J.K. Simmons
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.
Acted in
The Accountant 2
2025
as Ray King
Red One
2024
as Santa Claus
Juror No. 2
2024
Saturday Night
2024
as Milton Berle
The Union
2024
as Tom Brennan
You Can't Run Forever
2024
as Wade
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart
2023
as Ben (voice)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023
as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
Rally Road Racers
2023
as Gnash (voice)
One Day as a Lion
2023
as Walter Boggs
Rivals: Ohio State vs. Michigan
2022
as Narrator
Prophets of Change
2022
as Narrator
Little Brother
2022
as Warren Duffy
Glorious
2022
as Ghat (voice)
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
2022
as Captain Putty (voice)
Night Sky
2022
as Franklin York
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Marmaduke
2022
as Zeus (voice)
Spider-Man: No Way Home
2021
as J. Jonah Jameson
Being the Ricardos
2021
as William Frawley
National Champions
2021
as Coach James Lazor
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021
as Ivo Shandor
Seal Team
2021
as Claggart (voice)
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
2021
as J. Jonah Jameson (uncredited)
The Tomorrow War
2021
as James Forester
Ride the Eagle
2021
as Carl
INVINCIBLE
2021
as Nolan Grayson / Omni-Man (voice)
Rushing or Dragging
2021
as Terrence Fletcher (Archive Audio)
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021
as Commissioner Gordon
The Great North
2021
as Tusk Johnson (voice)
The Stand
2020
as General Starkey
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
2020
as Orville
Palm Springs
2020
as Roy
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
as The Grandfather
Coronavirus, Explained
2020
as Self - Narrator
Defending Jacob
2020
as Billy Barber
Klaus
2019
as Klaus (voice)
21 Bridges
2019
as Captain Matt McKenna
3 Days with Dad
2019
as Joey
Spider-Man: Far From Home
2019
as J. Jonah Jameson
Fanboy
2019
as J.K. / Frank Perry
Drug$
2018
as Narrator
The Front Runner
2018
as Bill Dixon
Detroit: Comeback City
2018
as Himself - Narrator
A Boy Called Sailboat
2018
as Ernest
Explained
2018
as Narrator (voice)
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island
2018
as Dr. Moore (voice)
Father Figures
2017
as Ronald Hunt
Counterpart
2017
as Howard Silk
I'm Not Here
2017
as Steve
Justice League
2017
as Commissioner James Gordon
Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics
2017
as Self
No Activity
2017
as Leo
The Bachelors
2017
as Bill Palet
The Snowman
2017
as Arve Støp
Renegades
2017
as Levin
The Black Ghiandola
2017
as Ralph Aceto
Brockmire
2017
as Matt "The Bat" Hardesty
All Nighter
2017
as Mr. Gallo
Punching Henry
2017
as Jay Warren
Patriots Day
2016
as Sgt. Jeffrey Pugliese
La La Land
2016
as Bill
The Accountant
2016
as Ray King
Goliath
2016
as George Zax
The Late Bloomer
2016
as James Newmans
Rock Dog
2016
as Khampa (voice)
The Meddler
2016
as Randall Zipper
Zootopia
2016
as Mayor Leodore Lionheart (voice)
Kung Fu Panda 3
2016
as Kai (voice)
Worlds Apart
2015
as Sebastian
Phineas and Ferb: The O.W.C.A. Files
2015
as Napoleon / Additional Voices (voice)
Terminator Genisys
2015
as O'Brien
Major Lazer
2015
as President Whitewall (voice)
What Lives Inside
2015
as Benjamin 'Pops' Delaney
Men, Women & Children
2014
as Allison's Dad
Whiplash
2014
as Fletcher
Ava & Lala
2014
as General Tiger (voice)
BoJack Horseman
2014
as Lenny Turtletaub (voice)
Wild Hawaii
2014
as Narrator (voice)
The Boxcar Children
2014
as Dr. Moore (voice)
