J.K. Simmons

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1955-01-09 (70 years old)

Place of Birth

Detroit, Michigan, USA

J.K. 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 th...

Acting

2002

Spider-Man

as J. Jonah Jameson

2004

Spider-Man 2

as J. Jonah Jameson

2007

Spider-Man 3

as J. Jonah Jameson

2000

The Gift

as Sheriff Pearl Johnson

2004

Hidalgo

as Buffalo Bill Cody

2021

Seal Team

as Claggart (voice)

1997

The Jackal

as FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon

2008

Burn After Reading

as CIA Superior

2004

The Ladykillers

as Garth Pancake

2021

Venom: Let There Be Carnage

as J. Jonah Jameson (uncredited)

2007

Rendition

as Lee Mayer

2009

1996

Extreme Measures

as Dr. Mingus

2007

Juno

as Mac MacGuff

2001

The Mexican

as Ted Slocum

2003

Off the Map

as George

2005

Harsh Times

as Agent Richards

2009

Extract

as Brian

2009

Post Grad

as Roy Davies

2009

The Vicious Kind

as Donald Sinclaire

2007

2021

2009

New in Town

as Stu Kopenhafer

2009

The Way of War

as Sergeant Mitchell

2010

Megamind

as Warden (voice)

2006

First Snow

as Vacaro

2009

I Love You, Man

as Oswald Klaven

2009

Jennifer's Body

as Mr. Wroblewski

2023

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)

2012

The Words

as Mr. Jansen

2011

2010

An Invisible Sign

as Mr. Jones

2022

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers

as Captain Putty (voice)

2022

Glorious

as Ghat (voice)

2019

Fanboy

as J.K. / Frank Perry

2012

Contraband

as Captain Camp

2013

Dark Skies

as Edwin Pollard

2013

Jobs

as Arthur Rock

2013

3 Geezers!

as J. Kimball

1999

Hit and Runway

as Ray Tilman

2022

2015

O.W.C.A. Files

as Napoleon / Additional Voices (voice)

1997

Love Walked In

as Mr. Shulman

2023

Little Brother

as Warren Duffy

2024

The Union

as Tom Brennan

2014

2014

Barefoot

as Dr. Bertleman

2014

Whiplash

as Fletcher

2015

2014

Murder of a Cat

as Sheriff Frank Hoyle

1999

The Cider House Rules

as Ray Kendall

2023

Rally Road Racers

as Gnash (voice)

2014

The Rewrite

as Dr. Hal Lerner

2014

Men, Women & Children

as Allison's Dad

2024

Juror #2

as Harold

1994

The Ref

as Siskel

1998

Celebrity

as Souvenir Hawker

1997

Face Down

as Herb Aames

2016

The Accountant

as Ray King

2017

Punching Henry

as Jay Warren

2022

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Hypergalactic

as (voice)

2016

Rock Dog

as Khampa (voice)

2024

Red One

as Nick

2016

The Meddler

as Randall Zipper

2017

Renegades

as Levin

2013

Labor Day

as Mr. Jervis

2025

The Accountant²

as Ray King

2015

Worlds Apart

as Sebastian

2017

All Nighter

as Mr. Gallo

2017

Father Figures

as Ronald Hunt

2024

Saturday Night

as Milton Berle

2023

One Day as a Lion

as Walter Boggs

2014

The Boxcar Children

as Dr. Moore (voice)

2016

Zootopia

as Mayor Leodore Lionheart (voice)

2013

Whiplash

as Fletcher

2017

The Snowman

as Arve Støp

2011

Young Adult

as Mavis' Publisher (voice) (uncredited)

2007

2016

Kung Fu Panda 3

as Kai (voice)

2017

Justice League

as Commissioner Gordon

2016

Patriots Day

as Sgt. Jeffrey Pugliese

2017

The Bachelors

as Bill Palet

2016

La La Land

as Bill

2013

The Magic Bracelet

as The Shaman

2017

I'm Not Here

as Steve

1997

Anastasia

as Ensemble and Character Vocals (voice)

2016

The Late Bloomer

as James Newmans

2007

Postal

as Candidate Welles

2011

The Good Doctor

as Detective Krauss

1999

For Love of the Game

as Frank Perry

1986

Popeye Doyle

as Patrolman in Park

1998

2010

2014

Ava & Lala

as General Tiger (voice)

1994

The Scout

as Assistant Coach

1998

2003

Disposal

as Older Hunter

2004

3: The Dale Earnhardt Story

as Ralph Earnhardt

2000

Autumn in New York

as Dr. Tom Grandy

2013

The Heeler

as Roscoe

2009

Aliens in the Attic

as Skip (voice)

2011

Blackstone

as Detective Burke

2009

Red Sands

as Lt. Col. Arson

2010

True Grit

as J. Noble Daggett (voice) (uncredited)

2003

Path to War

as CIA Briefer

2017

The Black Ghiandola

as Ralph Aceto

2018

The Front Runner

as Bill Dixon

2019

Klaus

as Klaus (voice)

1996

The First Wives Club

as Federal Marshall

2018

Detroit: Comeback City

as Himself - Narrator

2018

1992

Guys and Dolls: Off the Record

as Himself / Benny Southstreet

2019

21 Bridges

as Captain Matt McKenna

2018

Drug$

as Narrator

2004

Broadway's Lost Treasures II

as Benny Southstreet (segment "Guys & Dolls")

2020

2019

Spider-Man: Far From Home

as J. Jonah Jameson

2019

2021

The Tomorrow War

as James Forester

2022

Marmaduke

as Zeus (voice)

2008

Walt Whitman

as Narrator (voice)

2021

Zack Snyder's Justice League

as Commissioner Gordon

2021

Being the Ricardos

as William Frawley

2021

Rushing or Dragging

as Terrence Fletcher (Archive Audio)

2021

National Champions

as Coach James Lazor

2021

2021

Spider-Man: No Way Home

as J. Jonah Jameson

2011

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Reykjavik

as George Shultz

2022

Hopper: An American Love Story

as Edward Hopper (voice)

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The Apology

as Omni-man

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