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The Brink of War
as George Shultz
2026
J
J.K. Simmons
Also known as JK Simmons, Jonathan Simmons, Jonathan Kimble Simmons
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.
Personal details
Full filmography
2026
2025
L
Little Brother
as Warren Duffy
2025
T
The Accountant²
as Ray King
2025
T
The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery
as Narrator
2025
2024
Y
You Can't Run Forever
as Wade
2024
T
The Union
as Tom Brennan
2024
J
Juror #2
as Harold
2024
R
Red One
as Nick
2024
S
Saturday Night
as Milton Berle
2024
S
Spaceman
2024
2023
S
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
2023
T
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart
as Ben (voice)
2023
R
Rally Road Racers
as Gnash (voice)
2023
O
One Day as a Lion
as Walter Boggs
2023
2022
C
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
as Captain Putty (voice)
2022
G
Glorious
as Ghat (voice)
2022
P
Prophets of Change
as Narrator
2022
R
Rivals: Ohio State vs. Michigan
as Narrator
2022
M
Marmaduke
as Zeus (voice)
2022
H
Hopper: An American Love Story
as Edward Hopper (voice)
2022
S
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home
as Self
2022
2021
S
Seal Team
as Claggart (voice)
2021
V
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
as J. Jonah Jameson (uncredited)
2021
G
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
as Ivo Shandor
2021
T
The Tomorrow War
as James Forester
2021
Z
Zack Snyder's Justice League
as Commissioner Gordon
2021
B
Being the Ricardos
as William Frawley
2021
R
Rushing or Dragging
as Terrence Fletcher (Archive Audio)
2021
N
National Champions
as Coach James Lazor
2021
R
Ride the Eagle
as Carl
2021
S
Spider-Man: No Way Home
as J. Jonah Jameson
2021
2020
P
Palm Springs
as Roy
2020
E
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
as Orville
2020
C
Charlie Russell's Old West
as Narrator
2020
2019
F
Fanboy
as J.K. / Frank Perry
2019
K
Klaus
as Klaus (voice)
2019
2
21 Bridges
as Captain Matt McKenna
2019
S
Spider-Man: Far From Home
as J. Jonah Jameson
2019
3
3 Days with Dad
as Joey
2019
2018
A
A Boy Called Sailboat
as Ernest
2018
T
The Front Runner
as Bill Dixon
2018
D
Detroit: Comeback City
as Himself - Narrator
2018
T
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island
as Dr. Moore (voice)
2018
D
Drug$
as Narrator
2018
2017
P
Punching Henry
as Jay Warren
2017
R
Renegades
as Levin
2017
A
All Nighter
as Mr. Gallo
2017
F
Father Figures
as Ronald Hunt
2017
T
The Snowman
as Arve Støp
2017
J
Justice League
as Commissioner Gordon
2017
T
The Bachelors
as Bill Palet
2017
I
I'm Not Here
as Steve
2017
T
The Black Ghiandola
as Ralph Aceto
2017
2016
T
The Accountant
as Ray King
2016
R
Rock Dog
as Khampa (voice)
2016
T
The Meddler
as Randall Zipper
2016
Z
Zootopia
as Mayor Lionheart (voice)
2016
K
Kung Fu Panda 3
as Kai (voice)
2016