The Rewrite
2014
as Dr. Hal Lerner
Murder of a Cat
2014
as Sheriff Frank Hoyle
Break Point
2014
as Jack
Growing Up Fisher
2014
as Mel Fisher
Barefoot
2014
as Dr. Bertleman
Labor Day
2013
as Mr. Jervis
LEGO MARVEL Super Heroes: Maximum Overload
2013
as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
as Frank Dillman
Jobs
2013
as Arthur Rock
3 Geezers!
2013
as J. Kimball
The Magic Bracelet
2013
as The Shaman
Family Tools
2013
The Heeler
2013
as Roscoe
Dark Skies
2013
as Edwin Pollard
Whiplash
2013
as Fletcher
The Words
2012
as Mr. Jansen
Gravity Falls
2012
as Stanford Pines (voice)
Men At Work
2012
as P.J. Jordan
The Legend of Korra
2012
as Tenzin (voice)
Best Friends Forever
2012
as Don
Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man
2012
as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
Contraband
2012
as Captain Camp
Young Adult
2011
as Mavis' Publisher (voice) (uncredited)
NTSF:SD:SUV::
2011
as Frank Forrest
Blackstone
2011
as Detective Burke
The Good Doctor
2011
as Detective Krauss
The Music Never Stopped
2011
as Henry Sawyer
Desert Car Kings
2011
as Himself - Narrator
True Grit
2010
as J. Noble Daggett (voice) (uncredited)
Megamind
2010
as Warden (voice)
4192: The Crowning of the Hit King
2010
as Narrator (voice)
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
2010
as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
Pound Puppies
2010
as Lt. Rock (voice)
Pound Puppies
2010
as Mr. Withers (voice)
An Invisible Sign
2010
as Mr. Jones
A Beginner's Guide to Endings
2010
as Uncle Pal
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
2010
as Gruff K-9 (voice)
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
2010
as Magister Gilhil / Plumber (voice)
Crazy on the Outside
2010
as Ed
Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe
2009
as Self
The Vicious Kind
2009
as Donald Sinclaire
Up in the Air
2009
as Bob
Jennifer's Body
2009
as Mr. Wroblewski
Archer
2009
as Detective (voice)
Extract
2009
as Brian
Post Grad
2009
as Roy Davies
Aliens in the Attic
2009
as Skip (voice)
The Way of War
2009
as Sergeant Mitchell
Parks and Recreation
2009
as Mayor Stice
I Love You, Man
2009
as Oswald Klaven
Party Down
2009
as Leonard Stiltskin
Red Sands
2009
as Lt. Col. Arson
New in Town
2009
as Stu Kopenhafer
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
2008
as Guardian (voice)
Burn After Reading
2008
as CIA Superior
Walt Whitman
2008
as Narrator (voice)
Juno
2007
as Mac MacGuff
Postal
2007
as Candidate Welles
Rendition
2007
as Lee Mayer
Phineas and Ferb
2007
as Napoleon (voice)
Phineas and Ferb
2007
as J.B. (voice)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007
as James McLaughlin
Spider-Man 3
2007
as J. Jonah Jameson
The Astronaut Farmer
2007
as Jacobson
First Snow
2006
as Vacaro
Harsh Times
2005
as Agent Richards
Thank You for Smoking
2005
as BR
The Closer
2005
as Will Pope
American Dad!
2005
as Judge (voice)
American Dad!
2005
as Dean of CIA Academy (voice)
American Dad!
2005
as Gene (voice)
American Dad!
2005
as Jed Farnsworth (voice)
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
2004
as Ralph Earnhardt
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
2004
as Self
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
2004
as Benny Southstreet (segment "Guys & Dolls")
Veronica Mars
2004
as Clyde Pickett
Jack & Bobby
2004
The Venture Bros.
2004
as Ben (Old Man Potter) (voice)
Justice League Unlimited
2004
as Eiling (voice)
Justice League Unlimited
2004
as General Eiling (voice)
Spider-Man 2
2004
as J. Jonah Jameson
The Jury
2004
The Ladykillers
2004
as Garth Pancake
The D.A.
2004
as Dep. Dist. Atty. Joe Carter
Hidalgo
2004
as Buffalo Bill Cody
Arrested Development
2003
as General Anderson
Path to War
2003
as CIA Briefer
Off the Map
2003
as George
Nip/Tuck
2003
Disposal
2003
as Older Hunter
Without a Trace
2002
as Mark Wilson
John Doe
2002
Everwood
2002
as Phil Drebbles
Kim Possible
2002
as Martin Smarty / Additional voices (voice)
Kim Possible
2002
as Martin Smarty (voice)
Spider-Man
2002
as J. Jonah Jameson
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Emil Skoda
The Mexican
2001
as Ted Slocum
Starwater
2001
Autumn in New York
2000
as Dr. Tom Grandy
The Gift
2000
as Sheriff Pearl Johnson
The Cider House Rules
1999
as Ray Kendall
Third Watch
1999
The West Wing
1999
as Harry Ravitch
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Dr. Emil Skoda
For Love of the Game
1999
as Frank Perry
Hit and Runway
1999
as Ray Tilman
Crossing Fields
1998
as Guy
Above Freezing
1998
as Hoyd
Celebrity
1998
as Souvenir Hawker
Anastasia
1997
as Ensemble and Character Vocals (voice)
Face Down
1997
as Herb Aames
The Jackal
1997
as FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon
Oz
1997
as Vernon Schillinger
Love Walked In
1997
as Mr. Shulman
Extreme Measures
1996
as Dr. Mingus
The First Wives Club
1996
as Federal Marshall
Spin City
1996
as Kevin
New York News
1995
The Scout
1994
as Assistant Coach
ER
1994
as Gus Loomer
New York Undercover
1994
The Ref
1994
as Siskel
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
Guys and Dolls: Off the Record
1992
as Himself / Benny Southstreet
Law & Order
1990
as Emil Skoda
Law & Order
1990
as Jerry Luppin
The Simpsons
1989
as Victor Kleskow (voice)
The Simpsons
1989
as Tabloid Editor (voice)
The Simpsons
1989
as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
The Simpsons
1989
as JJ Gruff (voice)
The Simpsons
1989
as Dr. Jessup (voice)
American Masters
1986
as Edward Hopper
Popeye Doyle
1986
as Patrolman in Park
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Hypergalactic
as (voice)
The Prince
The Accountant 3
as Ray King
Reykjavik
as George Shultz
Spaceman
The Tomorrow War 2
as Slade