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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Little Brother
Character:Warren Duffy
Release Date:22/10/2025
The Accountant²
Character:Ray King
Release Date:23/04/2025
The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery
Character:Narrator
Release Date:31/01/2025
Red One
Character:Nick
Release Date:31/10/2024
Juror #2
Character:Harold
Release Date:30/10/2024
Saturday Night
Character:Milton Berle
Release Date:27/09/2024
The Union
Character:Tom Brennan
Release Date:15/08/2024
You Can't Run Forever
Character:Wade
Release Date:17/05/2024
Invincible: Atom Eve
Character:Nolan Grayson
Release Date:22/07/2023
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart
Character:Ben (voice)
Release Date:21/07/2023
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Character:J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
Release Date:31/05/2023
Rally Road Racers
Character:Gnash (voice)
Release Date:12/05/2023
One Day as a Lion
Character:Walter Boggs
Release Date:04/04/2023
Rivals: Ohio State vs. Michigan
Character:Narrator
Release Date:13/11/2022
Prophets of Change
Character:Narrator
Release Date:12/10/2022
Hopper: An American Love Story
Character:Edward Hopper (voice)
Release Date:11/10/2022
Glorious
Character:Ghat (voice)
Release Date:21/07/2022
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
Character:Captain Putty (voice)
Release Date:20/05/2022
Marmaduke
Character:Zeus (voice)
Release Date:28/04/2022
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Character:J. Jonah Jameson
Release Date:15/12/2021
Being the Ricardos
Character:William Frawley
Release Date:10/12/2021
National Champions
Character:Coach James Lazor
Release Date:10/12/2021
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Character:Ivo Shandor
Release Date:18/11/2021
Seal Team
Character:Claggart (voice)
Release Date:28/10/2021
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
Character:J. Jonah Jameson (uncredited)
Release Date:30/09/2021
The Tomorrow War
Character:James Forester
Release Date:03/09/2021
Ride the Eagle
Character:Carl
Release Date:30/07/2021
Rushing or Dragging
Character:Terrence Fletcher (Archive Audio)
Release Date:20/03/2021
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Character:Commissioner Gordon
Release Date:18/03/2021
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
Character:Orville
Release Date:01/12/2020
Palm Springs
Character:Roy
Release Date:10/07/2020
Klaus
Character:Klaus (voice)
Release Date:08/11/2019
21 Bridges
Character:Captain Matt McKenna
Release Date:24/10/2019
3 Days with Dad
Character:Joey
Release Date:13/09/2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home
Character:J. Jonah Jameson
Release Date:28/06/2019
Fanboy
Character:J.K. / Frank Perry
Release Date:22/03/2019
Drug$
Character:Narrator
Release Date:15/12/2018
The Front Runner
Character:Bill Dixon
Release Date:06/11/2018
Detroit: Comeback City
Character:Himself - Narrator
Release Date:01/07/2018
A Boy Called Sailboat
Character:Ernest
Release Date:08/06/2018
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island
Character:Dr. Moore (voice)
Release Date:08/05/2018
Father Figures
Character:Ronald Hunt
Release Date:21/12/2017
I'm Not Here
Character:Steve
Release Date:16/11/2017
Justice League
Character:Commissioner Gordon
Release Date:15/11/2017
The Bachelors
Character:Bill Palet
Release Date:20/10/2017
The Snowman
Character:Arve Støp
Release Date:24/08/2017
Renegades
Character:Levin
Release Date:21/08/2017
The Black Ghiandola
Character:Ralph Aceto
Release Date:22/04/2017
All Nighter
Character:Mr. Gallo
Release Date:10/03/2017
Punching Henry
Character:Jay Warren
Release Date:24/02/2017
Patriots Day
Character:Sgt. Jeffrey Pugliese
Release Date:12/12/2016
La La Land
Character:Bill
Release Date:01/12/2016
The Accountant
Character:Ray King
Release Date:13/10/2016
The Late Bloomer
Character:James Newmans
Release Date:07/10/2016
Rock Dog
Character:Khampa (voice)
Release Date:08/07/2016
The Meddler
Character:Randall Zipper
Release Date:05/04/2016
Zootopia
Character:Mayor Lionheart (voice)
Release Date:11/02/2016
Kung Fu Panda 3
Character:Kai (voice)
Release Date:23/01/2016
Worlds Apart
Character:Sebastian
Release Date:17/12/2015
O.W.C.A. Files
Character:Napoleon / Additional Voices (voice)
Release Date:09/11/2015
Terminator Genisys
Character:O'Brien
Release Date:23/06/2015
Men, Women & Children
Character:Allison's Dad
Release Date:17/10/2014
Whiplash
Character:Fletcher
Release Date:10/10/2014
Ava & Lala
Character:General Tiger (voice)
Release Date:01/10/2014
The Boxcar Children
Character:Dr. Moore (voice)
