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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.
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J. Jonah Jameson
for J. Jonah Jameson in Spider-Man into the Dark Multiverse
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Spider-Man into the Dark Multiverse is a 2026 American dystopian superhero film based on the Marvel Comics characters Miguel O'Hara and Peter Parker. Produced by Marvel Studios and Legendary Pictures and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, it is the second installment in the Spider-Man Multiverse and a sequel to Spider-Man Begins. Directed by Neill Blomkamp and Jon Watts from a screenplay by Sam Raimi and Marc Webb, the film stars Gabriel Luna and Tom Holland as Miguel O'Hara and Peter Parker, supported by Saoirse Ronan, Zendaya, Dane DeHaan, J.K. Simmons, Rhys Ifans, Corinne Foxx, Andrew Garfield, and Michael Shannon. In the film, O'Hara's message two years ago receives a response from an alternate Peter Parker, who offers to help O'Hara stop Harry Osborn on the condition that he helps him first, which he agrees. They later team up with another alternate Parker to stop Osborn and the daughter of his world's version of Electro, Aftershock. Spider-Man into the Dark Multiverse opened in theaters on December 6th, 2026; like its predecessor, it was widely praised by critics and audiences, with praise for its story, themes, and Luna and Holland's performances, as well as its direction, screenplay, stunts, emotional weight, Hans Zimmer's musical score, visuals, and action sequences. It was also a blockbuster success, grossing $871 million worldwide. A sequel is in development.
