Biography
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.
Acting credits 123 titles
Heart of the Beast
as Watkins
Film
2026
7.3
Purgatory
as Father Malone
Film
2026
The Brink of War
as George Shultz
Film
2026
6.9
The Westies
as Eamon Sweeney
Series
2026–
7.5
Little Brother
as Warren Duffy
Film
2025
5.9
The Accountant²
as Ray King
Film
2025
7.1
The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery
as Narrator
Film
2025
6.4
Red One
as Nick
Film
2024
6.9
Juror #2
as Harold
Film
2024
6.9
Saturday Night
as Milton Berle
Film
2024
6.7
The Union
as Tom Brennan
Film
2024
6.1
Spaceman
Film
2024
You Can't Run Forever
as Wade
Film
2024
5.7
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart
as Ben (voice)
Film
2023
7.3
Rally Road Racers
as Gnash (voice)
Film
2023
6.5
One Day as a Lion
as Walter Boggs
Film
2023
5.7
Hopper: An American Love Story
as Edward Hopper (voice)
Film
2022
7.2
Glorious
as Ghat (voice)
Film
2022
5.8
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
as Captain Putty (voice)
Film
2022
7.0
Night Sky
as Franklin York
Series
2022
6.9
Marmaduke
as Zeus (voice)
Film
2022
5.1
Spider-Man: No Way Home
as J. Jonah Jameson
Film
2021
7.9
National Champions
as Coach James Lazor
Film
2021
6.4
Being the Ricardos
as William Frawley
Film
2021
6.5
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
as Ivo Shandor
Film
2021
7.3
Seal Team
as Claggart (voice)
Film
2021
6.9
The Tomorrow War
as James Forester
Film
2021
7.5
Ride the Eagle
as Carl
Film
2021
6.3
INVINCIBLE
as Nolan Grayson / Omni-Man (voice)
Series
2021–
8.6
Rushing or Dragging
as Terrence Fletcher (Archive Audio)
Film
2021
7.5
Zack Snyder's Justice League
as Commissioner Gordon
Film
2021
8.1
Die Hart
as Jackson Pepper
Series
2020–2024
6.1
Palm Springs
as Roy
Film
2020
7.3
Defending Jacob
as Billy Barber
Series
2020
8.2
Klaus
as Klaus (voice)
Film
2019
8.2
21 Bridges
as Captain Matt McKenna
Film
2019
6.8
3 Days with Dad
as Joey
Film
2019
5.1
Drug$
as Narrator
Film
2018
9.2
The Front Runner
as Bill Dixon
Film
2018
5.9
Detroit: Comeback City
as Himself - Narrator
Film
2018
8.0
A Boy Called Sailboat
as Ernest
Film
2018
6.6
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island
as Dr. Moore (voice)
Film
2018
6.2
Father Figures
as Ronald Hunt
Film
2017
5.8
Counterpart
as Howard Silk
Series
2017–2019
7.5
I'm Not Here
as Steve
Film
2017
5.8
Justice League
as Commissioner Gordon
Film
2017
6.1
The Bachelors
as Bill Palet
Film
2017
7.0
The Snowman
as Arve Støp
Film
2017
5.2
Renegades
as Levin
Film
2017
5.6
The Black Ghiandola
as Ralph Aceto
Film
2017
6.5
All Nighter
as Mr. Gallo
Film
2017
5.7
Punching Henry
as Jay Warren
Film
2017
5.9
Patriots Day
as Sgt. Jeffrey Pugliese
Film
2016
7.1
La La Land
as Bill
Film
2016
7.9
The Accountant
as Ray King
Film
2016
7.1
Goliath
as George Zax
Series
2016–2021
7.6
The Late Bloomer
as James Newmans
Film
2016
5.4
Rock Dog
as Khampa (voice)
Film
2016
6.3
The Meddler
as Randall Zipper
Film
2016
6.0
Zootopia
as Mayor Lionheart (voice)
Film
2016
7.8
Gravity Falls: Between the Pines
as Ford Pines (Voice)
Film
2016
7.7
Kung Fu Panda 3
as Kai (voice)
Film
2016
6.9
O.W.C.A. Files
as Napoleon / Additional Voices (voice)
Film
2015
7.5
Terminator Genisys
as O'Brien
Film
2015
6.0
Major Lazer
as President Whitewall (voice)
Series
2015
6.8
What Lives Inside
as Benjamin 'Pops' Delaney
Series
2015
7.4
Gravity Falls - Weirdmageddon
as Grunkle Ford
Film
2015
10.0
Men, Women & Children
as Allison's Dad
Film
2014
6.5
Whiplash
as Fletcher
Film
2014
8.4
Wild Hawaii
as Narrator (voice)