Release Date:05/08/2014
The Rewrite
Character:Dr. Hal Lerner
Release Date:15/06/2014
Murder of a Cat
Character:Sheriff Frank Hoyle
Release Date:24/04/2014
Break Point
Character:Jack
Release Date:08/03/2014
Barefoot
Character:Dr. Bertleman
Release Date:02/02/2014
Labor Day
Character:Mr. Jervis
Release Date:27/12/2013
Jobs
Character:Arthur Rock
Release Date:15/08/2013
3 Geezers!
Character:J. Kimball
Release Date:22/05/2013
The Magic Bracelet
Character:The Shaman
Release Date:18/05/2013
The Heeler
Character:Roscoe
Release Date:18/04/2013
Dark Skies
Character:Edwin Pollard
Release Date:21/02/2013
Whiplash
Character:Fletcher
Release Date:18/01/2013
The Words
Character:Mr. Jansen
Release Date:07/09/2012
Contraband
Character:Captain Camp
Release Date:12/01/2012
Ben 10 / Generator Rex: Heroes United
Character:White Knight (voice)
Release Date:25/11/2011
Young Adult
Character:Mavis' Publisher (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:11/11/2011
Blackstone
Character:Detective Burke
Release Date:28/05/2011
The Good Doctor
Character:Detective Krauss
Release Date:23/04/2011
The Music Never Stopped
Character:Henry Sawyer
Release Date:18/03/2011
True Grit
Character:J. Noble Daggett (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:22/12/2010
Megamind
Character:Warden (voice)
Release Date:28/10/2010
4192: The Crowning of the Hit King
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:22/10/2010
An Invisible Sign
Character:Mr. Jones
Release Date:06/10/2010
A Beginner's Guide to Endings
Character:Uncle Pal
Release Date:17/09/2010
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
Character:Gruff K-9 (voice)
Release Date:29/07/2010
Crazy on the Outside
Character:Ed
Release Date:08/01/2010
Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe
Character:Self
Release Date:22/12/2009
The Vicious Kind
Character:Donald Sinclaire
Release Date:11/12/2009
Up in the Air
Character:Bob
Release Date:04/12/2009
Jennifer's Body
Character:Mr. Wroblewski
Release Date:18/09/2009
Extract
Character:Brian
Release Date:03/09/2009
Post Grad
Character:Roy Davies
Release Date:21/08/2009
Aliens in the Attic
Character:Skip (voice)
Release Date:30/07/2009
The Way of War
Character:Sergeant Mitchell
Release Date:20/04/2009
I Love You, Man
Character:Oswald Klaven
Release Date:20/03/2009
Red Sands
Character:Lt. Col. Arson
Release Date:24/02/2009
New in Town
Character:Stu Kopenhafer
Release Date:30/01/2009
Burn After Reading
Character:CIA Superior
Release Date:05/09/2008
Walt Whitman
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:14/04/2008
Juno
Character:Mac MacGuff
Release Date:05/12/2007
Postal
Character:Candidate Welles
Release Date:18/10/2007
Rendition
Character:Lee Mayer
Release Date:07/09/2007
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Character:James McLaughlin
Release Date:27/05/2007
Spider-Man 3
Character:J. Jonah Jameson
Release Date:01/05/2007
The Astronaut Farmer
Character:Jacobson
Release Date:23/02/2007
First Snow
Character:Vacaro
Release Date:05/05/2006
Harsh Times
Character:Agent Richards
Release Date:11/09/2005
Thank You for Smoking
Character:BR
Release Date:09/09/2005
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
Character:Ralph Earnhardt
Release Date:11/12/2004
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
Character:Self
Release Date:30/11/2004
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
Character:Benny Southstreet (segment "Guys & Dolls")
Release Date:26/10/2004
Spider-Man 2
Character:J. Jonah Jameson
Release Date:25/06/2004
The Ladykillers
Character:Garth Pancake
Release Date:25/03/2004
Hidalgo
Character:Buffalo Bill Cody
Release Date:04/02/2004
Path to War
Character:CIA Briefer
Release Date:28/10/2003
Off the Map
Character:George
Release Date:05/09/2003
Disposal
Character:Older Hunter
Release Date:01/01/2003
Spider-Man
Character:J. Jonah Jameson
Release Date:01/05/2002
The Mexican
Character:Ted Slocum
Release Date:01/03/2001
Starwater
Character:
Release Date:01/01/2001
Autumn in New York
Character:Dr. Tom Grandy
Release Date:11/08/2000
The Gift
Character:Sheriff Pearl Johnson
Release Date:16/03/2000
The Cider House Rules
Character:Ray Kendall
Release Date:17/12/1999
I Lost My M in Vegas
Character:Yellow (voice)
Release Date:20/09/1999
For Love of the Game
Character:Frank Perry
Release Date:17/09/1999
Hit and Runway
Character:Ray Tilman
Release Date:17/04/1999
Crossing Fields
Character:Guy
Release Date:06/11/1998
Above Freezing
Character:Hoyd
Release Date:01/10/1998
Celebrity
Character:Souvenir Hawker
Release Date:07/09/1998
Anastasia
Character:Ensemble and Character Vocals (voice)
Release Date:20/11/1997
Face Down
Character:Herb Aames
Release Date:15/11/1997
The Jackal
Character:FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon
Release Date:14/11/1997
Love Walked In
Character:Mr. Shulman
