Acting
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.
Filmography
109 Billion Followers
Film · 2026
The Brink of War
Film · 2026
Purgatory
Film · 2026
Heart of the Beast
Film · 2026
The Westies
Series · 2026
Little Brother
Film · 2025
The Accountant²
Film · 2025
The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery
Film · 2025
You Can't Run Forever
Film · 2024
The Union
Film · 2024
Juror #2
Film · 2024
Red One
Film · 2024
Saturday Night
Film · 2024
Spaceman
Film · 2024
Ren & Stimpy
Series · 2024
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Film · 2023
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart
Film · 2023
Rally Road Racers
Film · 2023
One Day as a Lion
Film · 2023
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
Film · 2022
Glorious
Film · 2022
Prophets of Change
Film · 2022
Rivals: Ohio State vs. Michigan
Film · 2022
Marmaduke
Film · 2022
Hopper: An American Love Story
Film · 2022
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
Film · 2022
Night Sky
Series · 2022
Seal Team
Film · 2021
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Film · 2021
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Film · 2021
The Tomorrow War
Film · 2021
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Film · 2021
Being the Ricardos
Film · 2021
Rushing or Dragging
Film · 2021
National Champions
Film · 2021
Ride the Eagle
Film · 2021
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Film · 2021
The Great North
Series · 2021
INVINCIBLE
Series · 2021
Last Meals
Series · 2021
Palm Springs
Film · 2020
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
Film · 2020
Charlie Russell's Old West
Film · 2020
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Series · 2020
Coronavirus, Explained
Series · 2020
Defending Jacob
Series · 2020
The Stand
Series · 2020
Die Hart
Series · 2020
Fanboy
Film · 2019
Klaus
Film · 2019
21 Bridges
Film · 2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Film · 2019
3 Days with Dad
Film · 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Series · 2019
The Daily Bugle
Series · 2019
A Boy Called Sailboat
Film · 2018
The Front Runner
Film · 2018
Detroit: Comeback City
Film · 2018
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island
Film · 2018
Drug$
Film · 2018
Explained
Series · 2018
Punching Henry
Film · 2017
Renegades
Film · 2017
All Nighter
Film · 2017
Father Figures
Film · 2017
The Snowman
Film · 2017
Justice League
Film · 2017
The Bachelors
Film · 2017
I'm Not Here
Film · 2017
The Black Ghiandola
Film · 2017
Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics
Series · 2017
Counterpart
Series · 2017
No Activity
Series · 2017
Brockmire
Series · 2017
The Accountant
Film · 2016
Rock Dog
Film · 2016
The Meddler
Film · 2016
Zootopia
Film · 2016
Kung Fu Panda 3
Film · 2016
Patriots Day
Film · 2016
La La Land
Film · 2016
The Late Bloomer
Film · 2016
Gravity Falls: Between the Pines
Film · 2016
Goliath
Series · 2016
Terminator Genisys
Film · 2015
Worlds Apart
Film · 2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Series · 2015
Major Lazer
Series · 2015
What Lives Inside
Series · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
Break Point
Film · 2014
Barefoot
Film · 2014
Whiplash
Film · 2014
Murder of a Cat
Film · 2014
The Rewrite
Film · 2014
Men, Women & Children
Film · 2014
The Boxcar Children
Film · 2014
Ava & Lala
Film · 2014
Growing Up Fisher
Series · 2014
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Series · 2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Series · 2014
BoJack Horseman
Series · 2014
Wild Hawaii
Series · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Series · 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Series · 2014
