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 226
Movies 151
TV Shows 75
Voice 40
self 15
Narrator 7
The Accountant 2 (2025)
Juror #2 (2024)
Saturday Night (2024)
The Union (2024)
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)
Hopper: An American Love Story (2022)
Little Brother (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)
INVINCIBLE (2021)
Rushing or Dragging (2021)
Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021)
The Great North (2021)
The Stand (2020)
Home Movie: The Princess Bride (2020)
Coronavirus, Explained (2020)
Defending Jacob (2020)
Klaus (2019)
21 Bridges (2019)
Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
Drug$ (2018)
The Front Runner (2018)
Explained (2018)
Father Figures (2017)
Counterpart (2017)
Justice League (2017)
Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics (2017)
The Bachelors (2017)
The Snowman (2017)
Renegades (2017)
The Black Ghiandola (2017)
Brockmire (2017)
All Nighter (2017)
Punching Henry (2017)
Patriots Day (2016)
The Accountant (2016)
Goliath (2016)
The Late Bloomer (2016)
Rock Dog (2016)
The Meddler (2016)
Weirdmageddon (2016)
Zootopia (2016)
Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)
Worlds Apart (2015)
Phineas and Ferb: The O.W.C.A. Files (2015)
Major Lazer (2015)
What Lives Inside (2015)
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)
Growing Up Fisher (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)
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)
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (2010)
The Talk (2010)
Pound Puppies (2010)
An Invisible Sign (2010)
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010)
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien (2010)
Generator Rex (2010)
The Vicious Kind (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)
The Way of War (2009)
Parks and Recreation (2009)
Party Down (2009)
I Love You, Man (2009)
Red Sands (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)
First Snow (2006)
Harsh Times (2005)
The Closer (2005)
American Dad! (2005)
Timeless (2005)
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story (2004)
Broadway's Lost Treasures II (2004)
Veronica Mars (2004)
Justice League Unlimited (2004)
Spider-Man 2 (2004)
The Ladykillers (2004)
The D.A. (2004)
Hidalgo (2004)
Arrested Development (2003)
Path to War (2003)
Off the Map (2003)
Disposal (2003)
Without a Trace (2002)
Everwood (2002)
Kim Possible (2002)
Spider-Man (2002)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)
The Mexican (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)
For Love of the Game (1999)
Hit and Runway (1999)
Celebrity (1998)
Anastasia (1997)
Face Down (1997)
The Jackal (1997)
Oz (1997)
Love Walked In (1997)
Extreme Measures (1996)
The First Wives Club (1996)
Spin City (1996)
The Scout (1994)
ER (1994)
The Ref (1994)
Law & Order (1990)
The Simpsons (1989)
American Masters (1986)
Popeye Doyle (1986)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
The Daily Bugle
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1955-01-09 (69 years old)
Birth NameJonathan Kimble Simmons
Birth PlaceDetroit, United States
SpouseMichelle Schumacher
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsJK Simmons, Jonathan Simmons, Дж.К. Симмонс, J・K・シモンズ, ג'ונתן קימבל "ג'יי קיי" סימונס, Дж.К. Сіммонс, Джей Кей Сіммонс
AwardsAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actor
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