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 Skip (voice)
as Vex (voice)
as Lint (voice)(1 ep)
as Ambassador Elliot Ashford(6 eps)
as Dr. Friendly(1 ep)
as Reaper
as Watkins
as Father Malone
as George Shultz
as Eamon Sweeney(8 eps)
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 Franklin York(8 eps)
as Zeus (voice)
as J. Jonah Jameson
as William Frawley
as Coach James Lazor
as Ivo Shandor
as Claggart (voice)
as Self(1 ep)
as J. Jonah Jameson (uncredited)
as James Forester
as Carl
as Nolan Grayson / Omni-Man (voice)(32 eps)
as Terrence Fletcher (Archive Audio)
as Commissioner Gordon
as Tusk Johnson (voice)(2 eps)
as General Starkey(1 ep)
as Narrator
as Jackson Pepper(7 eps)
as Roy
as The Grandfather(1 ep)
as Self - Narrator(1 ep)
as Billy Barber(8 eps)
as Klaus (voice)
as Captain Matt McKenna
as Joey
as Self(2 eps)
as J. Jonah Jameson
as J.K. / Frank Perry
as Narrator
as Bill Dixon
as Himself - Narrator
as Ernest
as Narrator (voice)(1 ep)
as Dr. Moore (voice)
as Ronald Hunt
as Howard Silk(20 eps)
as Steve
as Commissioner Gordon
as Self(1 ep)
as Leo(4 eps)
as Bill Palet
as Arve Støp
as Levin
as Ralph Aceto
as Matt "The Bat" Hardesty(8 eps)
as Mr. Gallo
as Jay Warren
as Sgt. Jeffrey Pugliese
as Bill
as Ray King
as George Zax(8 eps)
as James Newmans
as Khampa (voice)
as Randall Zipper
as Mayor Lionheart (voice)
as Ford Pines (Voice)
as Kai (voice)
as Sebastian
as Self - Guest(2 eps)
as Self(1 ep)
as O'Brien
as President Whitewall (voice)(11 eps)
as Benjamin 'Pops' Delaney(4 eps)
as Self(2 eps)
as Allison's Dad
as Fletcher
as General Tiger (voice)
as Lenny Turtletaub (voice)(13 eps)
as Narrator (voice)(2 eps)
as Dr. Moore (voice)
as Hal Lerner
as (voice)(1 ep)
as Sheriff Frank Hoyle
as Jack
as Self - Guest(2 eps)
as Mel Fisher(13 eps)
as Self - Guest(3 eps)
as Dr. Bertleman
as Mr. Jervis
as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)(5 eps)
as Frank Dillman(1 ep)
as Arthur Rock
as J. Kimball
as The Shaman
as Tony Shea(10 eps)
as Roscoe
as Edwin Pollard
as Fletcher
as Mr. Jansen
as Stanford Pines (voice)(8 eps)
as P.J. Jordan(5 eps)
as Tenzin (voice)(47 eps)
as Mushi (voice)(1 ep)
as Don(1 ep)
as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)(103 eps)
as Captain Camp
as White Knight (voice)
as Mavis' Publisher (voice) (uncredited)
as Frank Forrest(1 ep)
as Detective Burke
as Detective Krauss
as Henry Sawyer
as Himself - Narrator(10 eps)
as J. Noble Daggett (voice) (uncredited)
as Warden (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)(2 eps)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Lt. Rock (voice)(1 ep)
as Mr. Withers (voice)(1 ep)
as Mr. Jones
as Bruce Chance(1 ep)
as Uncle Pal
as Gruff K-9 (voice)
as Magister Gilhil / Plumber (voice)(1 ep)
as Ed
as Donald Sinclaire
as Bob
as Mr. Wroblewski
as Detective (voice)(4 eps)
as Brian
as Roy Davies
as Skip (voice)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Sergeant Mitchell
as Mayor Stice(1 ep)
as Oswald Klaven
as Leonard Stiltskin(2 eps)
as Lt. Col. Arson
as Stu Kopenhafer
as Guardian (voice)(1 ep)
as CIA Superior
as Magister Gilhil (voice)(1 ep)
as Narrator (voice)
as Mac MacGuff
as Candidate Welles
as Lee Mayer
as Napoleon (voice)(1 ep)
as J.B. (voice)(1 ep)
as James McLaughlin
as J. Jonah Jameson
as Self
as Jacobson
as Vacaro
as Agent Richards
as Will Pope(109 eps)
as Judge (voice)(1 ep)
as Dean of CIA Academy (voice)(1 ep)
as Gene (voice)(1 ep)
as Jed Farnsworth (voice)(1 ep)
as Dr. Clarence Weaver(1 ep)
as Ralph Earnhardt
as Benny Southstreet (segment "Guys & Dolls")
as Clyde Pickett(7 eps)
as Eiling (voice)(1 ep)
as General Eiling (voice)(4 eps)
as J. Jonah Jameson
as Garth Pancake
as Dep. Dist. Atty. Joe Carter(4 eps)
as Buffalo Bill Cody
as General Anderson(1 ep)
as CIA Briefer
as George
as Ike Connors(1 ep)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)
as Older Hunter
as Mark Wilson(1 ep)
as Lucas Doya(1 ep)
as Phil Drebbles(1 ep)
as Martin Smarty (voice)(3 eps)
as J. Jonah Jameson
as Emil Skoda(1 ep)
as Ted
as Sheriff Pearl Johnson
as Dr. Tom Grandy
as Ray Kendall
as Frank Hagedorn(1 ep)
as Harry Ravitch(1 ep)
as Yellow (voice)
as Dr. Emil Skoda(6 eps)
as Frank Perry
as Ray Tilman
as Guy
as Hoyd
as Souvenir Hawker
as Herb Aames
as FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon
as Vernon Schillinger(56 eps)
as Mr. Shulman
as Dr. Mingus
as Federal Marshall
as Kevin(1 ep)
as Self - Guest(1 ep)
as Mel Turman(1 ep)
as 'Captain Amazon'(1 ep)
as Assistant Coach
as Gus Loomer(1 ep)
as Siskel
as Alexander Rausch(1 ep)
as Himself / Benny Southstreet
as Emil Skoda(45 eps)
as Jerry Luppin(1 ep)
as Victor Kleskow (voice)(1 ep)
as Tabloid Editor (voice)(1 ep)
as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)(1 ep)
as JJ Gruff (voice)(1 ep)
as Dr. Jessup (voice)(1 ep)
as Patrolman in Park
as Edward Hopper(1 ep)
as Self - Host(1 ep)
as Vern Schillinger (uncredited)(1 ep)
as Self(1 ep)