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.

Filmography

• 2026Heart of the Beast — Watkins
• 2026Purgatory — Father Malone
• 2026The Brink of War — George Shultz
• The Westies — Eamon Sweeney
• 2025Little Brother — Warren Duffy
• 2025The Accountant² — Ray King
• 2025The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery — Narrator
• 2024Juror #2 — Harold
• 2024Red One — Nick
• Ren & Stimpy — Lint (voice)
• 2024Saturday Night — Milton Berle
• 2024Spaceman
• 2024The Union — Tom Brennan
• 2024You Can't Run Forever — Wade
• 2023One Day as a Lion — Walter Boggs
• 2023Rally Road Racers — Gnash (voice)
• 2023Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse — J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
• 2023The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart — Ben (voice)
• 2022Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers — Captain Putty (voice)
• 2022Glorious — Ghat (voice)
• 2022Hopper: An American Love Story — Edward Hopper (voice)
• 2022Marmaduke — Zeus (voice)
• Night Sky — Franklin York
• 2022Prophets of Change — Narrator
• 2022Rivals: Ohio State vs. Michigan — Narrator
• 2021Being the Ricardos — William Frawley
• 2021Ghostbusters: Afterlife — Ivo Shandor
• INVINCIBLE — Nolan Grayson / Omni-Man (voice)
• 2021National Champions — Coach James Lazor
• 2021Ride the Eagle — Carl
• 2021Rushing or Dragging — Terrence Fletcher (Archive Audio)
• 2021Seal Team — Claggart (voice)
• 2021Spider-Man: No Way Home — J. Jonah Jameson
• The Great North — Tusk Johnson (voice)
• 2021The Tomorrow War — James Forester
• 2021Venom: Let There Be Carnage — J. Jonah Jameson (uncredited)
• 2021Zack Snyder's Justice League — Commissioner Gordon
• 2020Charlie Russell's Old West — Narrator
• Defending Jacob — Billy Barber
• Die Hart — Jackson Pepper
• 2020Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens — Orville
• Home Movie: The Princess Bride — The Grandfather
• 2020Palm Springs — Roy
• The Stand — General Starkey
• 201921 Bridges — Captain Matt McKenna
• 20193 Days with Dad — Joey
• 2019Fanboy — J.K. / Frank Perry
• 2019Klaus — Klaus (voice)
• 2019Spider-Man: Far From Home — J. Jonah Jameson
• The Daily Bugle — J. Jonah Jameson
• 2018A Boy Called Sailboat — Ernest
• 2018Drug$ — Narrator
• Explained — Narrator (voice)
• 2018The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island — Dr. Moore (voice)
• 2018The Front Runner — Bill Dixon
• 2017All Nighter — Mr. Gallo
• Brockmire — Matt "The Bat" Hardesty
• Counterpart — Howard Silk
• 2017Father Figures — Ronald Hunt
• 2017I'm Not Here — Steve
• 2017Justice League — Commissioner Gordon
• No Activity — Leo
• 2017Punching Henry — Jay Warren
• 2017Renegades — Levin
• 2017The Bachelors — Bill Palet
• 2017The Black Ghiandola — Ralph Aceto
• 2017The Snowman — Arve Støp
• Goliath — George Zax
• 2016Gravity Falls: Between the Pines — Ford Pines (Voice)
• 2016Kung Fu Panda 3 — Kai (voice)
• 2016La La Land — Bill
• 2016Patriots Day — Sgt. Jeffrey Pugliese
• 2016Rock Dog — Khampa (voice)
• 2016The Accountant — Ray King
• 2016The Late Bloomer — James Newmans
• 2016The Meddler — Randall Zipper
• 2016Zootopia — Mayor Lionheart (voice)
• Major Lazer — President Whitewall (voice)
• 2015Terminator Genisys — O'Brien
• What Lives Inside — Benjamin 'Pops' Delaney
• 2015Worlds Apart — Sebastian
• 2014Ava & Lala — General Tiger (voice)
• 2014Barefoot — Dr. Bertleman
• BoJack Horseman — Lenny Turtletaub (voice)
• 2014Break Point — Jack
• Growing Up Fisher — Mel Fisher
• Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — (voice)
• 2014Men, Women & Children — Allison's Dad
• 2014Murder of a Cat — Sheriff Frank Hoyle
• 2014The Boxcar Children — Dr. Moore (voice)
• 2014The Rewrite — Hal Lerner
• 2014Whiplash — Fletcher
• Wild Hawaii — Narrator (voice)
• 20133 Geezers! — J. Kimball
• Brooklyn Nine-Nine — Frank Dillman
• 2013Dark Skies — Edwin Pollard
• Family Tools — Tony Shea
• 2013Jobs — Arthur Rock
• LEGO MARVEL Super Heroes: Maximum Overload — J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
• 2013Labor Day — Mr. Jervis
• 2013The Heeler — Roscoe
• 2013The Magic Bracelet — The Shaman
• 2013Whiplash — Fletcher
• Best Friends Forever — Don
• 2012Contraband — Captain Camp
• Gravity Falls — Stanford Pines (voice)
• Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man — J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
• Men at Work — P.J. Jordan
• The Legend of Korra — Tenzin (voice), Mushi (voice)
• 2012The Words — Mr. Jansen
• 2011Ben 10 / Generator Rex: Heroes United — White Knight (voice)
• 2011Blackstone — Detective Burke
• NTSF:SD:SUV:: — Frank Forrest
• 2011The Good Doctor — Detective Krauss
• 2011The Music Never Stopped — Henry Sawyer
• 2011Young Adult — Mavis' Publisher (voice) (uncredited)
• 20104192: The Crowning of the Hit King — Narrator (voice)
