J.K. Simmons

Actor / Soundtrack

Birthdate – January 9, 1955 (69 Years Old)

Birthplace – Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA

J.K. Simmons is an American actor.

He was born Jonathan Kimble Simmons in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, to Patricia (Kimble), an administrator, and Donald William Simmons, a music teacher. He attended the Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; University of Montana, Missoula, MT (BA in Music).

He had originally planned to be a singer and studied at the University of Montana to become a composer.

He starred as Captain Hook and Mr. Darling opposite gymnastics champ Cathy Rigby in the Broadway and touring revivals of Peter Pan.

He played Benny South-street in the 1992 Broadway revival of Guys and Dolls and can be heard on the cast recording.

He did a commercial voice-over work, including the voice of the yellow M&M in the candy’s TV ads.

He appeared as police psychiatrist Emil Skoda on Law & Order (1990), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) and Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001).

As of 2011, has made five films with director Sam Raimi: For Love of the Game (1999); The Gift (2000); Spider-Man (2002); Spider-Man 2 (2004); and Spider-Man 3 (2007).

He won many awards from 2005 to 2007 in Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2014 won Oscar for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role. 2015 won a Golden Globe for his Best Performance as an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture, BAFTA Film Awards Best Supporting Actor, Independent Spirit Awards Best Supporting Male.

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Filmography

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You Can’t Run Forever

Wade (2024)

One Day as a Lion

Walter Boggs (2023)

Rally Road Racers

Gnash (2023)

National Champions

Coach James Lazor (2021)

Being the Ricardos

William Frawley (2021)

The Tomorrow War

James Forester (2021)

Palm Springs

Roy (2020)

21 Bridges

Captain McKenna (2019)

The Front Runner

Bill Dixon (2018)

The Snowman

Arve Støp (2017)

The Accountant

Ray King (2016)

Kung Fu Panda 3

Kai (2016)

Rock Dog

Khampa (2017)

Zootopia

Mayor Lionheart (2016)

La La Land

Bill (2016)

Patriots Day

Sergeant Jeffrey Pugliese (2017)

Terminator Genisys

O'Brien (2015)

Worlds Apart

Sebastian (2017)

Whiplash

Fletcher (2014)

Labor Day

Mr. Jervis (2014)

Jobs

Arthur Rock (2013)

Dark Skies

Edwin Pollard (2013)

The Words

Mr. Jansen (2012)

Spider-Man

J. Jonah Jameson (2002)

Red One

Nick (2024)

Juror #2

Harold (2024)