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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: A New Beginning [Read Synopsis]
Suggested by jake_blastercaster24
![Spider-Man: A New Beginning [Read Synopsis]](https://assets.mycast.io/posters/spider-man-a-new-beginning-read-synopsis-fan-casting-poster-167787-large.jpg)
[Inspired by a YouTuber Troyoboyo17 pitch and me adding some features to it - I am planning to do my own pitches of sorts for my 2nd and 3rd of Peter's College Trilogy (with titles already picked but any suggestions will help too {1. A New Beginning, 2. A New Darkness or A New Shadow, 3. A New Hope or A New Age}] 6 months after the events of Spider-Man: No Way Home, Peter Parker is still all alone. He has started Empire State University as well as a intern job at the Daily Bugle. As Spider-Man however, he has figured out that there have been a number of animal themed rouges in New York and goes of to find and stop them. Elsewhere in the jungles of Africa, Sergei Kravinoff (Kraven the Hunter) has learnt about these animal themed enhanced including the Spider-Man and prepare for a hunt. Meanwhile, a new costumed vigilante in the Black Cat is also on the case. (The Venom Symbiote has been found and is kept in Professor Miles Warren's lab for research, Peter soon comes into contact with it by the end of act 2) (Eddie Brock Cameo)
