J.K. Simmons

J.K. Simmons

acting Jan 9, 1955 71 years Detroit, Michigan, USA

news

loading…

oscars

1 win

  • 2014 ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (Fletcher) Whiplash

1 nomination

152 of 152 films rated

IMDb avg 6.5
IMDb median 6.5
RT avg 57%
RT median 59%

highest rated

acting

  1. The Prince
  2. Heart of the Beast
  3. Monkey Quest → (voice)
  4. The Thing That Hurts
  5. Embassy (TV) → Ambassador Elliot Ashford
  6. Spaceman
  7. 109 Billion Followers → Reaper
  8. Purgatory → Father Malone
  9. Behind the Zirkonians → Skip (voice)
  10. The Westies (TV) → Eamon Sweeney
  11. The Brink of War → George Shultz
  12. The Accountant² → Ray King
  13. Little Brother → Warren Duffy
  14. The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery → Narrator
  15. Red One → Nick
  16. Ren & Stimpy (TV) → Lint (voice)
  17. The Union → Tom Brennan
  18. Saturday Night → Milton Berle
  19. Juror #2 → Harold
  20. You Can't Run Forever → Wade
  21. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse → J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
  22. Rally Road Racers → Gnash (voice)
  23. One Day as a Lion → Walter Boggs
  24. The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart → Ben (voice)
  25. Night Sky (TV) → Franklin York
  26. Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers → Captain Putty (voice)
  27. Marmaduke → Zeus (voice)
  28. Glorious → Ghat (voice)
  29. Prophets of Change → Narrator
  30. Hopper: An American Love Story → Edward Hopper (voice)
  31. Rivals: Ohio State vs. Michigan → Narrator
  32. INVINCIBLE (TV) → Nolan Grayson / Omni-Man (voice)
  33. Spider-Man: No Way Home → J. Jonah Jameson
  34. The Great North (TV) → Tusk Johnson (voice)
  35. Zack Snyder's Justice League → Commissioner Gordon
  36. The Tomorrow War → James Forester
  37. Venom: Let There Be Carnage → J. Jonah Jameson (uncredited)
  38. Ghostbusters: Afterlife → Ivo Shandor
  39. Seal Team → Claggart (voice)
  40. Being the Ricardos → William Frawley
  41. National Champions → Coach James Lazor
  42. Ride the Eagle → Carl
  43. Rushing or Dragging → Terrence Fletcher (Archive Audio)
  44. The Stand (TV) → General Starkey
  45. Home Movie: The Princess Bride (TV) → The Grandfather
  46. Defending Jacob (TV) → Billy Barber
  47. Die Hart (TV) → Jackson Pepper
  48. Palm Springs → Roy
  49. Coronavirus, Explained (TV) → Self - Narrator
  50. Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens → Orville
  51. The Kelly Clarkson Show (TV) → Self
  52. Spider-Man: Far From Home → J. Jonah Jameson
  53. Klaus → Klaus (voice)
  54. 21 Bridges → Captain Matt McKenna
  55. Fanboy → J.K. / Frank Perry
  56. 3 Days with Dad → Joey
  57. Explained (TV) → Narrator (voice)
  58. The Front Runner → Bill Dixon
  59. A Boy Called Sailboat → Ernest
  60. The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island → Dr. Moore (voice)
  61. Drug$ → Narrator
  62. Detroit: Comeback City → Himself - Narrator
  63. Justice League → Commissioner Gordon
  64. Brockmire (TV) → Matt "The Bat" Hardesty
  65. Counterpart (TV) → Howard Silk
  66. No Activity (TV) → Leo
  67. The Snowman → Arve Støp
  68. Renegades → Levin
  69. Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics (TV) → Self
  70. Father Figures → Ronald Hunt
  71. All Nighter → Mr. Gallo
  72. The Bachelors → Bill Palet
  73. I'm Not Here → Steve
  74. Punching Henry → Jay Warren
  75. The Black Ghiandola → Ralph Aceto
  76. Goliath (TV) → George Zax
  77. Zootopia → Mayor Lionheart (voice)
  78. La La Land → Bill
  79. Kung Fu Panda 3 → Kai (voice)
  80. The Accountant → Ray King
  81. Patriots Day → Sgt. Jeffrey Pugliese
  82. Rock Dog → Khampa (voice)
  83. The Meddler → Randall Zipper
  84. The Late Bloomer → James Newmans
  85. Gravity Falls: Between the Pines → Ford Pines (Voice)
