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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 Spiderman: With Great Power...
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Grieving Gwen’s death, Peter steps back from Spider-Man. MJ, Ned, and even Flash help him cope, while a small black goo hides, clinging to John Jameson. After Norman’s downfall and Harry firing him, Peter returns to the Bugle, outshining Eddie with his photography. JJJ pits them for lead photographer, choosing Peter, driving Eddie to quit. When Peter shakes John’s hand, the goo bonds to him. Feeling the city needs Spider-Man, Peter dons the suit again, but the symbiote makes him ruthless, brutally punishing criminals. Though it boosts his confidence, Peter realizes it’s corrupting him and tears it off. Betrayed, the symbiote finds a bitter Eddie, merging into Venom. Together, they terrorize the city. Peter wants to walk away, but with MJ and Aunt May’s support, he confronts Venom. The fight turns brutal—Venom overwhelms Peter until Harry, torn between vengeance for his father and loyalty to his friend, becomes the New Goblin and joins the battle. Venom kills Harry but leaves Peter an opening to strike him down. In the aftermath, Miles Morales approaches Peter, revealing powers like his. A post-credits stinger shows a fragment of the symbiote surviving—red and crawling away.
