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.
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Movies (153)
109 Billion Followers
2026 · Reaper
El corazón de la bestia
2026 · Watkins
Purgatory
2026 · Father Malone
Al filo de la guerra
2026 · George Shultz
Little Brother
2025 · Warren Duffy
The Accountant²
2025 · Ray King
The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery
2025 · Narrator
Red One
2024 · Nick
Jurado #2
2024 · Harold
Saturday Night: La noche que cambió la comedia
2024 · Milton Berle
El Sindicato
2024 · Tom Brennan
Spaceman
2024
Furia asesina
2024 · Wade
The Venture Bros.: La Sangre es Brillante
2023 · Ben (voice)
Spider-Man: A través del Spider-Verso
2023 · J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
Rally Road Racers
2023 · Gnash (voice)
Un día como león
2023 · Walter Boggs
Rivals: Ohio State vs. Michigan
2022 · Narrator
Prophets of Change
2022 · Narrator
Hopper: An American Love Story
2022 · Edward Hopper (voice)
Glorious
2022 · Ghat (voice)
Chip y Dale: Al rescate
2022 · Captain Putty (voice)
Spider-Man: Todos los caminos conducen a No Way Home
2022 · Self
Marmaduke
2022 · Zeus (voice)
Spider-Man: Sin camino a casa
2021 · J. Jonah Jameson
Todo sobre los Ricardos
2021 · William Frawley
National Champions
2021 · Coach James Lazor
Ghostbusters: El Legado
2021 · Ivo Shandor
Equipo foca
2021 · Claggart (voice)
Venom: Carnage Liberado
2021 · J. Jonah Jameson (uncredited)
La Guerra Del Mañana
2021 · James Forester
Vuela como el Aguila
2021 · Carl
Rushing or Dragging
2021 · Terrence Fletcher (Archive Audio)
La Liga de la Justicia de Zack Snyder
2021 · Commissioner Gordon
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
2020 · Orville
Charlie Russell's Old West
2020 · Narrator
Palm Springs
2020 · Roy
La leyenda de Klaus
2019 · Klaus (voice)
Nueva York Sin Salida
2019 · Captain Matt McKenna
3 Days with Dad
2019 · Joey
Spider-Man: Lejos de casa
2019 · J. Jonah Jameson
Fanboy
2019 · J.K. / Frank Perry
Drug$
2018 · Narrator
El favorito
2018 · Bill Dixon
Detroit: Comeback City
2018 · Himself - Narrator
A Boy Called Sailboat
2018 · Ernest
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island
2018 · Dr. Moore (voice)
¿Quién @#*%$ es papá?
2017 · Ronald Hunt
I'm Not Here
2017 · Steve
Liga de la Justicia
2017 · Commissioner Gordon
The Bachelors
2017 · Bill Palet
El Muñeco De Nieve
2017 · Arve Støp
Renegados: El tesoro del lago
2017 · Levin
The Black Ghiandola
2017 · Ralph Aceto
¡Qué noche!
2017 · Mr. Gallo
Punching Henry
2017 · Jay Warren
Día del atentado
2016 · Sgt. Jeffrey Pugliese
La La Land: Una historia de amor
2016 · Bill
El contador
2016 · Ray King
The Late Bloomer
2016 · James Newmans
Rock Dog: El Perro Rockero
2016 · Khampa (voice)
Una madre indiscreta
2016 · Randall Zipper
Zootopia
2016 · Mayor Lionheart (voice)
Gravity Falls: Between the Pines
2016 · Ford Pines (Voice)
Kung Fu Panda 3
2016 · Kai (voice)
Worlds Apart
2015 · Sebastian
Terminator: Génesis
2015 · O'Brien
Hombres, mujeres y niños
2014 · Allison's Dad
Whiplash: Música y Obsesión
2014 · Fletcher
Ava & Lala
2014 · General Tiger (voice)
The Boxcar Children
2014 · Dr. Moore (voice)