Series
2014
7.7
The Rewrite
as Hal Lerner
Film
2014
6.0
Growing Up Fisher
as Mel Fisher
Series
2014
6.3
Barefoot
as Dr. Bertleman
Film
2014
6.7
Labor Day
as Mr. Jervis
Film
2013
7.1
LEGO MARVEL Super Heroes: Maximum Overload
as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
Series
2013
6.4
Jobs
as Arthur Rock
Film
2013
6.1
3 Geezers!
as J. Kimball
Film
2013
3.9
Family Tools
as Tony Shea
Series
2013
4.9
Dark Skies
as Edwin Pollard
Film
2013
6.4
The Words
as Mr. Jansen
Film
2012
6.7
The Legend of Korra
as Tenzin (voice)
Series
2012–2014
8.2
Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man
as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
Series
2012–2017
7.7
Contraband
as Captain Camp
Film
2012
6.3
Ben 10 / Generator Rex: Heroes United
as White Knight (voice)
Film
2011
7.2
Blackstone
as Detective Burke
Film
2011
7.0
The Good Doctor
as Detective Krauss
Film
2011
6.2
Megamind
as Warden (voice)
Film
2010
7.0
An Invisible Sign
as Mr. Jones
Film
2010
5.2
Up in the Air
as Bob
Film
2009
6.9
Jennifer's Body
as Mr. Wroblewski
Film
2009
6.0
Post Grad
as Roy Davies
Film
2009
5.0
Aliens in the Attic
as Skip (voice)
Film
2009
5.7
I Love You, Man
as Oswald Klaven
Film
2009
6.6
Red Sands
as Lt. Col. Arson
Film
2009
4.3
New in Town
as Stu Kopenhafer
Film
2009
5.8
Burn After Reading
as CIA Superior
Film
2008
6.7
Juno
as Mac MacGuff
Film
2007
7.1
Postal
as Candidate Welles
Film
2007
4.7
Rendition
as Lee Mayer
Film
2007
6.4
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
as James McLaughlin
Film
2007
6.5
Spider-Man 3
as J. Jonah Jameson
Film
2007
6.5
The Astronaut Farmer
as Jacobson
Film
2007
6.3
First Snow
as Vacaro
Film
2006
6.1
Harsh Times
as Agent Richards
Film
2005
6.4
Thank You for Smoking
as BR
Film
2005
7.2
The Closer
as Will Pope
Series
2005–2012
7.8
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
as Ralph Earnhardt
Film
2004
7.6
Spider-Man 2
as J. Jonah Jameson
Film
2004
7.3
The Ladykillers
as Garth Pancake
Film
2004
6.1
Hidalgo
as Buffalo Bill Cody
Film
2004
6.9
Disposal
as Older Hunter
Film
2003
8.0
Spider-Man
as J. Jonah Jameson
Film
2002
7.4
The Mexican
as Ted Slocum
Film
2001
6.0
The Gift
as Sheriff Pearl Johnson
Film
2000
6.5
Autumn in New York
as Dr. Tom Grandy
Film
2000
6.1
The Cider House Rules
as Ray Kendall
Film
1999
7.1
For Love of the Game
as Frank Perry
Film
1999
6.4
Crossing Fields
as Guy
Film
1998
7.0
The Jackal
as FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon
Film
1997
6.4
Oz
as Vernon Schillinger
Series
1997–2003
