Age: 71
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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 Jameson
for J Jonah Jameson in How the MCU Should've Been Cast
Suggested by darthspidermaul
Casting the MCU in my own image where Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man movies are part of the main canon. Phase 1 - Iron Man (2008) - The Incredible Hulk (2008) - Iron Man 2 (2010) - Thor (2011) - Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) - The Avengers (2012) - The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) Phase 2 - Iron Man 3 (2013) - Thor: The Dark World (2013) - Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) - The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) - Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) - Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) - Ant-Man (2015) Phase 3 - Captain America: Civil War (2016) - Planet Hulk (2016) - Doctor Strange (2016) - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) - The Amazing Spider-Man 3 (2017) - Thor: Ragnarok (2017) - Black Panther (2018) - Avengers: Infinity War (2018) - Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) - Captain Marvel (2019) - Avengers: Endgame (2019) - The Amazing Spider-Man 4 (2019) Phase 4 - Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty (2020) - What If...? S1 (2020) - Black Widow (2020) - WandaVision S1 (2020) - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2020) - Eternals S1 (2021) - The Indestructible Hulk (2021) - Loki S1 (2021) - Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) - Hawkeye S1 (2021) - The Amazing Spider-Man 5 (2021) - Moon Knight S1 (2022) - Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) - Ms. Marvel S1 (2022) - Thor: God of Thunder (2022) - She-Hulk S1 (2022) - Werewolf by Night (2022 Special Presentation) - Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2022) - The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022 Special Presentation) - Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) - Avengers: Secret Invasion (2023) - Loki S2 (2023) - The Marvels (2023) Phase 5 - Captain America: Brave New World (2024) - Echo S1 (2024) - Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) - Ironheart S1 (2024) - The Amazing Spider-Man 6 (2024) - Agatha All Along S1 (2024) - Thunderbolts* (2024) - What If...? S4 (2024) - Thor: The Legend of Hercules (2025) - Daredevil: Born Again S1 (2025) - Shang-Chi and the Wreckage of Time (2025) - The Legendary Star-Lord S1 (2025) - The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) - Doctor Strange in the Dream Dimension of Darkness (2025) - Blade (2026) - The Amazing Spider-Man 7 (2026) - Avengers: The Kang Dynasty (2026) Phase 6 - Captain America: Secret Empire (2027) - Thor: Protector of Midgard (2027) - Armor Wars (2028) - The Amazing Spider-Man 8 (2028) - The Fantastic Four 2 (2028) - Wonder Man S1 (2029) - Avengers: Doomsday (2029) - Avengers: Secret Wars (2030) - The Amazing Spider-Man 3 (2030)
