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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 Spider-Man Brand New Day
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Peter Parker (20) is a struggling ESU sophomore balancing a chaotic job at Delmar's Deli with his life as a hero. The film opens with a high-speed chase through Queens as Peter, on a delivery bike, foils a heist by Boomerang, a low-rent mercenary using stolen Oscorp tech. Peter wins, but the "data theft" behind the robbery points to a deeper conspiracy. Enter Norman Osborn (Stephen Moyer), a ruthless billionaire facing a corporate coup. To save his empire, he injects himself with the experimental Green Goblin serum. Moyer portrays Norman not as a cartoon, but as a high-functioning sociopath whose mind fractures into the "Goblin" persona, a tactical, shadow-dwelling urban hunter. While Peter builds a friendship with Harry Osborn, Norman begins a psychological game of cat and mouse. The Goblin targets Oscorp’s board members, framing Spider-Man for the violence. The tension peaks when Norman visits Peter at the deli; without a mask, he subtly threatens Peter’s life, revealing he’s deduced Spider-Man’s proximity to the "Daily Bugle" photographer. The finale is a brutal, rain-slicked battle at the ESU Science Hall. Peter must use his wits and makeshift gadgets to stop a series of "Pumpkin" thermobaric charges. He saves his classmates, but Norman escapes into the night, twisting the media narrative to emerge as a public hero. Peter is left broke and battered, knowing his greatest enemy now runs the city’s security.
