
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.

as Reaper

as Watkins

as Father Malone

as George Shultz

as Warren Duffy

as Ray King

as Narrator

as Nick

as Harold

as Milton Berle

as Tom Brennan

as Wade

as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)

as Gnash (voice)

as Walter Boggs

as Narrator

as Narrator

as Edward Hopper (voice)

as Ghat (voice)

as Captain Putty (voice)

as Zeus (voice)

as J. Jonah Jameson

as William Frawley

as Coach James Lazor

as Ivo Shandor

as Claggart (voice)

as J. Jonah Jameson (uncredited)

as James Forester

as Carl

as Terrence Fletcher (Archive Audio)

as Commissioner Gordon

as Narrator

as Roy

as Klaus (voice)

as Captain Matt McKenna

as Joey

as J. Jonah Jameson

as J.K. / Frank Perry

as Narrator

as Bill Dixon

as Himself - Narrator

as Ernest

as Dr. Moore (voice)

as Ronald Hunt

as Steve

as Commissioner Gordon

as Bill Palet

as Arve Støp

as Levin

as Ralph Aceto

as Mr. Gallo

as Jay Warren

as Sgt. Jeffrey Pugliese

as Bill

as Ray King

as James Newmans

as Khampa (voice)

as Randall Zipper

as Mayor Lionheart (voice)

as Ford Pines (Voice)

as Kai (voice)

as Sebastian

as O'Brien

as Allison's Dad

as Fletcher

as General Tiger (voice)

as Dr. Moore (voice)

as Hal Lerner

as Sheriff Frank Hoyle

as Jack

as Dr. Bertleman

as Mr. Jervis

as Arthur Rock

as J. Kimball

as The Shaman

as Roscoe

as Edwin Pollard

as Fletcher

as Mr. Jansen

as Captain Camp

as White Knight (voice)

as Mavis' Publisher (voice) (uncredited)

as Detective Burke

as Detective Krauss

as Henry Sawyer

as J. Noble Daggett (voice) (uncredited)

as Warden (voice)

as Narrator (voice)

as Mr. Jones

as Uncle Pal

as Gruff K-9 (voice)

as Ed

as Donald Sinclaire

as Bob

as Mr. Wroblewski

as Brian

as Roy Davies

as Skip (voice)

as Sergeant Mitchell

as Oswald Klaven

as Lt. Col. Arson

as Stu Kopenhafer

as CIA Superior

as Narrator (voice)

as Mac MacGuff

as Candidate Welles

as Lee Mayer

as James McLaughlin

as J. Jonah Jameson

as Self

as Jacobson

as Vacaro

as Agent Richards

as Ralph Earnhardt

as Benny Southstreet (segment "Guys & Dolls")

as J. Jonah Jameson

as Garth Pancake

as Buffalo Bill Cody

as CIA Briefer

as George

as Older Hunter

as J. Jonah Jameson

as Ted

as Sheriff Pearl Johnson

as Dr. Tom Grandy

as Ray Kendall

as Yellow (voice)

as Frank Perry

as Ray Tilman

as Guy

as Hoyd

as Souvenir Hawker

as Herb Aames

as FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon

as Mr. Shulman

as Dr. Mingus

as Federal Marshall

as Assistant Coach

as Siskel

as Himself / Benny Southstreet

as Patrolman in Park

as Skip (voice)

as Vex (voice)