8.0
Extreme Measures
as Dr. Mingus
Film
1996
6.0
The Ref
as Siskel
Film
1994
6.6
Monkey Quest
as Vex (voice)
Film
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7.3
Film
Heart of the Beast
Watkins
2026
8.2
Series
The Legend of Korra
Tenzin (voice)
2012–2014
7.8
Series
The Closer
Will Pope
2005–2012
8.6
Series
INVINCIBLE
Nolan Grayson / Omni-Man (voice)
2021–
7.9
Film
Spider-Man: No Way Home
J. Jonah Jameson
2021
7.4
Film
Spider-Man
J. Jonah Jameson
2002
8.0
Series
Oz
Vernon Schillinger
1997–2003
7.8
Film
Zootopia
Mayor Lionheart (voice)
2016
8.4
Film
Whiplash
Fletcher
2014
7.6
Series
Goliath
George Zax
2016–2021
7.7
Series
Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man
J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
2012–2017
7.0
Film
Megamind
Warden (voice)
2010
7.9
Film
La La Land
Bill
2016
8.2
Series
Defending Jacob
Billy Barber
2020
7.1
Film
Juno
Mac MacGuff
2007
7.5
Series
Counterpart
Howard Silk
2017–2019
6.5
Film
Spider-Man 3
J. Jonah Jameson
2007
7.1
Film
The Accountant
Ray King
2016
6.4
Film
Harsh Times
Agent Richards
2005
6.0
Film
Terminator Genisys
O'Brien
2015
6.4
Film
The Jackal
FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon
1997
6.9
Film
Kung Fu Panda 3
Kai (voice)
2016
8.1
Film
Zack Snyder's Justice League
Commissioner Gordon
2021
6.1
Film
Justice League
Commissioner Gordon
2017
6.9
Film
Red One
Nick
2024
7.3
Film
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Ivo Shandor
2021
6.7
Film
Burn After Reading
CIA Superior
2008
7.1
Film
The Accountant²
Ray King
2025
7.3
Film
Spider-Man 2
J. Jonah Jameson
2004
7.5
Film
The Tomorrow War
James Forester
2021
6.0
Film
Jennifer's Body
Mr. Wroblewski
2009
7.1
Film
Patriots Day
Sgt. Jeffrey Pugliese
2016
6.9
Film
The Brink of War
George Shultz
2026
6.9
Film
Juror #2
Harold
2024
6.1
Series
Die Hart
Jackson Pepper
2020–2024
7.3
Film
Palm Springs
Roy
2020
6.9
Film
Up in the Air
Bob
2009
7.0
Film
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
Captain Putty (voice)
2022
7.5
Series
The Westies
Eamon Sweeney
2026–
6.9
Series
Night Sky
Franklin York
2022
5.9
Film
The Front Runner
Bill Dixon
2018
7.1
Film
Labor Day
Mr. Jervis
2013
7.1
Film
The Cider House Rules
Ray Kendall
1999
6.5
Film
The Gift
Sheriff Pearl Johnson
2000
8.0
Film
Disposal
Older Hunter
2003
6.1
Film
The Union
Tom Brennan
2024
6.9
Film
Seal Team
Claggart (voice)
2021
7.7
Film
Gravity Falls: Between the Pines
Ford Pines (Voice)
2016
5.7
Film
Aliens in the Attic
Skip (voice)
2009
6.3
Film
Rock Dog
Khampa (voice)
