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: Reptilian
Suggested by matthewfenner
Three months after the bloody showdown with Electro, Peter Parker is still learning what it means to survive as both a teenager and a hero. Near the end of his freshman year at Midtown High, Peter tries to find balance again — focusing on school, friends, and his new science teacher, Dr. Curt Connors, a brilliant biologist and former Oscorp researcher who becomes a mentor and father figure. But when Connors experiments with reptilian DNA to regenerate his lost arm, the formula mutates his body and mind, giving birth to The Lizard — a monstrous creature that sees humanity as a disease to be purged. As attacks spread through New York’s sewers and alleys, Spider-Man becomes the only one capable of stopping his teacher before the city drowns in primal terror. Spider-Man: Reptilian Instinct is an R-rated descent into mutation, morality, and the cost of science without restraint. Haunted by guilt and exhaustion, Peter must face the horrifying reality that the monster he’s fighting is a man he admired — and one who mirrors his own obsession with saving others at any cost. As Connors’ transformation spirals out of control, the line between man and beast blurs, forcing Peter to confront what kind of hero he’s becoming. In a savage final confrontation beneath New York’s streets, Spider-Man must make an impossible choice — save the man, or stop the monster. Either way, innocence dies.
