Age: 71
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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 Origins: One Month Later (2005)
Suggested by matthewfenner
In his first tumultuous year as Spider-Man, fifteen-year-old Peter Parker struggles to balance the crushing weight of grief, guilt, and responsibility. Just one month after the murder of Uncle Ben, the sting of loss still drives him to patrol the grim backstreets of Queens, desperate to make his uncle’s last words—“With great power comes great responsibility”—mean something. But being Spider-Man isn’t glamorous. Every night brings bruises, blood, and the haunting realization that no one can save everyone. Between homework, bullies, and the lies he tells Aunt May, Peter’s double life begins to fracture, pulling him toward an emotional breaking point. When a ruthless new gang emerges, flooding the city with high-risk drugs and chaos, Peter’s resolve is tested like never before. His crusade for justice turns brutal as his anger blurs the line between hero and avenger. In chasing vengeance, he risks becoming the very thing Uncle Ben warned him against. As Midtown High life collides with the dark underworld of New York, Peter must learn what it truly means to be a hero—not the one who strikes hardest, but the one who endures the pain and still chooses to do what’s right. This R-Rated origin captures the raw, violent birth of Spider-Man, before the legend—when he was still just a broken kid trying to make the world hurt a little less.
