1955-01-09 Detroit, Michigan, USA
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.
 |
The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery | Narrator | 2025-01-31 |
 |
Little Brother | Warren Duffy | 2025-10-22 |
 |
The Accountant² | Ray King | 2025-04-23 |
 |
Red One | Nick | 2024-10-31 |
 |
The Union | Tom Brennan | 2024-08-15 |
 |
Saturday Night | Milton Berle | 2024-09-27 |
 |
Juror #2 | Harold | 2024-10-30 |
 |
You Can't Run Forever | Wade | 2024-05-17 |
 |
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart | Ben (voice) | 2023-07-21 |
 |
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | J. Jonah Jameson (voice) | 2023-05-31 |
 |
Rally Road Racers | Gnash (voice) | 2023-05-12 |
 |
One Day as a Lion | Walter Boggs | 2023-04-04 |
 |
Marmaduke | Zeus (voice) | 2022-04-28 |
 |
Rivals: Ohio State vs. Michigan | Narrator | 2022-11-13 |
 |
Hopper: An American Love Story | Edward Hopper (voice) | 2022-10-11 |
 |
Prophets of Change | Narrator | 2022-10-12 |
 |
Glorious | Ghat (voice) | 2022-07-21 |
 |
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers | Captain Putty (voice) | 2022-05-20 |
 |
Ghostbusters: Afterlife | Ivo Shandor | 2021-11-18 |
 |
Being the Ricardos | William Frawley | 2021-12-10 |
 |
Zack Snyder's Justice League | Commissioner Gordon | 2021-03-18 |
 |
The Tomorrow War | James Forester | 2021-09-03 |
 |
Rushing or Dragging | Terrence Fletcher (Archive Audio) | 2021-03-20 |
 |
Venom: Let There Be Carnage | J. Jonah Jameson (uncredited) | 2021-09-30 |
 |
Seal Team | Claggart (voice) | 2021-10-28 |
 |
Spider-Man: No Way Home | J. Jonah Jameson | 2021-12-15 |
 |
Ride the Eagle | Carl | 2021-07-30 |
 |
National Champions | Coach James Lazor | 2021-12-10 |
 |
Palm Springs | Roy | 2020-07-10 |
 |
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens | Orville | 2020-12-01 |
 |
Fanboy | J.K. / Frank Perry | 2019-03-22 |
 |
3 Days with Dad | Joey | 2019-09-13 |
 |
Klaus | Klaus (voice) | 2019-11-08 |
 |
Spider-Man: Far From Home | J. Jonah Jameson | 2019-06-28 |
 |
21 Bridges | Captain Matt McKenna | 2019-10-24 |
 |
Drug$ | Narrator | 2018-12-15 |
 |
Detroit: Comeback City | Himself - Narrator | 2018-07-01 |
 |
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island | Dr. Moore (voice) | 2018-05-08 |
 |
The Front Runner | Bill Dixon | 2018-11-06 |
 |
A Boy Called Sailboat | Ernest | 2018-06-08 |
 |
Punching Henry | Jay Warren | 2017-02-24 |
 |
The Bachelors | Bill Palet | 2017-10-20 |
 |
I'm Not Here | Steve | 2017-11-16 |
 |
Justice League | Commissioner Gordon | 2017-11-15 |
 |
Father Figures | Ronald Hunt | 2017-12-21 |
 |
The Black Ghiandola | Ralph Aceto | 2017-04-22 |
 |
Renegades | Levin | 2017-08-21 |
 |
The Snowman | Arve Støp | 2017-08-24 |
 |
All Nighter | Mr. Gallo | 2017-03-10 |
 |
The Accountant | Ray King | 2016-10-13 |
 |
Zootopia | Mayor Lionheart (voice) | 2016-02-11 |
 |
The Meddler | Randall Zipper | 2016-04-05 |
 |
The Late Bloomer | James Newmans | 2016-10-07 |
 |
Kung Fu Panda 3 | Kai (voice) | 2016-01-23 |
 |
Patriots Day | Sgt. Jeffrey Pugliese | 2016-12-12 |
 |
Rock Dog | Khampa (voice) | 2016-07-08 |
 |
La La Land | Bill | 2016-12-01 |
 |
Ένας άλλος Κόσμος | Sebastian | 2015-12-17 |
 |
Terminator Genisys | O'Brien | 2015-06-23 |
 |
O.W.C.A. Files | Napoleon / Additional Voices (voice) | 2015-11-09 |
 |
Men, Women & Children | Allison's Dad | 2014-10-17 |
 |
Break Point | Jack | 2014-03-08 |
 |
The Boxcar Children | Dr. Moore (voice) | 2014-08-05 |
 |
Barefoot | Dr. Bertleman | 2014-02-02 |
 |
Whiplash | Fletcher | 2014-10-10 |
 |
Ava & Lala | General Tiger (voice) | 2014-10-01 |
 |
The Rewrite | Dr. Hal Lerner | 2014-06-15 |
 |
Murder of a Cat | Sheriff Frank Hoyle | 2014-04-24 |
 |
Labor Day | Mr. Jervis | 2013-12-27 |
 |
Whiplash | Fletcher | 2013-01-18 |
 |
The Magic Bracelet | The Shaman | 2013-05-18 |
|
The Heeler | Roscoe | 2013-04-18 |
 |