  86. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV) → Self - Guest
  87. Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (TV) → Self
  88. Terminator Genisys → O'Brien
  89. Major Lazer (TV) → President Whitewall (voice)
  90. What Lives Inside (TV) → Benjamin 'Pops' Delaney
  91. Worlds Apart → Sebastian
  92. O.W.C.A. Files → Napoleon / Additional Voices (voice)
  93. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV) → Self - Guest
  94. Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV) → Self - Guest
  95. BoJack Horseman (TV) → Lenny Turtletaub (voice)
  96. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (TV) → (voice)
  97. Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (TV) → Self
  98. Whiplash → Fletcher
  99. Growing Up Fisher (TV) → Mel Fisher
  100. Barefoot → Dr. Bertleman
  101. Men, Women & Children → Allison's Dad
  102. The Rewrite → Dr. Hal Lerner
  103. Wild Hawaii (TV) → Narrator (voice)
  104. Break Point → Jack
  105. Murder of a Cat → Sheriff Frank Hoyle
  106. The Boxcar Children → Dr. Moore (voice)
  107. Ava & Lala → General Tiger (voice)
  108. Brooklyn Nine-Nine (TV) → Frank Dillman
  109. Labor Day → Mr. Jervis
  110. Family Tools (TV) → Tony Shea
  111. LEGO MARVEL Super Heroes: Maximum Overload (TV) → J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
  112. Jobs → Arthur Rock
  113. Dark Skies → Edwin Pollard
  114. Whiplash → Fletcher
  115. 3 Geezers! → J. Kimball
  116. The Magic Bracelet → The Shaman
  117. The Heeler → Roscoe
  118. Gravity Falls (TV) → Stanford Pines (voice)
  119. The Legend of Korra (TV) → Tenzin (voice)
  120. The Legend of Korra (TV) → Mushi (voice)
  121. Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man (TV) → J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
  122. Men at Work (TV) → P.J. Jordan
  123. Contraband → Captain Camp
  124. The Words → Mr. Jansen
  125. Best Friends Forever (TV) → Don
  126. NTSF:SD:SUV:: (TV) → Frank Forrest
  127. Young Adult → Mavis' Publisher (voice) (uncredited)
  128. The Good Doctor → Detective Krauss
  129. Ben 10 / Generator Rex: Heroes United → White Knight (voice)
  130. The Music Never Stopped → Henry Sawyer
  131. Desert Car Kings (TV) → Himself - Narrator
  132. Blackstone → Detective Burke
  133. Raising Hope (TV) → Bruce Chance
  134. Pound Puppies (TV) → Lt. Rock (voice)
  135. Pound Puppies (TV) → Mr. Withers (voice)
  136. Ben 10: Ultimate Alien (TV) → Magister Gilhil / Plumber (voice)
  137. The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (TV) → J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
  138. The Talk (TV) → Self - Guest
  139. Megamind → Warden (voice)
  140. True Grit → J. Noble Daggett (voice) (uncredited)
  141. Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore → Gruff K-9 (voice)
  142. Crazy on the Outside → Ed
  143. An Invisible Sign → Mr. Jones
  144. A Beginner's Guide to Endings → Uncle Pal
  145. 4192: The Crowning of the Hit King → Narrator (voice)
  146. Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (TV) → Self - Guest
  147. Archer (TV) → Detective (voice)
  148. Parks and Recreation (TV) → Mayor Stice
  149. Party Down (TV) → Leonard Stiltskin
  150. Jennifer's Body → Mr. Wroblewski
  151. Up in the Air → Bob
  152. I Love You, Man → Oswald Klaven
  153. Aliens in the Attic → Skip (voice)
  154. Extract → Brian
  155. New in Town → Stu Kopenhafer
  156. Post Grad → Roy Davies
  157. The Vicious Kind → Donald Sinclaire
  158. The Way of War → Sergeant Mitchell
  159. Red Sands → Lt. Col. Arson
  160. Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe → Self
  161. Batman: The Brave and the Bold (TV) → Guardian (voice)
  162. Ben 10: Alien Force (TV) → Magister Gilhil (voice)
  163. Burn After Reading → CIA Superior
  164. Walt Whitman → Narrator (voice)
  165. Phineas and Ferb (TV) → Napoleon (voice)
