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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 prisoner Vernon Schillinger on the HBO series Oz, and Assistant Police Chief Will Pope on TNT's The Closer. From 2017 to 2019, he starred as Howard Silk in the Starz series Counterpart. He has also appeared in a series of commercials for Farmers Insurance and starred in the third season of the IFC comedy series Brockmire. In 2020, he had recurring roles on the miniseries Defending Jacob and The Stand. As a voice artist, he is known for voicing Cave Johnson in the video game 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), the titular character in Klaus (2019), Pig Baby in Season 4 of the HBO Max animated series Infinity Train (2021), and Nolan “Omni-Man” Grayson in the Amazon Prime action animated series Invincible (2021). He has been the voice of the Yellow M&M since 1996.
J.K. Simmons
Inspector Frank Luger
for Inspector Frank Luger in Barney Miller
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The Captain of the NYPD 12th Precinct and his staff handle the various local troubles and characters that come into the squad room. Barney Miller was a 70's Fictional Television series that explored the day to day life of the detectives at the 12th precinct in new york. Barney Miller was a comedy show that was able to touch down upon social issues of every stripe, in the most unique, touching and intelligently appropriate ways. It was a wholesome show, it had many family values and would be something that is much needed by today's standards. It featured a cast of amazing actors, Including Hal Linden in the leading role, and Abe Vigoda as fish to name a few. The show was inspiring and hilarious, it had such a unique perspective unlike any other show yet it was still so captivating even though most of the camera angles took place on a single set inside the makeshift precinct offices. I'd imagine barney miller today taking a middle of the road or conservative approach to the social issues of our time whilst remaining to be respectfully progressive and wholesome. I believe the show could be just as comedic and well written and be something refreshing and new in the age of comedic workplace style shows, and compete very well with Brooklyn nine nine. There is nothing like it on today's television or streaming networks. But it is literally the type of show whose context and actors can be adapted for any audience.
