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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: Rise of the Goblin
Suggested by matthewfenner
Five months after the bloody battle with Scorpion, Peter Parker has finally found balance. He’s started his junior year at Midtown High, still fighting street thugs by night, but living a quieter life by day — with Gwen Stacy by his side, the one person who knows his secret and loves him anyway. But peace in New York never lasts. When Oscorp’s CEO, Norman Osborn, begins experimenting with a volatile performance serum meant to push human evolution forward, the formula instead tears him apart — body and mind. Transformed into the deranged Green Goblin, Osborn becomes obsessed with Spider-Man, seeing in him the embodiment of everything he can’t control. What begins as corporate ambition turns into all-out war as Goblin rains chaos across the city, targeting Peter’s world with ruthless precision. Spider-Man: Rise of the Goblin is an R-rated emotional and physical nightmare that forces Peter to face the monster behind the mask — and within himself. As Norman’s dual identity collapses into madness, the battle between Spider-Man and the Green Goblin becomes deeply personal, threatening to destroy everyone Peter loves. Torn between saving the city and protecting Gwen, he’s pushed beyond his limits, both as a hero and as a human being. In a savage final showdown atop the skyline, Spider-Man must face the horrifying truth: to stop the Goblin, he may have to break his own moral code — and sacrifice everything that still makes him Peter Parker.
