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 v...
Known For
Movies
- Spider-Man
2002
- Spider-Man 2
2004
- Spider-Man 3
2007
- The Gift
2000
- Hidalgo
2004
- Seal Team
2021
- You Can't Run Forever
2024
- The Jackal
1997
- Burn After Reading
2008
- The Ladykillers
2004
- Venom: Let There Be Car...
2021
- Rendition
2007
- Up in the Air
2009
- Extreme Measures
1996
- Juno
2007
- The Mexican
2001
- Off the Map
2003
- Harsh Times
2005
- Extract
2009
- Post Grad
2009
- The Vicious Kind
2009
- Thank You for Smoking
2005
- Bury My Heart at Wounde...
2007
- Crazy on the Outside
2010
- Spider-Man 2: Making th...
2004
- Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021
- New in Town
2009
- The Way of War
2009
- Megamind
2010
- First Snow
2006
- I Love You, Man
2009
- Starwater
2001
- Jennifer's Body
2009
- Spider-Man: Across the ...
2023
- The Words
2012
- The Music Never Stopped
2011
- An Invisible Sign
2010
- Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Ra...
2022
- Glorious
2022
- The Venture Bros.: Radi...
2023
- Fanboy
2019
- Contraband
2012
- A Beginner's Guide to E...
2010
- Dark Skies
2013
- Jobs
2013
- 3 Geezers!
2013
- Hit and Runway
1999
- Spider-Man: All Roads L...
2022
- O.W.C.A. Files
2015
- Y llegó el amor
1997
- The Union
2024
- Little Brother
2023
- Break Point
2014
- Barefoot
2014
- Whiplash
2014
- Terminator Genisys
2015
- Murder of a Cat
2014
- The Cider House Rules
1999
- Rally Road Racers
2023
- The Rewrite
2014
- Men, Women & Children
2014
- Juror #2
2024
- The Ref
1994
- Celebrity
1998
- Face Down
1997
- The Accountant
2016
- Punching Henry
2017
- Prophets of Change
2022
- Hypergalactic
- Rock Dog
2016
- Red One
2024
- The Meddler
2016
- Renegades
2017
- Rivals: Ohio State vs. ...
2022
- Labor Day
2013
- The Accountant²
2025
- Ένας άλλος Κόσμος
2015
- All Nighter
2017
- Father Figures
2017
- Saturday Night
2024
- One Day as a Lion
2023
- The Boxcar Children
2014
- Zootopia
2016
- Whiplash
2013
- The Snowman
2017
- Young Adult
2011
- The Astronaut Farmer
2007
- Kung Fu Panda 3
2016
- Justice League
2017
- Patriots Day
2016
- The Bachelors
2017
- The Prince
- La La Land
2016
- The Magic Bracelet
2013
- I'm Not Here
2017
- Anastasia
1997
- The Late Bloomer
2016
- The Good Doctor
2011
- For Love of the Game
1999
- True Grit
2010
- Postal
2007
- Aliens in the Attic
2009
- Blackstone
2011
- Path to War
2003
- Popeye Doyle
1986
- A Boy Called Sailboat
2018
- Ava & Lala
2014
- 3: The Dale Earnhardt S...
2004
- Red Sands
2009
- Cats & Dogs: The Reveng...
2010
- The Scout
1994
- Autumn in New York
2000
- Above Freezing
1998
- Crossing Fields
1998
- The Heeler
2013
- Disposal
2003
- 4192: The Crowning of t...
2010
- Spaceman
- The Black Ghiandola
2017
- The Front Runner
2018
- Klaus
2019
- The First Wives Club
1996
- Detroit: Comeback City
2018
- The Boxcar Children: Su...
2018
- Guys and Dolls: Off the...
1992
- 21 Bridges
2019
- Drug$
2018
- Broadway's Lost Treasur...
2004
- Palm Springs
2020
- Spider-Man: Far From Ho...
2019
- 3 Days with Dad
2019
- The Tomorrow War
2021
- Marmaduke
2022
- Extract: Mike Judge's S...
2009
- Elegies for Angels, Pun...
2020
- Walt Whitman
2008
- Zack Snyder's Justice L...
2021
- Being the Ricardos
2021
- Rushing or Dragging
2021
- National Champions
2021
- Ride the Eagle
2021
- The Tomorrow War 2
- Spider-Man: No Way Home
2021
- Ben 10 - Generator Rex:...
2011
- 109 Billion Followers
- Reykjavik
- Hopper: An American Lov...
2022
- The Fish Thief: A Great...
2025
- Heart of the Beast
TV Shows
- Third Watch
1999
- The Simpsons
1989
- Law & Order
1990
- American Dad!
2005
- The Closer
2005
- John Doe
2002
- Jack & Bobby
2004
- Everwood
2002
- Nip/Tuck
2003
- Law & Order: Special Vi...
1999
- Robert Kirkman's Secret...
2017
- Without a Trace
2002
- New York Undercover
1994
- Homicide: Life on the S...
1993
- ER
1994
- Arrested Development
2003
- Law & Order: Criminal I...
2001
- Men At Work
2012
- Night Sky
2022
- The Jury
2004
- New York News
1995
- The Great North
2021
- Party Down
2009
- The D.A.
2004
- Family Tools
2013
- The Legend of Korra
2012
- Growing Up Fisher
2014
- Marvel's Ultimate Spide...
2012
- Justice League Unlimited
2004
- Justice League Unlimited
2004
- Oz
1997
- The Talk
2010
- Last Week Tonight with ...
2014
- LEGO MARVEL Super Heroe...
2013
- Goliath
2016
- The West Wing
1999
- Ben 10: Ultimate Alien
2010
- Counterpart
2017
- Kim Possible
2002
- Kim Possible
2002
- American Dad!
2005
- American Dad!
2005
- Gravity Falls
2012
- American Dad!
2005
- Pound Puppies
2010
- Pound Puppies
2010
- Spin City
1996
- The Oscars
1953
- Home Movie: The Princes...
2020
- Law & Order
1990
- The Avengers: Earth's M...
2010
- Phineas and Ferb
2007
- Variety Studio: Actors ...
2014
- Phineas and Ferb
2007
- Close Up with The Holly...
2015
- Desert Car Kings
2011
- American Masters
1986
- Saturday Night Live
1975
- No Activity
2017
- Major Lazer
2015
- NTSF:SD:SUV::
2011
- What Lives Inside
2015
- Brockmire
2017
- Watch What Happens Live...
2009
- Archer
2009
- Veronica Mars
2004
- Saturday Night Live
1975
- Explained
2018
- BoJack Horseman
2014
- INVINCIBLE
2021
- The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
- Parks and Recreation
2009
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
- Wild Hawaii
2014
- Coronavirus, Explained
2020
- Defending Jacob
2020
- Best Friends Forever
2012
- The Stand
2020
- Batman: The Brave and t...
2008
- The Tonight Show Starri...
2014
- The Simpsons
1989
- The Simpsons
1989
- The Simpsons
1989
- The Simpsons
1989
- Die Hart
2020
- Raising Hope
2010
- Ren & Stimpy
2024
- Remember WENN
1996
- The Westies