Dark Skies | Edwin Pollard | 2013-02-21 |
 |
3 Geezers! | J. Kimball | 2013-05-22 |
 |
Jobs | Arthur Rock | 2013-08-15 |
 |
Contraband | Captain Camp | 2012-01-12 |
 |
The Words | Mr. Jansen | 2012-09-07 |
|
Blackstone | Detective Burke | 2011-05-28 |
 |
The Good Doctor | Detective Krauss | 2011-04-23 |
 |
Young Adult | Mavis' Publisher (voice) (uncredited) | 2011-11-11 |
 |
Ben 10 / Generator Rex: Heroes United | White Knight (voice) | 2011-11-25 |
 |
The Music Never Stopped | Henry Sawyer | 2011-03-18 |
 |
A Beginner's Guide to Endings | Uncle Pal | 2010-09-17 |
 |
An Invisible Sign | Mr. Jones | 2010-10-06 |
 |
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | Gruff K-9 (voice) | 2010-07-29 |
 |
True Grit | J. Noble Daggett (voice) (uncredited) | 2010-12-22 |
 |
Megamind | Warden (voice) | 2010-10-28 |
 |
4192: The Crowning of the Hit King | Narrator (voice) | 2010-10-22 |
 |
Crazy on the Outside | Ed | 2010-01-08 |
 |
Aliens in the Attic | Skip (voice) | 2009-07-30 |
 |
Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe | Self | 2009-12-22 |
 |
The Vicious Kind | Donald Sinclaire | 2009-12-11 |
 |
Red Sands | Lt. Col. Arson | 2009-02-24 |
 |
The Way of War | Sergeant Mitchell | 2009-04-20 |
 |
New in Town | Stu Kopenhafer | 2009-01-30 |
 |
Jennifer's Body | Mr. Wroblewski | 2009-09-18 |
 |
Extract | Brian | 2009-09-03 |
 |
I Love You, Man | Oswald Klaven | 2009-03-20 |
 |
Up in the Air | Bob | 2009-12-04 |
 |
Post Grad | Roy Davies | 2009-08-21 |
 |
Burn After Reading | CIA Superior | 2008-09-05 |
 |
Walt Whitman | Narrator (voice) | 2008-04-14 |
 |
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | James McLaughlin | 2007-05-27 |
 |
Juno | Mac MacGuff | 2007-12-05 |
 |
Rendition | Lee Mayer | 2007-09-07 |
 |
Postal | Candidate Welles | 2007-10-18 |
 |
The Astronaut Farmer | Jacobson | 2007-02-23 |
 |
Spider-Man 3 | J. Jonah Jameson | 2007-05-01 |
 |
First Snow | Vacaro | 2006-05-05 |
 |
Harsh Times | Agent Richards | 2005-09-11 |
 |
Thank You for Smoking | BR | 2005-09-09 |
 |
Broadway's Lost Treasures II | Benny Southstreet (segment "Guys & Dolls") | 2004-10-26 |
 |
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing | Self | 2004-11-30 |
 |
The Ladykillers | Garth Pancake | 2004-03-25 |
 |
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story | Ralph Earnhardt | 2004-12-11 |
 |
Hidalgo | Buffalo Bill Cody | 2004-02-04 |
 |
Spider-Man 2 | J. Jonah Jameson | 2004-06-25 |
|
Disposal | Older Hunter | 2003-01-01 |
 |
Path to War | CIA Briefer | 2003-10-28 |
 |
Off the Map | George | 2003-09-05 |
 |
Spider-Man | J. Jonah Jameson | 2002-05-01 |
|
Starwater | 2001-01-01 | |
 |
The Mexican | Ted Slocum | 2001-03-01 |
 |
Autumn in New York | Dr. Tom Grandy | 2000-08-11 |
 |
The Gift | Sheriff Pearl Johnson | 2000-03-16 |
 |
I Lost My M in Vegas | Yellow (voice) | 1999-09-20 |
 |
For Love of the Game | Frank Perry | 1999-09-17 |
 |
Hit and Runway | Ray Tilman | 1999-04-17 |
 |
The Cider House Rules | Ray Kendall | 1999-12-17 |
 |
Crossing Fields | Guy | 1998-11-06 |
 |
Above Freezing | Hoyd | 1998-10-01 |
 |
Celebrity | Souvenir Hawker | 1998-09-07 |
 |
The Jackal | FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon | 1997-11-14 |
 |
Y llegó el amor | Mr. Shulman | 1997-01-18 |
 |
Face Down | Herb Aames | 1997-11-15 |
 |
Anastasia | Ensemble and Character Vocals (voice) | 1997-11-20 |
 |
Extreme Measures | Dr. Mingus | 1996-09-27 |
 |
The First Wives Club | Federal Marshall | 1996-09-20 |
 |
The Scout | Assistant Coach | 1994-09-30 |
 |
The Ref | Siskel | 1994-03-09 |
 |
Guys and Dolls: Off the Record | Himself / Benny Southstreet | 1992-12-07 |
 |
Popeye Doyle | Patrolman in Park | 1986-01-01 |
 |
Batgirl | Commissioner Gordon | |
|
Heart of the Beast | ||
 |
Behind the Zirkonians | Skip (voice) | |
|
109 Billion Followers | ||
|
The Prince | ||
 |
Hypergalactic | (voice) | |
|
Reykjavik | George Shultz | |
 |
Spaceman |