Release Date:18/01/1997
Extreme Measures
Character:Dr. Mingus
Release Date:27/09/1996
The First Wives Club
Character:Federal Marshall
Release Date:20/09/1996
The Scout
Character:Assistant Coach
Release Date:30/09/1994
The Ref
Character:Siskel
Release Date:09/03/1994
Guys and Dolls: Off the Record
Character:Himself / Benny Southstreet
Release Date:07/12/1992
Popeye Doyle
Character:Patrolman in Park
Release Date:01/01/1986
Television Appearances
Ren & Stimpy
Character:Lint (voice)
Night Sky
Character:Franklin York
INVINCIBLE
Character:Nolan Grayson / Omni-Man (voice)
The Great North
Character:Tusk Johnson (voice)
The Stand
Character:General Starkey
Die Hart
Character:Jackson Pepper
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Character:The Grandfather
Coronavirus, Explained
Character:Self - Narrator
Defending Jacob
Character:Billy Barber
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Character:Self
Explained
Character:Narrator (voice)
Counterpart
Character:Howard Silk
Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics
Character:Self
No Activity
Character:Leo
Brockmire
Character:Matt "The Bat" Hardesty
Goliath
Character:George Zax
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Character:Self
Major Lazer
Character:President Whitewall (voice)
What Lives Inside
Character:Benjamin 'Pops' Delaney
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Character:Self
BoJack Horseman
Character:Lenny Turtletaub (voice)
Wild Hawaii
Character:Narrator (voice)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Character:Voice Over (voice)
Growing Up Fisher
Character:Mel Fisher
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Character:Self
LEGO MARVEL Super Heroes: Maximum Overload
Character:J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Character:Frank Dillman
Family Tools
Character:Tony Shea
Gravity Falls
Character:Stanford Pines (voice)
Men at Work
Character:P.J. Jordan
The Legend of Korra
Character:Tenzin (voice)
The Legend of Korra
Character:Mushi (voice)
Best Friends Forever
Character:Don
Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man
Character:J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
NTSF:SD:SUV::
Character:Frank Forrest
Desert Car Kings
Character:Himself - Narrator
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
Character:J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
The Talk
Character:Self - Guest
Pound Puppies
Character:Lt. Rock (voice)
Pound Puppies
Character:Mr. Withers (voice)
Raising Hope
Character:Bruce Chance
Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
Character:Magister Gilhil / Plumber (voice)
Archer
Character:Detective (voice)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Character:Self - Guest
Parks and Recreation
Character:Mayor Stice
Party Down
Character:Leonard Stiltskin
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Character:Guardian (voice)
Ben 10: Alien Force
Character:Magister Gilhil (voice)
Phineas and Ferb
Character:Napoleon (voice)
Phineas and Ferb
Character:J.B. (voice)
The Closer
Character:Will Pope
American Dad!
Character:Judge (voice)
American Dad!
Character:Gene (voice)
American Dad!
Character:Dean of CIA Academy (voice)
American Dad!
Character:Jed Farnsworth (voice)
Numb3rs
Character:Dr. Clarence Weaver
Veronica Mars
Character:Clyde Pickett
Jack & Bobby
Character:
Justice League Unlimited
Character:Eiling (voice)
Justice League Unlimited
Character:General Eiling (voice)
The Jury
Character:
The D.A.
Character:Dep. Dist. Atty. Joe Carter
Arrested Development
Character:General Anderson
Nip/Tuck
Character:Ike Connors
Without a Trace
Character:Mark Wilson
John Doe
Character:Lucas Doya
Everwood
Character:Phil Drebbles
Kim Possible
Character:Martin Smarty (voice)
Kim Possible
Character:Martin Smarty / Additional voices (voice)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Character:Emil Skoda
Third Watch
Character:Frank Hagedorn
The West Wing
Character:Harry Ravitch
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character:Dr. Emil Skoda
Oz
Character:Vernon Schillinger
Spin City
Character:Kevin
Remember WENN
Character:'Captain Amazon'
New York News
Character:
ER
Character:Gus Loomer
New York Undercover
Character:
Homicide: Life on the Street
Character:Alexander Rausch
Law & Order
Character:Emil Skoda
Law & Order
Character:Jerry Luppin
The Simpsons
Character:Victor Kleskow (voice)
The Simpsons
Character:Tabloid Editor (voice)
The Simpsons
Character:J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
The Simpsons
Character:JJ Gruff (voice)
The Simpsons
Character:Dr. Jessup (voice)
American Masters
Character:Edward Hopper
Saturday Night Live
Character:Self - Host
Saturday Night Live
Character:Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Oscars
Character:Self
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