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.
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The Brink Of War | George Shultz | 2026-08-14 |
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The Accountant² | Ray King | 2025-04-23 |
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The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery | Narrator | 2025-01-31 |
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Little Brother | Warren Duffy | 2025-10-22 |
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Red One | Nick | 2024-10-31 |
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Juror #2 | Harold | 2024-10-30 |
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Saturday Night | Milton Berle | 2024-09-27 |
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The Union | Tom Brennan | 2024-08-15 |
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You Can't Run Forever | Wade | 2024-05-17 |
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | J. Jonah Jameson (voice) | 2023-05-31 |
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Rally Road Racers | Gnash (voice) | 2023-05-12 |
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One Day as a Lion | Walter Boggs | 2023-04-04 |
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The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart | Ben (voice) | 2023-07-21 |
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Marmaduke | Zeus (voice) | 2022-04-28 |
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Hopper: An American Love Story | Edward Hopper (voice) | 2022-10-11 |
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Glorious | Ghat (voice) | 2022-07-21 |
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Rivals: Ohio State vs. Michigan | Narrator | 2022-11-13 |
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Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers | Captain Putty (voice) | 2022-05-20 |
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Prophets of Change | Narrator | 2022-10-12 |
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Ghostbusters: Afterlife | Ivo Shandor | 2021-11-18 |
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Zack Snyder's Justice League | Commissioner Gordon | 2021-03-18 |
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Seal Team | Claggart (voice) | 2021-10-28 |
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Ride the Eagle | Carl | 2021-07-30 |
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Spider-Man: No Way Home | J. Jonah Jameson | 2021-12-15 |
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Being the Ricardos | William Frawley | 2021-12-10 |
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Venom: Let There Be Carnage | J. Jonah Jameson (uncredited) | 2021-09-30 |
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National Champions | Coach James Lazor | 2021-12-10 |
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Rushing or Dragging | Terrence Fletcher (Archive Audio) | 2021-03-20 |
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The Tomorrow War | James Forester | 2021-09-03 |
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Palm Springs | Roy | 2020-07-10 |
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Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens | Orville | 2020-12-01 |
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Fanboy | J.K. / Frank Perry | 2019-03-22 |
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3 Days with Dad | Joey | 2019-09-13 |
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21 Bridges | Captain Matt McKenna | 2019-10-24 |
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Spider-Man: Far From Home | J. Jonah Jameson | 2019-06-28 |
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Klaus | Klaus (voice) | 2019-11-08 |
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A Boy Called Sailboat | Ernest | 2018-06-08 |
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The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island | Dr. Moore (voice) | 2018-05-08 |
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Detroit: Comeback City | Himself - Narrator | 2018-07-01 |
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The Front Runner | Bill Dixon | 2018-11-06 |
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Drug$ | Narrator | 2018-12-15 |
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Father Figures | Ronald Hunt | 2017-12-21 |
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All Nighter | Mr. Gallo | 2017-03-10 |
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Renegades | Levin | 2017-08-21 |
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Justice League | Commissioner Gordon | 2017-11-15 |
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The Black Ghiandola | Ralph Aceto | 2017-04-22 |
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I'm Not Here | Steve | 2017-11-16 |
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The Bachelors | Bill Palet | 2017-10-20 |
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The Snowman | Arve Støp | 2017-08-24 |
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Punching Henry | Jay Warren | 2017-02-24 |
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Rock Dog | Khampa (voice) | 2016-07-08 |
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The Accountant | Ray King | 2016-10-13 |
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The Late Bloomer | James Newmans | 2016-10-07 |
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La La Land | Bill | 2016-12-01 |
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Gravity Falls: Between the Pines | Ford Pines (Voice) | 2016-02-08 |
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Patriots Day | Sgt. Jeffrey Pugliese | 2016-12-12 |
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Kung Fu Panda 3 | Kai (voice) | 2016-01-23 |
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Zootopia | Mayor Lionheart (voice) | 2016-02-11 |
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The Meddler | Randall Zipper | 2016-04-05 |
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Ένας άλλος Κόσμος | Sebastian | 2015-12-17 |
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Terminator Genisys | O'Brien | 2015-06-23 |
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O.W.C.A. Files | Napoleon / Additional Voices (voice) | 2015-11-09 |
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The Boxcar Children | Dr. Moore (voice) | 2014-08-05 |
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Whiplash | Fletcher | 2014-10-10 |
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Murder of a Cat | Sheriff Frank Hoyle | 2014-04-24 |
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The Rewrite | Dr. Hal Lerner | 2014-06-15 |
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Ava & Lala | General Tiger (voice) | 2014-10-01 |
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Men, Women & Children | Allison's Dad | 2014-10-17 |
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Barefoot | Dr. Bertleman | 2014-02-02 |
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Break Point | Jack | 2014-03-08 |
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Dark Skies | Edwin Pollard | 2013-02-21 |
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Whiplash | Fletcher | 2013-01-18 |
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The Magic Bracelet | The Shaman | 2013-05-18 |
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The Heeler | Roscoe | 2013-04-18 |