2016
6.1
Film
First Snow
Vacaro
2006
7.0
Film
Crossing Fields
Guy
1998
3.9
Film
3 Geezers!
J. Kimball
2013
7.5
Film
O.W.C.A. Files
Napoleon / Additional Voices (voice)
2015
6.1
Film
Jobs
Arthur Rock
2013
7.0
Film
Blackstone
Detective Burke
2011
10.0
Film
Gravity Falls - Weirdmageddon
Grunkle Ford
2015
6.5
Film
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
James McLaughlin
2007
8.2
Film
Klaus
Klaus (voice)
2019
6.3
Series
Growing Up Fisher
Mel Fisher
2014
6.3
Film
The Astronaut Farmer
Jacobson
2007
6.0
Film
The Mexican
Ted Slocum
2001
6.4
Film
Dark Skies
Edwin Pollard
2013
5.8
Film
New in Town
Stu Kopenhafer
2009
6.1
Film
Autumn in New York
Dr. Tom Grandy
2000
6.2
Film
The Good Doctor
Detective Krauss
2011
4.7
Film
Postal
Candidate Welles
2007
5.8
Film
I'm Not Here
Steve
2017
5.2
Film
The Snowman
Arve Støp
2017
6.4
Film
For Love of the Game
Frank Perry
1999
6.8
Film
21 Bridges
Captain Matt McKenna
2019
6.7
Film
The Words
Mr. Jansen
2012
6.9
Film
Hidalgo
Buffalo Bill Cody
2004
6.0
Film
Extreme Measures
Dr. Mingus
1996
6.7
Film
Barefoot
Dr. Bertleman
2014
5.2
Film
An Invisible Sign
Mr. Jones
2010
6.7
Film
Saturday Night
Milton Berle
2024
7.2
Film
Thank You for Smoking
BR
2005
7.6
Film
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
Ralph Earnhardt
2004
6.6
Film
The Ref
Siskel
1994
6.4
Film
Rendition
Lee Mayer
2007
6.5
Film
Men, Women & Children
Allison's Dad
2014
6.6
Film
I Love You, Man
Oswald Klaven
2009
6.8
Series
Major Lazer
President Whitewall (voice)
2015
6.3
Film
Contraband
Captain Camp
2012
4.9
Series
Family Tools
Tony Shea
2013
6.1
Film
The Ladykillers
Garth Pancake
2004
7.2
Film
Ben 10 / Generator Rex: Heroes United
White Knight (voice)
2011
6.4
Series
LEGO MARVEL Super Heroes: Maximum Overload
J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
2013
5.8
Film
Father Figures
Ronald Hunt
2017
5.0
Film
Post Grad
Roy Davies
2009
6.0
Film
The Rewrite
Hal Lerner
2014
5.9
Film
Punching Henry
Jay Warren
2017
0.0
Film
Monkey Quest
Vex (voice)
5.6
Film
Renegades
Levin
2017
4.3
Film
Red Sands
Lt. Col. Arson
2009
5.1
Film
Marmaduke
Zeus (voice)
2022
6.0
Film
The Meddler
Randall Zipper
2016
0.0
Film
Purgatory
Father Malone
2026
5.7
Film
All Nighter
Mr. Gallo
2017
0.0
Film
Spaceman
2024
6.5
Film
Being the Ricardos
William Frawley
2021
6.5
Film
Rally Road Racers
Gnash (voice)
2023
7.4
Series
What Lives Inside
Benjamin 'Pops' Delaney
2015
5.7
Film
You Can't Run Forever
Wade
2024
7.7
Series
Wild Hawaii
Narrator (voice)
2014
7.0
Film
The Bachelors
Bill Palet
2017
7.3
Film
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart
Ben (voice)
2023
5.4
Film
The Late Bloomer
James Newmans
2016
5.9
Film
Little Brother
Warren Duffy
2025
6.4
Film
National Champions
Coach James Lazor
2021
6.3
Film
Ride the Eagle
Carl
2021
5.7
Film
One Day as a Lion
Walter Boggs
2023
6.2
Film
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island
Dr. Moore (voice)
2018
5.1
Film
3 Days with Dad
Joey
2019
5.8
Film
Glorious
Ghat (voice)
2022
6.6
Film
A Boy Called Sailboat
Ernest
2018
6.5
Film
The Black Ghiandola
Ralph Aceto
2017
7.2
Film
Hopper: An American Love Story
Edward Hopper (voice)
2022
6.4
Film
The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery
Narrator
2025
8.0
Film
Detroit: Comeback City
Himself - Narrator
2018
7.5
Film
Rushing or Dragging
Terrence Fletcher (Archive Audio)
2021
9.2
Film
Drug$
Narrator
2018