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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 Redemption (redo)
Suggested by tommycallaghan
Peter Parker aka Spider-Man has returned to his roots as the Friendly Neighborhood self that he is, but the city is far from saved. Now with his girlfriend, Mary Jane Watson, and doing his best to remember his promise to uncle Ben, Peter finally learns to heal and moves on from the death of Gwen Stacy. Peter’s life is finally looking up…at least, until Gwen Stacy, the Ghost Spider, from another dimension, needs his help getting back home, leaving Peter in a hurricane of thoughts. And if that wasn’t enough, Dr. Otto Octavius has breeded new cloning formulas, and created a new Spider-Man of his own! Comitting crimes amongst the city, framing Spider-Man! But if that’s not enough, he has joined the Sinister six! Which consists of him, Octavius, Electro, Scorpion, Vulture, Rhino, and the green goblin, taken over by Harry Osborn! Peter must move past his trauma to help Gwen, and battle against the other villains, let the battle begin.
