Personal Info
- Known ForActing
 - GenderMale
 - Birthday1955-01-09 (70 years)
 - Place of BirthDetroit, Michigan, USA
 - Also Known AsJK SimmonsJonathan SimmonsJ・K・シモンズג'ונתן קימבל "ג'יי קיי" סימונסДж.К. СіммонсДжей Кей Сіммонс乔纳森·金布尔·西蒙斯جی. کی. سیمونزJonathan Kimble "J.K." SimmonsДж. К. Симмонс
 
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...Read More
Known For
Acting Career
- 2025
Little Brother
As: Warren Duffy
 - 2025
The Accountant²
As: Ray King
 - 2025
The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery
As: Narrator
 - 2024
Red One
As: Nick
 - 2024
Juror #2
As: Harold
 - 2024
Saturday Night
As: Milton Berle
 - 2024
The Union
As: Tom Brennan
 - 2024
Ren & Stimpy
As: Lint (voice)
 
2024You Can't Run Forever
As: Wade
2023The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart
As: Ben (voice)
2023Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
As: J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
2023Rally Road Racers
As: Gnash (voice)
2023One Day as a Lion
As: Walter Boggs
2022Rivals: Ohio State vs. Michigan
As: Narrator
2022Prophets of Change
As: Narrator
2022Hopper: An American Love Story
As: Edward Hopper (voice)
2022Glorious
As: Ghat (voice)
2022Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
As: Captain Putty (voice)
2022Night Sky
As: Franklin York
2022Marmaduke
As: Zeus (voice)
- 2021
Spider-Man: No Way Home
As: J. Jonah Jameson
 
2021Being the Ricardos
As: William Frawley
2021National Champions
As: Coach James Lazor
2021Ghostbusters: Afterlife
As: Ivo Shandor
2021Seal Team
As: Claggart (voice)
2021Venom: Let There Be Carnage
As: J. Jonah Jameson (uncredited)
2021The Tomorrow War
As: James Forester
2021Ride the Eagle
As: Carl
2021INVINCIBLE
As: Nolan Grayson / Omni-Man (voice)
2021Rushing or Dragging
As: Terrence Fletcher (Archive Audio)
2021Zack Snyder's Justice League
As: Commissioner Gordon
2021The Great North
As: Tusk Johnson (voice)
2020The Stand
As: General Starkey
2020Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
As: Orville
2020Die Hart
As: Jackson Pepper
2020Palm Springs
As: Roy
2020Home Movie: The Princess Bride
As: The Grandfather
2020Defending Jacob
As: Billy Barber
2019Klaus
As: Klaus (voice)
201921 Bridges
As: Captain Matt McKenna
20193 Days with Dad
As: Joey
- 2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home
As: J. Jonah Jameson
 
2019Fanboy
As: J.K. / Frank Perry
2018Drug$
As: Narrator
2018The Front Runner
As: Bill Dixon
2018A Boy Called Sailboat
As: Ernest
2018Explained
As: Narrator (voice)
2018The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island
As: Dr. Moore (voice)
2017Father Figures
As: Ronald Hunt
2017Counterpart
As: Howard Silk
2017I'm Not Here
As: Steve
2017Justice League
As: Commissioner Gordon
2017No Activity
As: Leo
2017The Bachelors
As: Bill Palet
2017The Snowman
As: Arve Støp
2017Renegades
As: Levin
2017The Black Ghiandola
As: Ralph Aceto
2017Brockmire
As: Matt "The Bat" Hardesty
2017All Nighter
As: Mr. Gallo
2017Punching Henry
As: Jay Warren
2016Patriots Day
As: Sgt. Jeffrey Pugliese
- 2016
La La Land
As: Bill
 
2016The Accountant
As: Ray King
2016Goliath
As: George Zax
2016The Late Bloomer
As: James Newmans
2016Rock Dog
As: Khampa (voice)
2016The Meddler
As: Randall Zipper
- 2016
Zootopia
As: Mayor Lionheart (voice)
 
