Biography
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
all 218
Movies 145
TV Shows 73
Voice 29
self 15
Narrator 8
Red One (2024)
The Union (2024)
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart (2023)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
Rally Road Racers (2023)
One Day as a Lion (2023)
Rivals: Ohio State vs. Michigan (2022)
Prophets of Change (2022)
Little Brother (2022)
Glorious (2022)
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022)
Night Sky (2022)
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home (2022)
Marmaduke (2022)
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
National Champions (2021)
Being the Ricardos (2021)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
Seal Team (2021)
Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)
The Tomorrow War (2021)
Ride the Eagle (2021)
Invincible (2021)
Rushing or Dragging (2021)
Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)
The Great North (2021)
The Stand (2020)
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens (2020)
Palm Springs (2020)
Home Movie: The Princess Bride (2020)
Coronavirus, Explained (2020)
Defending Jacob (2020)
Klaus (2019)
21 Bridges (2019)
3 Days with Dad (2019)
Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
Fanboy (2019)
Drug$ (2018)
The Front Runner (2018)
Detroit: Comeback City (2018)
A Boy Called Sailboat (2018)
Explained (2018)
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island (2018)
Father Figures (2017)
Counterpart (2017)
I'm Not Here (2017)
Justice League (2017)
Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics (2017)
No Activity (2017)
The Bachelors (2017)
The Snowman (2017)
Renegades (2017)
The Black Ghiandola (2017)
Brockmire (2017)
All Nighter (2017)
Punching Henry (2017)
Patriots Day (2016)
La La Land (2016)
Goliath (2016)
The Accountant (2016)
The Late Bloomer (2016)
Rock Dog (2016)
The Meddler (2016)
Zootopia (2016)
Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)
Worlds Apart (2015)
Phineas and Ferb: The O.W.C.A. Files (2015)
April and the Extraordinary World (2015)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015)
Terminator Genisys (2015)
Major Lazer (2015)
What Lives Inside (2015)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (2014)
Men, Women & Children (2014)
Whiplash (2014)
Ava & Lala (2014)
BoJack Horseman (2014)
Wild Hawaii (2014)
The Boxcar Children (2014)
The Rewrite (2014)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014)
Murder of a Cat (2014)
Break Point (2014)
Growing Up Fisher (2014)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Barefoot (2014)
Labor Day (2013)
LEGO MARVEL Super Heroes: Maximum Overload (2013)
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013)
Jobs (2013)
Marvel's Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. (2013)
3 Geezers! (2013)
The Magic Bracelet (2013)
Family Tools (2013)
The Heeler (2013)
Dark Skies (2013)
Whiplash (2013)
The Words (2012)
Adventure Planet (2012)
Gravity Falls (2012)
Men At Work (2012)
The Legend of Korra (2012)
Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man (2012)
Contraband (2012)
Ben 10/Generator Rex: Heroes United (2011)
Young Adult (2011)
NTSF:SD:SUV:: (2011)
Blackstone (2011)
The Good Doctor (2011)
The Music Never Stopped (2011)
Desert Car Kings (2011)
True Grit (2010)
Megamind (2010)
4192: The Crowning of the Hit King (2010)
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (2010)
The Talk (2010)
Pound Puppies (2010)
An Invisible Sign (2010)
A Beginner's Guide to Endings (2010)
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010)
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien (2010)
Generator Rex (2010)
Crazy on the Outside (2010)
Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe (2009)
The Vicious Kind (2009)
Up in the Air (2009)
Jennifer's Body (2009)
Archer (2009)
Extract (2009)
Post Grad (2009)
Aliens in the Attic (2009)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)
Parks and Recreation (2009)
Party Down (2009)
I Love You, Man (2009)
Red Sands (2009)
The Way of War (2009)
New in Town (2009)
Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2008)
Burn After Reading (2008)
Walt Whitman (2008)
Juno (2007)
Postal (2007)
Rendition (2007)
Phineas and Ferb (2007)
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007)
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
The Astronaut Farmer (2007)
First Snow (2006)
Harsh Times (2005)
Thank You for Smoking (2005)
The Closer (2005)
American Dad! (2005)
Timeless (2005)
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story (2004)
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing (2004)
Broadway's Lost Treasures II (2004)
Veronica Mars (2004)
Jack & Bobby (2004)
Justice League Unlimited (2004)
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
The Jury (2004)
The Ladykillers (2004)
The D.A. (2004)
Hidalgo (2004)
Arrested Development (2003)
Path to War (2003)
Off the Map (2003)
Nip/Tuck (2003)
Disposal (2003)
Without a Trace (2002)
John Doe (2002)
Everwood (2002)
Kim Possible (2002)
Spider-Man (2002)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
The Mexican (2001)
Starwater (2001)
Autumn in New York (2000)
The Gift (2000)
The Cider House Rules (1999)
Third Watch (1999)
The West Wing (1999)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
I Lost My M in Vegas (1999)
For Love of the Game (1999)
Hit and Runway (1999)
Crossing Fields (1998)
Above Freezing (1998)
Celebrity (1998)
Face Down (1997)
The Jackal (1997)
Oz (1997)
Love Walked In (1997)
Extreme Measures (1996)
The First Wives Club (1996)
Spin City (1996)
New York News (1995)
The Scout (1994)
ER (1994)
New York Undercover (1994)
The Ref (1994)
Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
Guys And Dolls: Off The Record (1992)
Law & Order (1990)
The Simpsons (1989)
American Masters (1986)
Popeye Doyle (1986)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
The Oscars (1953)
SNL 1975
The Accountant 2
The Closer
Juror No. 2
Hypergalactic
You Can't Run Forever
The Tomorrow War 2
My Only Sunshine
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1955-01-09 (69 years old)
Birth NameJonathan Kimble Simmons
Birth PlaceDetroit, United States of America
SpouseMichelle Schumacher
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsJK Simmons, Jonathan Simmons, Дж.К. Симмонс, J・K・シモンズ
AwardsAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actor
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