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J.K. Simmons

09 Jan, 1955 in Detroit, Michigan, USA

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.

Also Known As:

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Juno
71% (2007)
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Off the Map
64% (2003)
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Extract
59% (2009)
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Post Grad
50% (2009)
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Fanboy
0% (2019)
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Jobs
61% (2013)
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3 Geezers!
40% (2013)
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The Union
63% (2024)
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Break Point
58% (2014)
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Whiplash
84% (2014)
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The Ref
66% (1994)
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Celebrity
60% (1998)
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Whiplash
79% (2013)
The Prince
0% (2025)
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I'm Not Here
60% (2017)
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Crossing Fields
0% (1998)
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Ava & Lala
80% (2014)
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The Scout
51% (1994)
Disposal
0% (2003)
The Heeler
0% (2013)
Blackstone
70% (2011)
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Red Sands
44% (2009)
Reykjavik
0% (1970)
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Drug$
90% (2018)
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Third Watch
79% (1999)
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Law & Order
74% (1990)
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Jack & Bobby
68% (2004)
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Everwood
76% (2002)
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Nip/Tuck
72% (2003)
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ER
78% (1994)
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The Jury
70% (2004)
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Party Down
74% (2009)
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The D.A.
0% (2004)
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Family Tools
52% (2013)
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Oz
81% (1997)
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The Talk
34% (2010)
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Goliath
76% (2016)
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The West Wing
83% (1999)
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Spin City
70% (1996)
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The Oscars
70% (1953)
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Law & Order
74% (1990)
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Brockmire
68% (2017)

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