Dark Skies
Film · 2013
Jobs
Film · 2013
3 Geezers!
Film · 2013
Labor Day
Film · 2013
Whiplash
Film · 2013
The Magic Bracelet
Film · 2013
The Heeler
Film · 2013
Family Tools
Series · 2013
LEGO MARVEL Super Heroes: Maximum Overload
Series · 2013
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Series · 2013
The Words
Film · 2012
Contraband
Film · 2012
Men at Work
Series · 2012
The Legend of Korra
Series · 2012
Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man
Series · 2012
Gravity Falls
Series · 2012
Best Friends Forever
Series · 2012
The Legend of Korra
Series · 2012
The Music Never Stopped
Film · 2011
Young Adult
Film · 2011
The Good Doctor
Film · 2011
Blackstone
Film · 2011
Ben 10 / Generator Rex: Heroes United
Film · 2011
Desert Car Kings
Series · 2011
NTSF:SD:SUV::
Series · 2011
Crazy on the Outside
Film · 2010
Megamind
Film · 2010
An Invisible Sign
Film · 2010
A Beginner's Guide to Endings
Film · 2010
True Grit
Film · 2010
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Film · 2010
4192: The Crowning of the Hit King
Film · 2010
The Talk
Series · 2010
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
Series · 2010
Pound Puppies
Series · 2010
Pound Puppies
Series · 2010
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
Series · 2010
Raising Hope
Series · 2010
Up in the Air
Film · 2009
Extract
Film · 2009
Post Grad
Film · 2009
The Vicious Kind
Film · 2009
New in Town
Film · 2009
The Way of War
Film · 2009
I Love You, Man
Film · 2009
Jennifer's Body
Film · 2009
Aliens in the Attic
Film · 2009
Red Sands
Film · 2009
Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe
Film · 2009
Party Down
Series · 2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Series · 2009
Archer
Series · 2009
Parks and Recreation
Series · 2009
Burn After Reading
Film · 2008
Walt Whitman
Film · 2008
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Series · 2008
Ben 10: Alien Force
Series · 2008
Spider-Man 3
Film · 2007
Rendition
Film · 2007
Juno
Film · 2007
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Film · 2007
The Astronaut Farmer
Film · 2007
Postal
Film · 2007
On the Set: Spider-Man 3
Film · 2007
Phineas and Ferb
Series · 2007
Phineas and Ferb
Series · 2007
First Snow
Film · 2006
Harsh Times
Film · 2005
Thank You for Smoking
Film · 2005
American Dad!
Series · 2005
The Closer
Series · 2005
American Dad!
Series · 2005
American Dad!
Series · 2005
American Dad!
Series · 2005
Numb3rs
Series · 2005
Spider-Man 2
Film · 2004
Hidalgo
Film · 2004
The Ladykillers
Film · 2004
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
Film · 2004
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
Film · 2004
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
Film · 2004
Jack & Bobby
Series · 2004
The Jury
Series · 2004
The D.A.
Series · 2004
Justice League Unlimited
Series · 2004
Justice League Unlimited
Series · 2004
Veronica Mars
Series · 2004
Off the Map
Film · 2003
Path to War
Film · 2003
Disposal
Film · 2003
Nip/Tuck
Series · 2003
Arrested Development
Series · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Series · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Series · 2003
Spider-Man
Film · 2002
John Doe
Series · 2002
Everwood
Series · 2002
Without a Trace
Series · 2002
Kim Possible
Series · 2002
The Mexican
Film · 2001
Starwater
Film · 2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Series · 2001
The Gift
Film · 2000
Autumn in New York
Film · 2000
Hit and Runway
Film · 1999
The Cider House Rules
Film · 1999
For Love of the Game
Film · 1999
I Lost My M in Vegas
Film · 1999
Third Watch
Series · 1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Series · 1999
The West Wing
Series · 1999
Celebrity
Film · 1998
Above Freezing
Film · 1998
Crossing Fields
Film · 1998
The Jackal
Film · 1997
Love Walked In
Film · 1997
Face Down
Film · 1997
Oz
Series · 1997
Extreme Measures
Film · 1996
The First Wives Club
Film · 1996
Spin City
Series · 1996
Remember WENN
Series · 1996
The Daily Show
Series · 1996
Swift Justice
Series · 1996
New York News
Series · 1995
The Ref
Film · 1994
The Scout
Film · 1994
New York Undercover
Series · 1994
ER
Series · 1994
Homicide: Life on the Street
Series · 1993
The Adventures of Pete & Pete
Series · 1993
Guys and Dolls: Off the Record
Film · 1992
Law & Order
Series · 1990
Law & Order
Series · 1990
The Simpsons
Series · 1989
The Simpsons
Series · 1989
The Simpsons
Series · 1989
The Simpsons
Series · 1989
The Simpsons
Series · 1989
Popeye Doyle
Film · 1986
American Masters
Series · 1986
Saturday Night Live
Series · 1975
Saturday Night Live
Series · 1975
The Oscars
Series · 1953
The Prince
Film
Behind the Zirkonians
Film
The Thing That Hurts
Film
Monkey Quest
Film
Embassy
Series
Beat the Reaper
Series