J.K. Simmons
Acting
Born: Jan 09, 1955
From: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| You Can't Run Forever | Wade | 2024 | 5.729 |
| Seal Team | Claggart (voice) | 2021 | 6.898 |
| Venom: Let There Be Carnage | J. Jonah Jameson (uncredited) | 2021 | 6.746 |
| Ghostbusters: Afterlife | Ivo Shandor | 2021 | 7.3 |
| Crazy on the Outside | Ed | 2010 | 5.2 |
| Megamind | Warden (voice) | 2010 | 7.022 |
| Up in the Air | Bob | 2009 | 6.893 |
| Extract | Brian | 2009 | 5.835 |
| Post Grad | Roy Davies | 2009 | 4.992 |
| The Vicious Kind | Donald Sinclaire | 2009 | 6.2 |
| New in Town | Stu Kopenhafer | 2009 | 5.8 |
| The Way of War | Sergeant Mitchell | 2009 | 3.6 |
| Burn After Reading | CIA Superior | 2008 | 6.673 |
| Spider-Man 3 | J. Jonah Jameson | 2007 | 6.5 |
| Rendition | Lee Mayer | 2007 | 6.421 |
| Juno | Mac MacGuff | 2007 | 7.059 |
| Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | James McLaughlin | 2007 | 6.533 |
| First Snow | Vacaro | 2006 | 6.146 |
| Harsh Times | Agent Richards | 2005 | 6.447 |
| Thank You for Smoking | BR | 2005 | 7.196 |
| Spider-Man 2 | J. Jonah Jameson | 2004 | 7.3 |
| Hidalgo | Buffalo Bill Cody | 2004 | 6.904 |
| The Ladykillers | Garth Pancake | 2004 | 6.129 |
| Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing | Self | 2004 | 6.685 |
| Off the Map | George | 2003 | 6.436 |
| Spider-Man | J. Jonah Jameson | 2002 | 7.3 |
| The Mexican | Ted Slocum | 2001 | 5.954 |
| The Gift | Sheriff Pearl Johnson | 2000 | 6.478 |
| The Jackal | FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon | 1997 | 6.387 |
| Extreme Measures | Dr. Mingus | 1996 | 5.991 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1955 |
| From | Detroit, Michigan, USA |