J.K. Simmons

J.K. Simmons

Acting

Born January 9, 1955 · Detroit, Michigan, USA

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 sinc…

Known for

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

The Daily Show

The Daily Show

1996

Law & Order

Law & Order

1990

Law & Order

Law & Order

1990

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

1989

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

1989

Acting(239)

2026Heart of the Beast

2026The Brink of WarGeorge Shultz

2026The WestiesEamon Sweeney

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2025Little BrotherWarren Duffy

2025The Accountant²Ray King

2025The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes MysteryNarrator

2024Red OneNick

2024Juror #2Harold

2024Saturday NightMilton Berle

2024The UnionTom Brennan

2024Ren & StimpyLint (voice)

2024You Can't Run ForeverWade

2023The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon HeartBen (voice)

2023Spider-Man: Across the Spider-VerseJ. Jonah Jameson (voice)

2023Rally Road RacersGnash (voice)

2023One Day as a LionWalter Boggs

2022Rivals: Ohio State vs. MichiganNarrator

2022Prophets of ChangeNarrator

2022Hopper: An American Love StoryEdward Hopper (voice)

2022GloriousGhat (voice)

2022Chip 'n Dale: Rescue RangersCaptain Putty (voice)

2022Night SkyFranklin York

2022MarmadukeZeus (voice)

2021Spider-Man: No Way HomeJ. Jonah Jameson

2021Being the RicardosWilliam Frawley

2021National ChampionsCoach James Lazor

2021Ghostbusters: AfterlifeIvo Shandor

2021Seal TeamClaggart (voice)

2021Venom: Let There Be CarnageJ. Jonah Jameson (uncredited)

2021The Tomorrow WarJames Forester

2021Ride the EagleCarl

2021INVINCIBLENolan Grayson / Omni-Man (voice)

2021Rushing or DraggingTerrence Fletcher (Archive Audio)

2021Zack Snyder's Justice LeagueCommissioner Gordon

2021The Great NorthTusk Johnson (voice)

2020The StandGeneral Starkey

2020Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging QueensOrville

2020Charlie Russell's Old WestNarrator

2020Die HartJackson Pepper

2020Palm SpringsRoy

2020Home Movie: The Princess BrideThe Grandfather

2020Coronavirus, ExplainedSelf - Narrator

2020Defending JacobBilly Barber

2019KlausKlaus (voice)

2019The Daily BugleJ. Jonah Jameson

201921 BridgesCaptain Matt McKenna

20193 Days with DadJoey

2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf

2019Spider-Man: Far From HomeJ. Jonah Jameson

2019FanboyJ.K. / Frank Perry

2018Drug$Narrator

2018The Front RunnerBill Dixon

2018Detroit: Comeback CityHimself - Narrator

2018A Boy Called SailboatErnest

2018ExplainedNarrator (voice)

2018The Boxcar Children: Surprise IslandDr. Moore (voice)

2017Father FiguresRonald Hunt

2017CounterpartHoward Silk

2017I'm Not HereSteve

2017Justice LeagueCommissioner Gordon

2017Robert Kirkman's Secret History of ComicsSelf

2017No ActivityLeo

2017The BachelorsBill Palet

2017The SnowmanArve Støp

2017RenegadesLevin

2017The Black GhiandolaRalph Aceto

2017BrockmireMatt "The Bat" Hardesty

2017All NighterMr. Gallo

2017Punching HenryJay Warren

2016Patriots DaySgt. Jeffrey Pugliese

2016La La LandBill

2016The AccountantRay King

2016GoliathGeorge Zax

2016The Late BloomerJames Newmans

2016Rock DogKhampa (voice)

2016The MeddlerRandall Zipper

2016ZootopiaMayor Lionheart (voice)

2016Gravity Falls: Between the PinesFord Pines (Voice)

2016Kung Fu Panda 3Kai (voice)

2015Worlds ApartSebastian

2015O.W.C.A. FilesNapoleon / Additional Voices (voice)

2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest

2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSelf

2015Terminator GenisysO'Brien

2015Major LazerPresident Whitewall (voice)

2015What Lives InsideBenjamin 'Pops' Delaney

2014Variety Studio: Actors on ActorsSelf

2014Men, Women & ChildrenAllison's Dad

2014WhiplashFletcher

2014Ava & LalaGeneral Tiger (voice)

2014BoJack HorsemanLenny Turtletaub (voice)

2014Wild HawaiiNarrator (voice)

2014The Boxcar ChildrenDr. Moore (voice)

2014The RewriteHal Lerner

2014Last Week Tonight with John Oliver(voice)

2014Murder of a CatSheriff Frank Hoyle

2014Break PointJack

2014Late Night with Seth MeyersSelf - Guest

2014Growing Up FisherMel Fisher

2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf - Guest

2014BarefootDr. Bertleman

2013Labor DayMr. Jervis

2013LEGO MARVEL Super Heroes: Maximum OverloadJ. Jonah Jameson (voice)

2013Brooklyn Nine-NineFrank Dillman

2013JobsArthur Rock

20133 Geezers!J. Kimball

2013The Magic BraceletThe Shaman

2013Family ToolsTony Shea

2013The HeelerRoscoe

2013Dark SkiesEdwin Pollard

2013WhiplashFletcher

2012The WordsMr. Jansen

2012Gravity FallsStanford Pines (voice)

