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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
Phantom Stranger
for Phantom Stranger in Sentinels of Magic
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Merlin has taken control of the Underworld with the assistance of Tala, Neron and Lucifer. Xanadu decides to assemble a team of magical beings. With the Phantom Stranger refusing to help, Nimue reluctantly seeks Constantine's assistance. Seeking revenge on Presence for imprisoning them in Hell, Neron and Lucifer confront the Spectre. Lucifer then becomes the New Spectre and uses his powers to unleash demons. Xanadu succeeds in gathering Raven, Constantine, Etrigan, Blue Devil, Dr. Fate, Zatara, and Deadman by her side. Together, they form the Sentinels of Magic. Xanadu divides the team into two groups. One, led by Dr. Fate, is tasked with protecting Earth from demons and finding the Lance of Destiny, the only weapon capable of harming the Spectre. Second, led by Xanadu, must journey to the Underworld to restore Hades' domain. On Earth, Neron manipulates Blue Devil, promising to make him a movie star again, which leads to the death of Marla Bloom. Fate manages to locate the Lance but is faced a Wonder Woman under Neron's control. In the Underworld, Constantine sacrifices himself. Back on Earth, Etrigan confronts Merlin, while Raven and Xanadu use the Lance to defeat Lucifer. Tala is defeated by Zatara, while Deadman prevents Neron from controlling WW. Overwhelmed with guilt, Cassidy sacrifices himself by selling his soul to Neron. Post-Credits: Dan Cassidy returns to life as a demon in a realm unfamiliar and The Presence chooses a new Spectre in Jim Corrigan.
