J. K. Simmons Jonathan Kimble Simmons (born January 9, 1955) is an American actor, considered one of the most prolific and well-established character actors of his generation. He has appeared in over 200 films and television roles since his debut in 1986. He i ...

is an American actor, considered one of the most prolific and well-established character actors of his generation. He has appeared in over 200 films and television roles since his debut in 1986 with film roles including J. Jonah Jameson in Sam Raimi's ''Spider-Man'' trilogy (2002–2007), ''

Thank You for Smoking ''Thank You for Smoking'' is a 2005 American satirical black comedy film written and directed by Jason Reitman and starring Aaron Eckhart, based on the 1994 satirical novel of the same name by Christopher Buckley. It follows the efforts of Bi ...

'' with Aaron Eckhart (2005), Juno (film), ''Juno'' (2007), ''Whiplash (2014 film), Whiplash'' with Miles Teller (2014), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, ''La La Land'' with Ryan Gosling (2016), Jim Gordon (character), Commissioner James Gordon in ''Justice League (film), Justice League'' (2017), and William Frawley in ''Being the Ricardos'' (2021). He reprised his role as Jameson in various Marvel Studios media unrelated to the Raimi trilogy, including the Marvel Cinematic Universe films ''Spider-Man: Far From Home'' (2019) and ''Spider-Man: No Way Home'' (2021), the Sony's Spider-Man Universe film ''Venom: Let There Be Carnage'' (2021) and voiced him in the animated film ''Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse'' (2023). He has also voiced J. Jonah Jameson in a multitude of animated television shows. On television, he is known for playing Emil Skoda (Law & Order), Dr. Emil Skoda in the Law & Order (franchise), ''Law & Order'' franchise (1997–2010), white supremacist prisoner Vernon Schillinger on the HBO series ''Oz (TV series), Oz'' (1997–2003), and Assistant Police Chief Will Pope on the Turner Network Television, TNT series ''The Closer'' (2005–2012). From 2017 to 2019, he starred as Howard Silk in the Starz series ''Counterpart (TV series), Counterpart''. In 2020, he had recurring roles on the miniseries ''Defending Jacob (miniseries), Defending Jacob'' and ''The Stand (2020 miniseries), The Stand''. As a voice artist, he is known for voicing Magister Prior Gilhil on ''Ben 10: Alien Force'' and ''Ben 10: Ultimate Alien'', Cave Johnson (Portal), Cave Johnson in the video game ''Portal 2'' (2011) and its spin-off ''Aperture Desk Job'' (2022), Tenzin (The Legend of Korra), Tenzin in ''The Legend of Korra'' (2012–2014), Stanford "Ford" Pines in Gravity Falls (season 2), the second season of ''Gravity Falls'' (2015–2016), Kai in ''Kung Fu Panda 3'' (2016), Mayor Leodore Lionheart in ''Zootopia'' (2016), the titular character in ''Klaus (film), Klaus'' (2019), Omni-Man, Nolan Grayson / Omni-Man in ''Invincible (TV series), Invincible'' (2021–present) and ''Mortal Kombat 1'' (2023), and as Captain Putty in ''Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (film), Chip 'N Dale: Rescue Rangers'' (2022).

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