J.K. Simmons
1955-01-09 ( 70 years old ) 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.

Movies

The Prince 2025-05-10
Red One 2024-10-31
Juror #2 2024-10-30
Saturday Night 2024-09-27
The Union 2024-08-15
Little Brother 2023-04-23
Glorious 2022-07-21
Marmaduke 2022-04-28
Seal Team 2021-10-28
Ride the Eagle 2021-07-30
Palm Springs 2020-07-10
Klaus 2019-11-08
21 Bridges 2019-10-24
Fanboy 2019-03-22
Drug$ 2018-12-15
Father Figures 2017-12-21
I'm Not Here 2017-11-16
Justice League 2017-11-15
The Bachelors 2017-10-20
The Snowman 2017-08-24
Renegades 2017-08-21
All Nighter 2017-03-10
Punching Henry 2017-02-24
Patriots Day 2016-12-12
La La Land 2016-12-01
The Accountant 2016-10-13
Rock Dog 2016-07-08
The Meddler 2016-04-05
Zootopia 2016-02-11
Worlds Apart 2015-12-17
Whiplash 2014-10-10
Ava & Lala 2014-10-01
The Rewrite 2014-06-15
Break Point 2014-03-08
Barefoot 2014-02-02
Labor Day 2013-12-27
Jobs 2013-08-15
3 Geezers! 2013-05-22
The Heeler 2013-04-18
Dark Skies 2013-02-21
Whiplash 2013-01-18
The Words 2012-09-07
Contraband 2012-01-12
Young Adult 2011-11-11
Blackstone 2011-05-28
True Grit 2010-12-22
Megamind 2010-10-28
Up in the Air 2009-12-04
Extract 2009-09-03
Post Grad 2009-08-21
The Way of War 2009-04-20
Red Sands 2009-02-24
New in Town 2009-01-30
Walt Whitman 2008-04-14
Juno 2007-12-05
Postal 2007-10-18
Rendition 2007-09-07
Spider-Man 3 2007-05-01
First Snow 2006-05-05
Harsh Times 2005-09-11
Spider-Man 2 2004-06-25
Hidalgo 2004-02-04
Path to War 2003-10-28
Off the Map 2003-09-05
Disposal 2003-01-01
Spider-Man 2002-05-01
The Mexican 2001-03-01
Starwater 2001-01-01
The Gift 2000-03-16
Hit and Runway 1999-04-17
Above Freezing 1998-10-01
Celebrity 1998-09-07
Anastasia 1997-11-20
Face Down 1997-11-15
The Jackal 1997-11-14
Love Walked In 1997-01-18
The Scout 1994-09-30
The Ref 1994-03-09
Popeye Doyle 1986-01-01