2016Kung Fu Panda 3
As: Kai (voice)
2015Worlds Apart
As: Sebastian
2015O.W.C.A. Files
As: Napoleon / Additional Voices (voice)
2015Terminator Genisys
As: O'Brien
2015Major Lazer
As: President Whitewall (voice)
2015What Lives Inside
As: Benjamin 'Pops' Delaney
2014Men, Women & Children
As: Allison's Dad
2014Whiplash
As: Fletcher
2014Ava & Lala
As: General Tiger (voice)
2014BoJack Horseman
As: Lenny Turtletaub (voice)
2014Wild Hawaii
As: Narrator (voice)
2014The Boxcar Children
As: Dr. Moore (voice)
2014The Rewrite
As: Dr. Hal Lerner
2014Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
As: Voice Over (voice)
2014Murder of a Cat
As: Sheriff Frank Hoyle
2014Break Point
As: Jack
2014Growing Up Fisher
As: Mel Fisher
2014Barefoot
As: Dr. Bertleman
2013Labor Day
As: Mr. Jervis
2013LEGO MARVEL Super Heroes: Maximum Overload
As: J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
2013Brooklyn Nine-Nine
As: Frank Dillman
2013Jobs
As: Arthur Rock
20133 Geezers!
As: J. Kimball
2013Family Tools
As: Tony Shea
2013Dark Skies
As: Edwin Pollard
2013Whiplash
As: Fletcher
2012The Words
As: Mr. Jansen
2012Gravity Falls
As: Stanford Pines (voice)
2012Men At Work
As: P.J. Jordan
2012The Legend of Korra
As: Tenzin (voice)
2012The Legend of Korra
As: Mushi (voice)
2012Best Friends Forever
As: Don
2012Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man
As: J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
2012Contraband
As: Captain Camp
2011Ben 10 - Generator Rex: Heroes United
As: White Knight (voice)
2011Young Adult
As: Mavis' Publisher (voice) (uncredited)
2011NTSF:SD:SUV::
As: Frank Forrest
2011The Good Doctor
As: Detective Krauss
2011The Music Never Stopped
As: Henry Sawyer
2010True Grit
As: J. Noble Daggett (voice) (uncredited)
2010Megamind
As: Warden (voice)
20104192: The Crowning of the Hit King
As: Narrator (voice)
2010The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
As: J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
2010Pound Puppies
As: Lt. Rock (voice)
2010Pound Puppies
As: Mr. Withers (voice)
2010An Invisible Sign
As: Mr. Jones
2010Raising Hope
As: Bruce Chance
2010A Beginner's Guide to Endings
As: Uncle Pal
2010Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
As: Gruff K-9 (voice)
2010Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
As: Magister Gilhil / Plumber (voice)
2010Crazy on the Outside
As: Ed
2009The Vicious Kind
As: Donald Sinclaire
2009Up in the Air
As: Bob
2009Jennifer's Body
As: Mr. Wroblewski
2009Archer
As: Detective (voice)
2009Extract
As: Brian
2009Post Grad
As: Roy Davies
2009Aliens in the Attic
As: Skip (voice)
2009The Way of War
As: Sergeant Mitchell
2009Parks and Recreation
As: Mayor Stice
2009I Love You, Man
As: Oswald Klaven
2009Party Down
As: Leonard Stiltskin
2009Red Sands
As: Lt. Col. Arson
2009New in Town
As: Stu Kopenhafer
2008Batman: The Brave and the Bold
As: Guardian (voice)
2008Burn After Reading
As: CIA Superior
2008Walt Whitman
As: Narrator (voice)
2007Juno
As: Mac MacGuff
2007Postal
As: Candidate Welles
2007Rendition
As: Lee Mayer
2007Phineas and Ferb
As: Napoleon (voice)
2007Phineas and Ferb
As: J.B. (voice)
2007Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
As: James McLaughlin
2007Spider-Man 3
As: J. Jonah Jameson
2007The Astronaut Farmer
As: Jacobson
2006First Snow
As: Vacaro
2005Harsh Times
As: Agent Richards
2005Thank You for Smoking
As: BR
2005The Closer
As: Will Pope
2005American Dad!
As: Judge (voice)
2005American Dad!
As: Gene (voice)
2005American Dad!
As: Dean of CIA Academy (voice)
2005American Dad!
As: Jed Farnsworth (voice)
2005Numb3rs
As: Dr. Clarence Weaver
20043: The Dale Earnhardt Story
As: Ralph Earnhardt
2004Broadway's Lost Treasures II
As: Benny Southstreet (segment "Guys & Dolls")
2004Veronica Mars
As: Clyde Pickett
2004Justice League Unlimited
As: Eiling (voice)
2004Justice League Unlimited
As: General Eiling (voice)
2004Spider-Man 2
As: J. Jonah Jameson
2004The Ladykillers
As: Garth Pancake
2004The D.A.
As: Dep. Dist. Atty. Joe Carter
2004Hidalgo
As: Buffalo Bill Cody
2003Arrested Development
As: General Anderson
2003Path to War
As: CIA Briefer
2003Off the Map
As: George
2003Nip/Tuck
As: Ike Connors
2002Without a Trace
As: Mark Wilson
2002John Doe
As: Lucas Doya
2002Everwood
As: Phil Drebbles
2002Kim Possible
As: Martin Smarty (voice)
2002Kim Possible
As: Martin Smarty / Additional voices (voice)
- 2002
Spider-Man
As: J. Jonah Jameson
 
2001Law & Order: Criminal Intent
As: Emil Skoda
2001The Mexican
As: Ted Slocum
2000Autumn in New York
As: Dr. Tom Grandy
2000The Gift
As: Sheriff Pearl Johnson
1999The Cider House Rules
As: Ray Kendall
1999Third Watch
As: Frank Hagedorn
1999The West Wing
As: Harry Ravitch
1999I Lost My M in Vegas
As: Yellow (voice)
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
As: Dr. Emil Skoda
1999For Love of the Game
As: Frank Perry
1999Hit and Runway
As: Ray Tilman
1998Crossing Fields
As: Guy
1998Above Freezing
As: Hoyd
1998Celebrity
As: Souvenir Hawker
1997Anastasia
As: Ensemble and Character Vocals (voice)
1997Face Down
As: Herb Aames
1997The Jackal
As: FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon
1997Oz
As: Vernon Schillinger
1997Love Walked In
As: Mr. Shulman
1996Extreme Measures
As: Dr. Mingus
1996The First Wives Club
As: Federal Marshall
1996Spin City
As: Kevin
1996Remember WENN
As: 'Captain Amazon'
1994The Scout
As: Assistant Coach
1994ER
As: Gus Loomer
1994The Ref
As: Siskel
1993Homicide: Life on the Street
As: Alexander Rausch
1990Law & Order
As: Emil Skoda
1990Law & Order
As: Jerry Luppin
1989The Simpsons
As: Victor Kleskow (voice)
1989The Simpsons
As: Tabloid Editor (voice)
1989The Simpsons
As: J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
1989The Simpsons
As: JJ Gruff (voice)
1989The Simpsons
As: Dr. Jessup (voice)
1986American Masters
As: Edward Hopper
1986Popeye Doyle
As: Patrolman in Park