2012Men at WorkP.J. Jordan

2012The Legend of KorraTenzin (voice)

2012Best Friends ForeverDon

2012Marvel's Ultimate Spider-ManJ. Jonah Jameson (voice)

2012ContrabandCaptain Camp

2011Ben 10 / Generator Rex: Heroes UnitedWhite Knight (voice)

2011Young AdultMavis' Publisher (voice) (uncredited)

2011NTSF:SD:SUV::Frank Forrest

2011BlackstoneDetective Burke

2011The Good DoctorDetective Krauss

2011The Music Never StoppedHenry Sawyer

2011Desert Car KingsHimself - Narrator

2010True GritJ. Noble Daggett (voice) (uncredited)

2010MegamindWarden (voice)

20104192: The Crowning of the Hit KingNarrator (voice)

2010The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest HeroesJ. Jonah Jameson (voice)

2010The TalkSelf - Guest

2010Pound PuppiesLt. Rock (voice)

2010An Invisible SignMr. Jones

2010Raising HopeBruce Chance

2010A Beginner's Guide to EndingsUncle Pal

2010Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty GaloreGruff K-9 (voice)

2010Ben 10: Ultimate AlienMagister Gilhil / Plumber (voice)

2010Crazy on the OutsideEd

2009Extract: Mike Judge's Secret RecipeSelf

2009The Vicious KindDonald Sinclaire

2009Up in the AirBob

2009Jennifer's BodyMr. Wroblewski

2009ArcherDetective (voice)

2009ExtractBrian

2009Post GradRoy Davies

2009Aliens in the AtticSkip (voice)

2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest

2009The Way of WarSergeant Mitchell

2009Parks and RecreationMayor Stice

2009I Love You, ManOswald Klaven

2009Party DownLeonard Stiltskin

2009Red SandsLt. Col. Arson

2009New in TownStu Kopenhafer

2008Batman: The Brave and the BoldGuardian (voice)

2008Burn After ReadingCIA Superior

2008Ben 10: Alien ForceMagister Gilhil (voice)

2008Walt WhitmanNarrator (voice)

2007JunoMac MacGuff

2007PostalCandidate Welles

2007RenditionLee Mayer

2007Phineas and FerbNapoleon (voice)

2007Bury My Heart at Wounded KneeJames McLaughlin

2007Spider-Man 3J. Jonah Jameson

2007The Astronaut FarmerJacobson

2006First SnowVacaro

2005Harsh TimesAgent Richards

2005Thank You for SmokingBR

2005The CloserWill Pope

2005American Dad!Judge (voice)

2005Numb3rsDr. Clarence Weaver

20043: The Dale Earnhardt StoryRalph Earnhardt

2004Spider-Man 2: Making the AmazingSelf

2004Broadway's Lost Treasures IIBenny Southstreet (segment "Guys & Dolls")

2004Veronica MarsClyde Pickett

2004Jack & Bobby

2004Justice League UnlimitedEiling (voice)

2004Spider-Man 2J. Jonah Jameson

2004The LadykillersGarth Pancake

2004The D.A.Dep. Dist. Atty. Joe Carter

2004HidalgoBuffalo Bill Cody

2003Arrested DevelopmentGeneral Anderson

2003Path to WarCIA Briefer

2003Off the MapGeorge

2003Nip/TuckIke Connors

2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest

2003DisposalOlder Hunter

2002Without a TraceMark Wilson

2002John DoeLucas Doya

2002EverwoodPhil Drebbles

2002Kim PossibleMartin Smarty (voice)

2002Spider-ManJ. Jonah Jameson

2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentEmil Skoda

2001The MexicanTed Slocum

2000The GiftSheriff Pearl Johnson

2000Autumn in New YorkDr. Tom Grandy

1999The Cider House RulesRay Kendall

1999Third WatchFrank Hagedorn

1999The West WingHarry Ravitch

1999I Lost My M in VegasYellow (voice)

1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitDr. Emil Skoda

1999For Love of the GameFrank Perry

1999Hit and RunwayRay Tilman

1998Crossing FieldsGuy

1998Above FreezingHoyd

1998CelebritySouvenir Hawker

1997AnastasiaEnsemble and Character Vocals (voice)

1997Face DownHerb Aames

1997The JackalFBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon

1997OzVernon Schillinger

1997Love Walked InMr. Shulman

1996Extreme MeasuresDr. Mingus

1996The First Wives ClubFederal Marshall

1996Spin CityKevin

1996The Daily ShowSelf - Guest

1996Swift JusticeMel Turman

1996Remember WENN'Captain Amazon'

1995New York News

1994The ScoutAssistant Coach

1994ERGus Loomer

1994New York Undercover

1994The RefSiskel

1993The Adventures of Pete & Pete

1993Homicide: Life on the StreetAlexander Rausch

1992Guys and Dolls: Off the RecordHimself / Benny Southstreet

1990Law & OrderEmil Skoda

1989The SimpsonsVictor Kleskow (voice)

1986Popeye DoylePatrolman in Park

1986American MastersEdward Hopper

1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host

1953The OscarsSelf

Monkey Quest(voice)

109 Billion FollowersReaper

Behind the ZirkoniansSkip (voice)

PurgatoryFather Malone

The Thing That Hurts

EmbassyAmbassador Elliot Ashford