Escribiendo de amor
2014 · Hal Lerner
Murder of a Cat
2014 · Sheriff Frank Hoyle
Punto de Quiebre
2014 · Jack
Descalza
2014 · Dr. Bertleman
Aires de Esperanza
2013 · Mr. Jervis
JOBS: La Vida De Steve Jobs
2013 · Arthur Rock
3 Geezers!
2013 · J. Kimball
The Magic Bracelet
2013 · The Shaman
The Heeler
2013 · Roscoe
Los Elegidos
2013 · Edwin Pollard
Whiplash
2013 · Fletcher
El ladrón de palabras
2012 · Mr. Jansen
Contrabando
2012 · Captain Camp
Ben 10 / Generator Rex: Heroes United
2011 · White Knight (voice)
Adultos jovenes
2011 · Mavis' Publisher (voice) (uncredited)
Blackstone
2011 · Detective Burke
The Good Doctor
2011 · Detective Krauss
La Música Nunca Paró
2011 · Henry Sawyer
Temple de Acero
2010 · J. Noble Daggett (voice) (uncredited)
Megamente
2010 · Warden (voice)
4192: The Crowning of the Hit King
2010 · Narrator (voice)
An Invisible Sign
2010 · Mr. Jones
A Beginner's Guide to Endings
2010 · Uncle Pal
Como perros y gatos 2: La venganza de Kitty Galore
2010 · Gruff K-9 (voice)
Crazy on the Outside
2010 · Ed
Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe
2009 · Self
The Vicious Kind
2009 · Donald Sinclaire
Amor Sin Escalas
2009 · Bob
Diabólica tentación
2009 · Mr. Wroblewski
Extract
2009 · Brian
Recién graduada
2009 · Roy Davies
Pequeños Invasores
2009 · Skip (voice)
The Way of War
2009 · Sergeant Mitchell
Te amo, brother
2009 · Oswald Klaven
La reliquia del mal
2009 · Lt. Col. Arson
Nueva en la ciudad
2009 · Stu Kopenhafer
Quémese después de leerse
2008 · CIA Superior
Walt Whitman
2008 · Narrator (voice)
Juno: Crecer, correr y tropezar
2007 · Mac MacGuff
Postal - Parodia del caos
2007 · Candidate Welles
El Sospechoso
2007 · Lee Mayer
Entierren Mi Corazón En Wounded Knee
2007 · James McLaughlin
El hombre araña 3
2007 · J. Jonah Jameson
On the Set: Spider-Man 3
2007 · Self
The Astronaut Farmer
2007 · Jacobson
El Último Presagio (First Snow)
2006 · Vacaro
Soldado de ciudad
2005 · Agent Richards
Gracias por fumar
2005 · BR
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
2004 · Ralph Earnhardt
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
2004 · Self
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
2004 · Benny Southstreet (segment "Guys & Dolls")
El hombre araña 2
2004 · J. Jonah Jameson
El quinteto de la muerte
2004 · Garth Pancake
Océanos de fuego
2004 · Buffalo Bill Cody
Camino A La Guerra
2003 · CIA Briefer
Off the Map
2003 · George
Disposal
2003 · Older Hunter
El hombre araña
2002 · J. Jonah Jameson
La Mexicana
2001 · Ted
Starwater
2001
Testigo
2000 · Sheriff Pearl Johnson
Otoño en Nueva York
2000 · Dr. Tom Grandy
The Cider House Rules
1999 · Ray Kendall
I Lost My M in Vegas
1999 · Yellow (voice)
For Love of the Game
1999 · Frank Perry
Hit and Runway
1999 · Ray Tilman
Crossing Fields
1998 · Guy
Above Freezing
1998 · Hoyd
Celebrity
1998 · Souvenir Hawker
Face Down
1997 · Herb Aames
The Jackal
1997 · FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon
Love Walked In
1997 · Mr. Shulman
Extreme Measures
1996 · Dr. Mingus
The First Wives Club
1996 · Federal Marshall
The Scout
1994 · Assistant Coach
The Ref
1994 · Siskel
Guys and Dolls: Off the Record
1992 · Himself / Benny Southstreet
Popeye Doyle
1986 · Patrolman in Park
The Prince
Behind the Zirkonians
· Skip (voice)
The Thing That Hurts
Monkey Quest
· Vex (voice)
TV shows (87)
Los del lado oeste
2026 · Eamon Sweeney
Cielo nocturno
2022 · Franklin York
Last Meals
2021 · Self
INVENCIBLE
2021 · Nolan Grayson / Omni-Man (voice)
The Great North
2021 · Tusk Johnson (voice)
The Stand
2020 · General Starkey
Die Hart
2020 · Jackson Pepper
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020 · The Grandfather