• 2010A Beginner's Guide to Endings — Uncle Pal
• 2010An Invisible Sign — Mr. Jones
• Ben 10: Ultimate Alien — Magister Gilhil / Plumber (voice)
• 2010Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore — Gruff K-9 (voice)
• 2010Crazy on the Outside — Ed
• 2010Megamind — Warden (voice)
• Pound Puppies — Lt. Rock (voice), Mr. Withers (voice)
• Raising Hope — Bruce Chance
• The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes — J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
• 2010True Grit — J. Noble Daggett (voice) (uncredited)
• 2009Aliens in the Attic — Skip (voice)
• Archer — Detective (voice)
• 2009Extract — Brian
• 2009I Love You, Man — Oswald Klaven
• 2009Jennifer's Body — Mr. Wroblewski
• 2009New in Town — Stu Kopenhafer
• Parks and Recreation — Mayor Stice
• Party Down — Leonard Stiltskin
• 2009Post Grad — Roy Davies
• 2009Red Sands — Lt. Col. Arson
• 2009The Vicious Kind — Donald Sinclaire
• 2009The Way of War — Sergeant Mitchell
• 2009Up in the Air — Bob
• Batman: The Brave and the Bold — Guardian (voice)
• Ben 10: Alien Force — Magister Gilhil (voice)
• 2008Burn After Reading — CIA Superior
• 2008Walt Whitman — Narrator (voice)
• 2007Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee — James McLaughlin
• 2007Juno — Mac MacGuff
• Phineas and Ferb — Napoleon (voice), J.B. (voice)
• 2007Postal — Candidate Welles
• 2007Rendition — Lee Mayer
• 2007Spider-Man 3 — J. Jonah Jameson
• 2007The Astronaut Farmer — Jacobson
• 2006First Snow — Vacaro
• American Dad! — Judge (voice), Gene (voice), Dean of CIA Academy (voice), Jed Farnsworth (voice)
• 2005Harsh Times — Agent Richards
• Numb3rs — Dr. Clarence Weaver
• 2005Thank You for Smoking — BR
• The Closer — Will Pope
• 20043: The Dale Earnhardt Story — Ralph Earnhardt
• 2004Broadway's Lost Treasures II — Benny Southstreet (segment "Guys & Dolls")
• 2004Hidalgo — Buffalo Bill Cody
• Jack & Bobby
• Justice League Unlimited — Eiling (voice), General Eiling (voice)
• 2004Spider-Man 2 — J. Jonah Jameson
• The D.A. — Dep. Dist. Atty. Joe Carter
• The Jury
• 2004The Ladykillers — Garth Pancake
• Veronica Mars — Clyde Pickett
• Arrested Development — General Anderson
• 2003Disposal — Older Hunter
• Nip/Tuck — Ike Connors
• 2003Off the Map — George
• 2003Path to War — CIA Briefer
• Everwood — Phil Drebbles
• John Doe — Lucas Doya
• Kim Possible — Martin Smarty (voice)
• 2002Spider-Man — J. Jonah Jameson
• Without a Trace — Mark Wilson
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Emil Skoda
• 2001Starwater
• 2001The Mexican — Ted
• 2000Autumn in New York — Dr. Tom Grandy
• 2000The Gift — Sheriff Pearl Johnson
• 1999For Love of the Game — Frank Perry
• 1999Hit and Runway — Ray Tilman
• 1999I Lost My M in Vegas — Yellow (voice)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Dr. Emil Skoda
• 1999The Cider House Rules — Ray Kendall
• The West Wing — Harry Ravitch
• Third Watch — Frank Hagedorn
• 1998Above Freezing — Hoyd
• 1998Celebrity — Souvenir Hawker
• 1998Crossing Fields — Guy
• 1997Face Down — Herb Aames
• 1997Love Walked In — Mr. Shulman
• Oz — Vernon Schillinger
• 1997The Jackal — FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon
• 1996Extreme Measures — Dr. Mingus
• Remember WENN — 'Captain Amazon'
• Spin City — Kevin
• Swift Justice — Mel Turman
• 1996The First Wives Club — Federal Marshall
• New York News
• ER — Gus Loomer
• New York Undercover
• 1994The Ref — Siskel
• 1994The Scout — Assistant Coach
• Homicide: Life on the Street — Alexander Rausch
• The Adventures of Pete & Pete
• Law & Order — Emil Skoda, Jerry Luppin
• The Simpsons — Victor Kleskow (voice), Tabloid Editor (voice), J. Jonah Jameson (voice), JJ Gruff (voice), Dr. Jessup (voice)
• American Masters — Edward Hopper
• 1986Popeye Doyle — Patrolman in Park
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host, Vern Schillinger (uncredited)
• 109 Billion Followers — Reaper
• Beat the Reaper — Dr. Friendly
• Behind the Zirkonians — Skip (voice)
• Embassy — Ambassador Elliot Ashford
• Monkey Quest — Vex (voice)
• The Prince
• The Thing That Hurts

Appearances as themselves (21)

• 2022Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home — Self
• Last Meals — Self
• Coronavirus, Explained — Self - Narrator
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• 2018Detroit: Comeback City — Himself - Narrator
• Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics — Self
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors — Self
• Desert Car Kings — Himself - Narrator
• The Talk — Self - Guest
• 2009Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• 2007On the Set: Spider-Man 3 — Self
• 2004Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• The Daily Show — Self - Guest
• 1992Guys and Dolls: Off the Record — Himself / Benny Southstreet
• The Oscars — Self