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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 Ock
Suggested by matthewfenner
A year after the Green Goblin’s rampage left Aunt May and Captain Stacy dead, Peter Parker begins his senior year at Midtown High carrying the crushing guilt of two lives he couldn’t save. Though still protecting New York as Spider-Man, he’s colder, more ruthless — a hero losing sight of who he once was. When a brilliant scientist and Oscorp rival, Dr. Otto Octavius, unveils an experimental fusion reactor meant to revolutionize clean energy, tragedy strikes again. A catastrophic failure fuses four mechanical arms to his body, warping his mind and birthing Doctor Octopus — a man convinced he must “save the world” by destroying it first. As Otto’s intellect turns to madness, New York becomes his laboratory, and Spider-Man his greatest obstacle. Spider-Man: Rise of the Ock is an R-rated collision of grief, obsession, and redemption. Peter sees in Otto the reflection of everything he’s becoming — brilliant, broken, and blinded by loss. As Doc Ock’s rampage threatens to consume the city, Peter is forced to face his darkest fears: that being Spider-Man may cost him his soul. With Gwen pulling him back from the edge, he must find the strength to save a man who’s beyond saving. In a brutal, high-stakes finale across collapsing bridges and burning streets, Spider-Man fights not just to stop Doc Ock, but to prove to himself that compassion can still survive in a world built on pain.
