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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: Master of Illusion
Suggested by matthewfenner
Five months after Gwen Stacy’s brutal death at the hands of Venom and Peter Killing the Symbiote (Not Eddie), Peter Parker lives a hollow existence. Spider-Man still swings through New York, but the joy and hope that once defined him are gone — replaced by grief, guilt, and isolation. Haunted by Gwen’s final moments, Peter questions his purpose as both hero and man. But when a series of surreal, reality-bending crimes erupt across the city, he’s forced back into the fight. Behind the chaos stands Quentin Beck, a disgraced illusionist and effects artist turned terrorist known as Mysterio, who blames Spider-Man for the failures that destroyed his career. Using advanced holographic tech and hallucinogenic gas, Mysterio doesn’t just want revenge — he wants to shatter Spider-Man’s mind and make the world believe he’s gone insane. As illusions blend with reality, Peter begins to lose his grip on what’s real, reliving his worst fears and regrets in twisted, nightmarish visions. Every hallucination cuts deeper — Gwen’s voice, his uncle’s disappointment, the faces of everyone he’s failed. Mysterio’s manipulations turn New York against him, painting Spider-Man as a murderer and fugitive. In this R-rated descent into psychological horror, Peter must confront not only Mysterio, but his own fractured psyche. To stop the villain and reclaim his humanity, Spider-Man must face the truth he’s buried: to honor Gwen’s memory, he has to forgive himself — before Mysterio’s illusions consume him completely.
