J. K. Simmons

Jonathan Kimble Simmons (born January 9, 1955) is an American actor who has appeared in over 200 film and television roles since his debut in 1986. He has won an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Critics Choice Award, among other honors.

Simmons has portrayed a range of characters in film, including J. Jonah Jameson in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007), B.R. in *Thank You for Smoking* (2005), Mac MacGuff in *Juno* (2007), Terence Fletcher in *Whiplash* (2014), Bill in *La La Land* (2016), William Frawley in *Being the Ricardos* (2021), and Commissioner James Gordon in *Justice League* (2017), *Zack Snyder's Justice League* (2021), and *Batgirl* (2022). He has also reprised his role as Jameson in various Marvel media, including animated series and the Spider-Man films *Far From Home* (2019), *Venom: Let There Be Carnage* (2021), *Spider-Man: No Way Home* (2021), and the web series *TheDailyBugle.net* (2019; 2021).

On television, Simmons is known for his roles as Dr. Emil Skoda on *Law & Order*, Vernon Schillinger on *Oz*, and Assistant Police Chief Will Pope on *The Closer*. He starred as Howard Silk in *Counterpart* from 2017 to 2019 and appeared in commercials for Farmers Insurance and the IFC comedy series *Brockmire*. In 2020, he had recurring roles in the miniseries *Defending Jacob* and *The Stand*.

As a voice artist, Simmons has voiced Cave Johnson in *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), Klaus in *Klaus* (2019), Pig Baby in *Infinity Train* (2021), and Nolan “Omni-Man” Grayson in *Invincible* (2021). He has also been the voice of the Yellow M&M since 1996.