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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: Sting of Vengeance
Suggested by matthewfenner
Six months after his brutal fight with the Lizard, Peter Parker is trying to rebuild a normal life — juggling school, patrols, and the lingering trauma of being Spider-Man. With only small-time criminals left to stop, things finally seem stable… until ex-detective Mac Gargan enters the picture. Funded by J. Jonah Jameson and transformed by a reckless Oscorp experiment, Gargan becomes Scorpion — a vicious, mutated killer with one goal: destroy Spider-Man. What begins as a manhunt turns into a citywide bloodbath, forcing Peter to face a new kind of monster — one born from hatred, failure, and his own unintended consequences. Spider-Man: Sting of Vengeance is an R-rated descent into vengeance and identity. As Scorpion’s rampage grows more personal, Peter realizes the attacks aren’t just against Spider-Man — they’re against him. Every battle drags him closer to breaking, pushing him to question whether his war on crime only creates new demons. In a violent, rain-soaked showdown across the New York skyline, Spider-Man must risk everything to stop Scorpion, even if it means losing the last pieces of his innocence — and the boy he used to be.
