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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

J.Jonah Jamseon
for J.Jonah Jamseon in Daredevil: Perfect Aim
Suggested by matthewfenner

Two months after the chaos of Spider-Man’s war with the Sinister Seven, Hell’s Kitchen is bleeding again. Matt Murdock, after twelve years as Daredevil, has learned that no matter how many battles he wins, evil always finds its way back. By day, he runs Nelson & Murdock with Foggy Nelson and Karen Page, fighting for justice in court; by night, he brings it to the streets. But when bodies begin turning up — victims marked by surgical precision — Matt discovers the return of his deadliest foe: Lester, the assassin once known as Bullseye. Thought long gone, Bullseye has resurfaced deadlier than ever, enhanced and unleashed on New York by unseen forces with one objective — to kill Daredevil and everyone he’s ever cared about. Haunted by failure and burdened by faith, Matt is pushed to his limits as Bullseye tears through his city and his life, leaving a trail of blood in his wake. The line between justice and vengeance blurs as Daredevil descends into a relentless, R-rated war of attrition against the one man who knows how to break him completely. When Bullseye targets Foggy and Karen, Matt must confront not only his nemesis but the darkness within himself — the rage, guilt, and self-hatred he’s long tried to silence. Daredevil: Devil’s Reckoning is a brutal, emotional descent into hell, where faith and fury collide — and only one devil will walk out alive.