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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
Phantom Stranger
for Phantom Stranger in The Spear of Destiny
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World War II was declared two years ago already. The Phantom Stranger is forced to watch it helplessly, as The Presence has forbidden him to act. After witnessing the world's suffering for two millennia, the magical being can no longer remain idle. Throughout the series, Stranger observes the Holocaust, recalling why he became what he is. In the year 33, the young Judas betrays an envoy of The Presence for money. Judas is then punished by the court of the Wizard Shazam for his actions and condemned to become a wandering omniscient being. Disobeying The Presence's orders, he contacts Madame Xanadu, who has become a fortune teller, and asks her to contact magical beings to fight against the Holocaust. Xanadu then assembles a team consisting of Etrigan, the Frankensteins, the Amazon Artemis, and GI Robot, with the goal of retrieving the Spear of Destiny before Hitler, on Stranger's wise advice. He must face Aztar, charged by The Presence to prevent him from acting. The Presence grants the Stranger permission to advise the Homo Magi, but only in cases of danger to the magical world.
