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.
144 movies · 84 shows
Little Brother
2025·5.9
The Accountant²
2025·7.1
The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery
2025·6.4
Red One
2024·7.0
Juror #2
2024·6.9
Saturday Night
2024·6.7
The Union
2024·6.0
You Can't Run Forever
2024·5.7
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart
2023·7.3
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023·8.3
Rally Road Racers
2023·6.4
One Day as a Lion
2023·5.8
Rivals: Ohio State vs. Michigan
2022·0.0
Prophets of Change
2022·0.0
Hopper: An American Love Story
2022·7.2
Glorious
2022·5.8
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
2022·7.0
Marmaduke
2022·5.1
Spider-Man: No Way Home
2021·7.9
Being the Ricardos
2021·6.5
National Champions
2021·6.4
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021·7.3
Seal Team
2021·6.9
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
2021·6.7
The Tomorrow War
2021·7.5
Ride the Eagle
2021·6.2
Rushing or Dragging
2021·7.5
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021·8.1
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
2020·0.0
Charlie Russell's Old West
2020·0.0
Palm Springs
2020·7.3
Klaus
2019·8.2
21 Bridges
2019·6.8
3 Days with Dad
2019·5.0
Spider-Man: Far From Home
2019·7.4
Fanboy
2019·0.0
Drug$
2018·9.2
The Front Runner
2018·5.9
Detroit: Comeback City
2018·8.0
A Boy Called Sailboat
2018·6.6
The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island
2018·6.2
Father Figures
2017·5.8
I'm Not Here
2017·5.8
Justice League
2017·6.1
The Bachelors
2017·7.0
The Snowman
2017·5.2
Renegades
2017·5.6
The Black Ghiandola
2017·6.5
All Nighter
2017·5.7
Punching Henry
2017·5.9
Patriots Day
2016·7.1
La La Land
2016·7.9
The Accountant
2016·7.1
The Late Bloomer
2016·5.4
Rock Dog
2016·6.3
The Meddler
2016·5.9
Zootopia
2016·7.8
Gravity Falls: Between the Pines
2016·7.7
Kung Fu Panda 3
2016·6.9
Worlds Apart
2015·6.4
O.W.C.A. Files
2015·7.5
Terminator Genisys
2015·6.0
Men, Women & Children
2014·6.5
Whiplash
2014·8.4
Ava & Lala
2014·8.0
The Boxcar Children
2014·7.5
The Rewrite
2014·6.0
Murder of a Cat
2014·5.0
Break Point
2014·5.8
Barefoot
2014·6.7
Labor Day
2013·7.1
Jobs
2013·6.1
3 Geezers!
2013·3.9
The Magic Bracelet
2013·5.0
The Heeler
2013·5.0
Dark Skies
2013·6.4
Whiplash
2013·7.8
The Words
2012·6.7
Contraband
2012·6.3
Ben 10 / Generator Rex: Heroes United
2011·7.2
Young Adult
2011·5.8
Blackstone
2011·7.0
The Good Doctor
2011·6.2
The Music Never Stopped
2011·7.2
True Grit
2010·7.3
Megamind
2010·7.0
4192: The Crowning of the Hit King
2010·6.3
An Invisible Sign
2010·5.2
A Beginner's Guide to Endings
2010·6.0
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
2010·5.2
Crazy on the Outside
2010·5.3
Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe
2009·3.0
The Vicious Kind
2009·6.2
Up in the Air
2009·6.9
Jennifer's Body
2009·6.0
Extract
2009·5.8
Post Grad
2009·5.0
Aliens in the Attic
2009·5.7
The Way of War
2009·3.6
I Love You, Man
2009·6.6
Red Sands
2009·4.3
New in Town
2009·5.8
Burn After Reading
2008·6.7
Walt Whitman
2008·5.0
Juno
2007·7.1
Postal
2007·4.6
Rendition
2007·6.4
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
2007·6.5
Spider-Man 3
2007·6.5
The Astronaut Farmer
2007·6.3
First Snow
2006·6.1
Harsh Times
2005·6.4
Thank You for Smoking
2005·7.2
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
2004·7.6
Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing
2004·6.7
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
2004·8.3
Spider-Man 2
2004·7.3
The Ladykillers
2004·6.1
Hidalgo
2004·6.9
Path to War
2003·6.7
Off the Map
2003·6.4
Disposal
2003·8.0
Spider-Man
2002·7.3
The Mexican
2001·6.0
Starwater
2001·0.0
The Gift
2000·6.5
Autumn in New York
2000·6.1
The Cider House Rules
1999·7.1
I Lost My M in Vegas
1999·0.0
For Love of the Game
1999·6.4
Hit and Runway
1999·4.7
Crossing Fields
1998·7.0
Above Freezing
1998·7.5
Celebrity
1998·6.0
Anastasia
1997·7.6
Face Down
1997·5.8
The Jackal
1997·6.4
Love Walked In
1997·4.8
Extreme Measures
1996·6.0
The First Wives Club
1996·6.7
The Scout
1994·5.2
The Ref
1994·6.6
Guys and Dolls: Off the Record
1992·8.5
Popeye Doyle
1986·4.4