J.K. Simmons

Acting · Born 1955-01-09 in Detroit, Michigan, USA

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…

Filmography

• Spider-Man as J. Jonah Jameson
• Spider-Man 2 as J. Jonah Jameson
• Juno as Mac MacGuff
• Thank You for Smoking as BR
• Ghostbusters: Afterlife as Ivo Shandor
• Megamind as Warden (voice)
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
• Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers as Captain Putty (voice)
• Whiplash as Fletcher
• The Cider House Rules as Ray Kendall

TV

• Third Watch as Frank Hagedorn
• The Simpsons as Victor Kleskow (voice)
• The Closer as Will Pope
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Dr. Emil Skoda
• Homicide: Life on the Street as Alexander Rausch
• ER as Gus Loomer
• Arrested Development as General Anderson
• The Legend of Korra as Tenzin (voice)
• Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
• Justice League Unlimited as Eiling (voice)