.W.C.A. Files
as Napoleon / Additional Voices (voice)
★6.8
MOVIE2019
21 Bridges
as Captain Matt McKenna
★6.9
MOVIE2021
Seal Team
as Claggart (voice)
★6.6
MOVIE2009
I Love You, Man
as Oswald Klaven
★5.9
MOVIE2017
Punching Henry
as Jay Warren
★6.4
MOVIE2013
Dark Skies
as Edwin Pollard
★5.2
MOVIE2010
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
as Gruff K-9 (voice)
★6.0
MOVIE1998
Celebrity
as Souvenir Hawker
★5.8
MOVIE2011
Young Adult
as Mavis' Publisher (voice) (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE2017
Father Figures
as Ronald Hunt
★6.0
MOVIE2001
The Mexican
as Ted Slocum
★7.2
MOVIE2011
The Music Never Stopped
as Henry Sawyer
★6.1
MOVIE2004
The Ladykillers
as Garth Pancake
★6.4
MOVIE1999
For Love of the Game
as Frank Perry
★6.0
MOVIE1996
Extreme Measures
as Dr. Mingus
★6.4
MOVIE2007
Rendition
as Lee Mayer
★6.1
MOVIE2000
Autumn in New York
as Dr. Tom Grandy
★6.3
MOVIE2016
Rock Dog
as Khampa (voice)
★5.8
MOVIE2009
Extract
as Brian
★8.0
MOVIE2003
Disposal
as Older Hunter
★5.1
MOVIE2022
Marmaduke
as Zeus (voice)
★5.4
MOVIE2016
The Late Bloomer
as James Newmans
★5.9
MOVIE2018
The Front Runner
as Bill Dixon
★6.4
MOVIE2023
Rally Road Racers
as Gnash (voice)
★5.8
MOVIE2017
I'm Not Here
as Steve
★6.0
MOVIE2014
The Rewrite
as Hal Lerner
★6.4
MOVIE2005
Harsh Times
as Agent Richards
★6.5
MOVIE2017
The Black Ghiandola
as Ralph Aceto
★7.0
MOVIE2017
The Bachelors
as Bill Palet
MOVIETBA
The Thing That Hurts
★5.8
MOVIE2022
Glorious
as Ghat (voice)
★6.9
MOVIE2024
Juror #2
as Harold
★5.6
MOVIE2017
Renegades
as Levin
★7.5
MOVIE2014
The Boxcar Children
as Dr. Moore (voice)
★6.3
MOVIE2007
The Astronaut Farmer
as Jacobson
★6.5
MOVIE2021
Being the Ricardos
as William Frawley
MOVIETBA
Monkey Quest
as (voice)
★5.9
MOVIE2016
The Meddler
as Randall Zipper
★4.8
MOVIE1997
Love Walked In
as Mr. Shulman
★6.7
MOVIE2003
Path to War
as CIA Briefer
★3.9
MOVIE2013
3 Geezers!
as J. Kimball
MOVIETBA
Spaceman
★5.8
MOVIE2023
One Day as a Lion
as Walter Boggs
★5.2
MOVIE2010
An Invisible Sign
as Mr. Jones
★5.7
MOVIE2024
You Can't Run Forever
as Wade
★5.7
MOVIE2017
All Nighter
as Mr. Gallo
★6.5
MOVIE2007
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
as James McLaughlin
★6.6
MOVIE2018
A Boy Called Sailboat
as Ernest
★6.1
MOVIE2006
First Snow
as Vacaro
★7.8
MOVIE2013
Whiplash
as Fletcher
★6.6
MOVIE1994
The Ref
as Siskel
★7.2
MOVIE2011
Ben 10 / Generator Rex: Heroes United
as White Knight (voice)
★5.3
MOVIE2010
Crazy on the Outside
as Ed
★7.0
MOVIE1998
Crossing Fields
as Guy
★4.6
MOVIE2007
Postal
as Candidate Welles
★5.0
MOVIE2014
Murder of a Cat
as Sheriff Frank Hoyle
★6.4
MOVIE2021
National Champions
as Coach James Lazor
MOVIETBA
109 Billion Followers
as Reaper
★7.0
MOVIE2011
Blackstone
as Detective Burke
★5.8
MOVIE2009
New in Town
as Stu Kopenhafer
★5.2
MOVIE1994
The Scout
as Assistant Coach
★7.3
MOVIE2023
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart
as Ben (voice)
★5.8
MOVIE2014
Break Point
as Jack
MOVIE2022
Prophets of Change
as Narrator
★6.7
MOVIE2004
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE2010
A Beginner's Guide to Endings
as Uncle Pal
★6.2
MOVIE2021
Ride the Eagle
as Carl
★7.7
MOVIE2016
Gravity Falls: Between the Pines
as Ford Pines (Voice)
★9.2
MOVIE2018
Drug$
as Narrator
★4.7
MOVIE1999
Hit and Runway
as Ray Tilman
★6.4
MOVIE2015
Worlds Apart
as Sebastian
★3.6
MOVIE2009
The Way of War
as Sergeant Mitchell
MOVIETBA
The Prince
★7.2
MOVIE2022
Hopper: An American Love Story
as Edward Hopper (voice)
★5.0
MOVIE2013
The Heeler
as Roscoe
★4.4
MOVIE1986
Popeye Doyle
as Patrolman in Park
★5.8
MOVIE1997
Face Down
as Herb Aames
★5.0
MOVIE2013
The Magic Bracelet
as The Shaman
★6.4
MOVIE2003
Off the Map
as George
★6.2
MOVIE2009
The Vicious Kind
as Donald Sinclaire
★5.1
MOVIE2019
3 Days with Dad
as Joey
MOVIE1999
I Lost My M in Vegas
as Yellow (voice)
★7.5
MOVIE2021
Rushing or Dragging
as Terrence Fletcher (Archive Audio)
★3.0
MOVIE2009
Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe
as Self
★4.3
MOVIE2009
Red Sands
as Lt. Col. Arson
★7.6
MOVIE2004
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
as Ralph Earnhardt
★5.9
MOVIE2025
Little Brother
as Warren Duffy
★8.0
MOVIE2018
Detroit: Comeback City
as Himself - Narrator
MOVIETBA
Behind the Zirkonians
as Skip (voice)
★8.3
MOVIE2004
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
as Benny Southstreet (segment "Guys & Dolls")
★6.4
MOVIE2025
The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery
as Narrator
★6.3
MOVIE2010
4192: The Crowning of the Hit King
as Narrator (voice)
★7.5
MOVIE1998
Above Freezing
as Hoyd
★8.0
MOVIE2014
Ava & Lala
as General Tiger (voice)
★8.5
MOVIE1992
Guys and Dolls: Off the Record
as Himself / Benny Southstreet
MOVIE2019
Fanboy
as J.K. / Frank Perry
MOVIE2001
Starwater
★6.2
MOVIE2018
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island
as Dr. Moore (voice)
MOVIE2022
Rivals: Ohio State vs. Michigan
as Narrator
MOVIE2020
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
as Orville
★5.0
MOVIE2008
Walt Whitman
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE2020
Charlie Russell's Old West
as Narrator