  166. Phineas and Ferb (TV) → J.B. (voice)
  167. Spider-Man 3 → J. Jonah Jameson
  168. Juno → Mac MacGuff
  169. Postal → Candidate Welles
  170. Rendition → Lee Mayer
  171. The Astronaut Farmer → Jacobson
  172. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee → James McLaughlin
  173. First Snow → Vacaro
  174. American Dad! (TV) → Judge (voice)
  175. American Dad! (TV) → Gene (voice)
  176. American Dad! (TV) → Dean of CIA Academy (voice)
  177. American Dad! (TV) → Jed Farnsworth (voice)
  178. The Closer (TV) → Will Pope
  179. Numb3rs (TV) → Dr. Clarence Weaver
  180. Harsh Times → Agent Richards
  181. Thank You for Smoking → BR
  182. Veronica Mars (TV) → Clyde Pickett
  183. Justice League Unlimited (TV) → Eiling (voice)
  184. Justice League Unlimited (TV) → General Eiling (voice)
  185. Spider-Man 2 → J. Jonah Jameson
  186. Jack & Bobby (TV)
  187. The Jury (TV)
  188. Hidalgo → Buffalo Bill Cody
  189. The Ladykillers → Garth Pancake
  190. The D.A. (TV) → Dep. Dist. Atty. Joe Carter
  191. Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing → Self
  192. Broadway's Lost Treasures II → Benny Southstreet (segment "Guys & Dolls")
  193. 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story → Ralph Earnhardt
  194. Nip/Tuck (TV) → Ike Connors
  195. Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV) → Self - Guest
  196. Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV) → Self
  197. Arrested Development (TV) → General Anderson
  198. Path to War → CIA Briefer
  199. Disposal → Older Hunter
  200. Off the Map → George
  201. Without a Trace (TV) → Mark Wilson
  202. Everwood (TV) → Phil Drebbles
  203. Kim Possible (TV) → Martin Smarty (voice)
  204. Spider-Man → J. Jonah Jameson
  205. John Doe (TV) → Lucas Doya
  206. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV) → Emil Skoda
  207. The Mexican → Ted Slocum
  208. Starwater
  209. The Gift → Sheriff Pearl Johnson
  210. Autumn in New York → Dr. Tom Grandy
  211. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV) → Dr. Emil Skoda
  212. The West Wing (TV) → Harry Ravitch
  213. Third Watch (TV) → Frank Hagedorn
  214. The Cider House Rules → Ray Kendall
  215. For Love of the Game → Frank Perry
  216. Hit and Runway → Ray Tilman
  217. I Lost My M in Vegas → Yellow (voice)
  218. Celebrity → Souvenir Hawker
  219. Above Freezing → Hoyd
  220. Crossing Fields → Guy
  221. Oz (TV) → Vernon Schillinger
  222. Anastasia → Ensemble and Character Vocals (voice)
  223. The Jackal → FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon
  224. Love Walked In → Mr. Shulman
  225. Face Down → Herb Aames
  226. The Daily Show (TV) → Self - Guest
  227. Spin City (TV) → Kevin
  228. Remember WENN (TV) → 'Captain Amazon'
  229. Swift Justice (TV) → Mel Turman
  230. The First Wives Club → Federal Marshall
  231. Extreme Measures → Dr. Mingus
  232. New York News (TV)
  233. ER (TV) → Gus Loomer
  234. New York Undercover (TV)
  235. The Ref → Siskel
  236. The Scout → Assistant Coach
  237. Homicide: Life on the Street (TV) → Alexander Rausch
  238. The Adventures of Pete & Pete (TV)
  239. Guys and Dolls: Off the Record → Himself / Benny Southstreet
  240. Law & Order (TV) → Emil Skoda
  241. Law & Order (TV) → Jerry Luppin
  242. The Simpsons (TV) → Victor Kleskow (voice)
  243. The Simpsons (TV) → Tabloid Editor (voice)
  244. The Simpsons (TV) → J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
  245. The Simpsons (TV) → JJ Gruff (voice)
  246. The Simpsons (TV) → Dr. Jessup (voice)
  247. American Masters (TV) → Edward Hopper
  248. Popeye Doyle → Patrolman in Park
  249. Saturday Night Live (TV) → Self - Host
  250. Saturday Night Live (TV) → Vern Schillinger (uncredited)
  251. The Oscars (TV) → Self

sign up to track movies

Create an account to rate, review, and track movies and TV shows.