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3 Geezers! | J. Kimball | 2013-05-22 |
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Jobs | Arthur Rock | 2013-08-15 |
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Labor Day | Mr. Jervis | 2013-12-27 |
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Contraband | Captain Camp | 2012-01-12 |
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The Words | Mr. Jansen | 2012-09-07 |
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Young Adult | Mavis' Publisher (voice) (uncredited) | 2011-11-11 |
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Blackstone | Detective Burke | 2011-05-28 |
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The Good Doctor | Detective Krauss | 2011-04-23 |
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The Music Never Stopped | Henry Sawyer | 2011-03-18 |
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Ben 10 / Generator Rex: Heroes United | White Knight (voice) | 2011-11-25 |
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Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | Gruff K-9 (voice) | 2010-07-29 |
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True Grit | J. Noble Daggett (voice) (uncredited) | 2010-12-22 |
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Crazy on the Outside | Ed | 2010-01-08 |
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An Invisible Sign | Mr. Jones | 2010-10-06 |
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A Beginner's Guide to Endings | Uncle Pal | 2010-09-17 |
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4192: The Crowning of the Hit King | Narrator (voice) | 2010-10-22 |
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Megamind | Warden (voice) | 2010-10-28 |
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Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe | Self | 2009-12-22 |
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Post Grad | Roy Davies | 2009-08-21 |
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Aliens in the Attic | Skip (voice) | 2009-07-30 |
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The Vicious Kind | Donald Sinclaire | 2009-12-11 |
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New in Town | Stu Kopenhafer | 2009-01-30 |
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The Way of War | Sergeant Mitchell | 2009-04-20 |
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Up in the Air | Bob | 2009-12-04 |
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I Love You, Man | Oswald Klaven | 2009-03-20 |
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Red Sands | Lt. Col. Arson | 2009-02-24 |
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Jennifer's Body | Mr. Wroblewski | 2009-09-18 |
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Extract | Brian | 2009-09-03 |
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Walt Whitman | Narrator (voice) | 2008-04-14 |
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Burn After Reading | CIA Superior | 2008-09-05 |
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | James McLaughlin | 2007-05-27 |
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Spider-Man 3 | J. Jonah Jameson | 2007-05-01 |
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Juno | Mac MacGuff | 2007-12-05 |
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The Astronaut Farmer | Jacobson | 2007-02-23 |
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Postal | Candidate Welles | 2007-10-18 |
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Rendition | Lee Mayer | 2007-09-07 |
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First Snow | Vacaro | 2006-05-05 |
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Harsh Times | Agent Richards | 2005-09-11 |
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Thank You for Smoking | BR | 2005-09-09 |
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Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing | Self | 2004-11-30 |
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Spider-Man 2 | J. Jonah Jameson | 2004-06-25 |
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Broadway's Lost Treasures II | Benny Southstreet (segment "Guys & Dolls") | 2004-10-26 |
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3: The Dale Earnhardt Story | Ralph Earnhardt | 2004-12-11 |
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Hidalgo | Buffalo Bill Cody | 2004-02-04 |
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The Ladykillers | Garth Pancake | 2004-03-25 |
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Disposal | Older Hunter | 2003-01-01 |
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Off the Map | George | 2003-09-05 |
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Path to War | CIA Briefer | 2003-10-28 |
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Spider-Man | J. Jonah Jameson | 2002-05-01 |
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Starwater | 2001-01-01 | |
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The Mexican | Ted Slocum | 2001-03-01 |
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The Gift | Sheriff Pearl Johnson | 2000-12-22 |
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Autumn in New York | Dr. Tom Grandy | 2000-08-11 |
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I Lost My M in Vegas | Yellow (voice) | 1999-09-20 |
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For Love of the Game | Frank Perry | 1999-09-17 |
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The Cider House Rules | Ray Kendall | 1999-12-17 |
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Hit and Runway | Ray Tilman | 1999-04-17 |
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Above Freezing | Hoyd | 1998-10-01 |
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Crossing Fields | Guy | 1998-11-06 |
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Celebrity | Souvenir Hawker | 1998-09-25 |
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Y llegó el amor | Mr. Shulman | 1997-01-18 |
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Face Down | Herb Aames | 1997-11-15 |
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Anastasia | Ensemble and Character Vocals (voice) | 1997-11-20 |
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The Jackal | FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon | 1997-11-14 |
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Extreme Measures | Dr. Mingus | 1996-09-27 |
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The First Wives Club | Federal Marshall | 1996-09-20 |
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The Ref | Siskel | 1994-03-09 |
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The Scout | Assistant Coach | 1994-09-30 |
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Guys and Dolls: Off the Record | Himself / Benny Southstreet | 1992-12-07 |
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Popeye Doyle | Patrolman in Park | 1986-01-01 |
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Behind the Zirkonians | Skip (voice) | |
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Purgatory | Father Malone | |
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Heart of the Beast | ||
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Hypergalactic | (voice) | |
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The Prince | ||
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