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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.

Heart of the Beast

The Brink of War
as George Shultz

The Westies
as Eamon Sweeney

Little Brother
as Warren Duffy

The Accountant²
as Ray King

The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery
as Narrator

Red One
as Nick

Juror #2
as Harold

Saturday Night
as Milton Berle

The Union
as Tom Brennan

Ren & Stimpy
as Lint (voice)

You Can't Run Forever
as Wade

The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart
as Ben (voice)

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)

Rally Road Racers
as Gnash (voice)

One Day as a Lion
as Walter Boggs

Rivals: Ohio State vs. Michigan
as Narrator

Prophets of Change
as Narrator

Hopper: An American Love Story
as Edward Hopper (voice)

Glorious
as Ghat (voice)

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
as Captain Putty (voice)

Night Sky
as Franklin York

Marmaduke
as Zeus (voice)

Spider-Man: No Way Home
as J. Jonah Jameson

Being the Ricardos
as William Frawley

National Champions
as Coach James Lazor

Ghostbusters: Afterlife
as Ivo Shandor

Seal Team
as Claggart (voice)

Venom: Let There Be Carnage
as J. Jonah Jameson (uncredited)

The Tomorrow War
as James Forester

Ride the Eagle
as Carl

INVINCIBLE
as Nolan Grayson / Omni-Man (voice)

Rushing or Dragging
as Terrence Fletcher (Archive Audio)

Zack Snyder's Justice League
as Commissioner Gordon

The Great North
as Tusk Johnson (voice)

The Stand
as General Starkey

Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens
as Orville

Die Hart
as Jackson Pepper

Palm Springs
as Roy

Home Movie: The Princess Bride
as The Grandfather

Coronavirus, Explained
as Self - Narrator

Defending Jacob
as Billy Barber

Klaus
as Klaus (voice)

21 Bridges
as Captain Matt McKenna

3 Days with Dad
as Joey

The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self

Spider-Man: Far From Home
as J. Jonah Jameson

Fanboy
as J.K. / Frank Perry

Drug$
as Narrator

The Front Runner
as Bill Dixon

Detroit: Comeback City
as Himself - Narrator

A Boy Called Sailboat
as Ernest

Explained
as Narrator (voice)

The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island
as Dr. Moore (voice)

Father Figures
as Ronald Hunt

Counterpart
as Howard Silk

I'm Not Here
as Steve

Justice League
as Commissioner Gordon

Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics
as Self

No Activity
as Leo