Coronavirus, en pocas palabras
2020 · Self - Narrator
Defending Jacob
2020 · Billy Barber
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
En pocas palabras
2018 · Narrator (voice)
Counterpart
2017 · Howard Silk
Robert Kirkman, la historia secreta del cómic
2017 · Self
No Activity
2017 · Leo
Brockmire
2017 · Matt "The Bat" Hardesty
Goliat: Poder y debilidad
2016 · George Zax
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self - Guest
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Self
Major Lazer
2015 · President Whitewall (voice)
What Lives Inside
2015 · Benjamin 'Pops' Delaney
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Self
BoJack Horseman
2014 · Lenny Turtletaub (voice)
Hawái Salvaje
2014 · Narrator (voice)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014 · (voice)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
Growing Up Fisher
2014 · Mel Fisher
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self - Guest
LEGO MARVEL Super Heroes: Maximum Overload
2013 · J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013 · Frank Dillman
Family Tools
2013 · Tony Shea
Gravity Falls
2012 · Stanford Pines (voice)
Men at Work
2012 · P.J. Jordan
Avatar: La Leyenda de Korra
2012 · Tenzin (voice), Mushi (voice)
Best Friends Forever
2012 · Don
Ultimate Spider-Man
2012 · J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
NTSF:SD:SUV::
2011 · Frank Forrest
Reyes de autos clásicos
2011 · Himself - Narrator
Los Vengadores: Los héroes más poderosos del planeta
2010 · J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
The Talk
2010 · Self - Guest
Pound Puppies
2010 · Lt. Rock (voice), Mr. Withers (voice)
Raising Hope
2010 · Bruce Chance
Ben 10: Supremacía Alienígena
2010 · Magister Gilhil / Plumber (voice)
Archer
2009 · Detective (voice)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
Construyendo un parque
2009 · Mayor Stice
Party Down
2009 · Leonard Stiltskin
Batman, el Valiente
2008 · Guardian (voice)
Ben 10: Fuerza Alienígena
2008 · Magister Gilhil (voice)
Phineas y Ferb
2007 · Napoleon (voice), J.B. (voice)
Caso Resuelto
2005 · Will Pope
American Dad!
2005 · Judge (voice), Dean of CIA Academy (voice), Gene (voice), Jed Farnsworth (voice)
Numb3rs
2005 · Dr. Clarence Weaver
Verónica Mars
2004 · Clyde Pickett
Jack & Bobby
2004
Liga de la Justicia Ilimitada
2004 · Eiling (voice), General Eiling (voice)
The Jury
2004
The D.A.
2004 · Dep. Dist. Atty. Joe Carter
Arrested Development
2003 · General Anderson
Cortes y puntadas
2003 · Ike Connors
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Guest, Self
Sin rastro
2002 · Mark Wilson
John Doe
2002 · Lucas Doya
Everwood
2002 · Phil Drebbles
Kim Possible
2002 · Martin Smarty (voice)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Emil Skoda
Third Watch
1999 · Frank Hagedorn
The West Wing
1999 · Harry Ravitch
La Ley y el Orden: Unidad de Víctimas Especiales
1999 · Dr. Emil Skoda
Oz
1997 · Vernon Schillinger
Spin City
1996 · Kevin
The Daily Show
1996 · Self - Guest
Swift Justice
1996 · Mel Turman
Remember WENN
1996 · 'Captain Amazon'
New York News
1995
ER
1994 · Gus Loomer
New York Undercover
1994
The Adventures of Pete & Pete
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · Alexander Rausch
Law & Order
1990 · Emil Skoda, Jerry Luppin
Los Simpson
1989 · Victor Kleskow (voice), Tabloid Editor (voice), J. Jonah Jameson (voice), JJ Gruff (voice), Dr. Jessup (voice)
American Masters
1986 · Edward Hopper
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host, Vern Schillinger (uncredited)
The Oscars
1953 · Self
Ren & Stimpy
· Lint (voice)
Embassy
· Ambassador Elliot Ashford
Beat the Reaper
· Dr. Friendly