J.K. Simmons

Movie Actor

J.K. Simmons was born in Detroit, Michigan, United States on January 9th, 1955 and is the Movie Actor. At the age of 69, J.K. Simmons biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, TV shows, and networth are available.

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Other Names / Nick Names
Jonathan Kimble Simmons
Date of Birth
January 9, 1955
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Age
69 years old
Zodiac Sign
Capricorn
Networth
$20 Million
Profession
Actor, Character Actor, Film Actor, Stage Actor, Television Actor, Voice Actor
J.K. Simmons Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 69 years old, J.K. Simmons has this physical status:

Height
180cm
Weight
67kg
Hair Color
Gray
Eye Color
Blue
Build
Athletic
Measurements
Not Available
J.K. Simmons Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
Not Available
Hobbies
Not Available
Education
Thomas Worthington High School, Ohio State University, University of Montana
J.K. Simmons Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Michelle Schumacher
Children
2
Dating / Affair
Michelle Schumacher (1996-Present)
Parents
Donald William Simmons, Patricia Simmons
Siblings
Elizabeth Simmons O’Neill (Sister), David Simmons (Brother)
Other Family
Guy Simmons (Paternal Grandfather), William Martin Simmons (Paternal Great-Grandfather ), Lucinda Evalina /Evelina Meachum /Meacham (Paternal Great-Grandmother), Mamie Catherine Keister (Paternal Grandmother ), William Cooney /Conrad Keister (Paternal Great-Grandfather), Lydia Catherine Smith (Paternal Great-Grandmother), Ralph Archibald Kimble (Maternal Grandfather), Ralph Grierson Kimble (Maternal Great-Grandfather), Ellen /Nellie Jemima Stote (Maternal Great-Grandmother), Ruth Hazen (Maternal Grandmother), Lewis Jacob Hazen (Maternal Great-Grandfather), Emma Broaddus Lewis (Maternal Great-Grandmother)
J.K. Simmons Life

Jonathan Kimble Simmons (born January 9, 1955) is an American actor and voice actor.

He has appeared on television on Law & Order, Vernon Schillinger of the HBO series Oz, and Assistant Police Chief Will Pope on TNT's The Closer.

Howard Silk appeared in the Starz series Counterpart from 2017 to 2019. J. Jonah Jameson in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007), and music instructor Terence Fletcher in Whiplash (2014).

He is best known for his appearance in the video game Portal 2 (2011), Tenzin in The Legend of Korra (2012–2014), Stanford Pines in Gravity Falls (2015–2016), and Mayor Lionheart in Zootopia (2016).

In several Marvel media unrelated to the Sam Raimi film including the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), he reprised his role as Jameson.

He has appeared in a number of commercials for Farmers Insurance and voices the Yellow M&M. Simmons' performance in Whiplash earned him 38 accolades, including the Academy Award, the Golden Globe Award, the Screen Actor Guild Award, Critics' Choice Award, and the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Early life and education

Simmons was born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, the son of Patricia (née Kimble), an administrator, and Donald William Simmons, a music instructor at Parcells Middle School, was born on January 9, 1955. Simmons, one of three children, attended Ferry Elementary School in Grosse Pointe Woods. His family immigrated to Worthington, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus, Ohio, in 1965, when he was ten years old. He attended Worthington High School from 1970 to 1972, where he competed in drama, football, and choir. They moved to Missoula, Montana, where his father became the director of the University of Montana in 1973, when he was 18 years old. The younger Simmons earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in music from the University of Montana in 1978. He became a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, a music-oriented fraternity in college. He later moved to Seattle and became a member of the Seattle Repertory Theatre, where he first met his closest friend, Michael Smith. Simmons rose to fame in the theater world from there, then landing a career on Broadway in 1992.

Personal life

Simmons and his partner, Michelle Schumacher, have two children. Olivia Simmons' daughter has appeared in two films, The Only Good Indian (2009) and I'm Not Here (2017). Joe Simmons has appeared in low-budget films before. Simmons admits in an interview that he influenced their interest in acting.

Simmons is a huge fan of the Detroit Tigers. On April 6, 2015, he threw the ceremonial first pitch for the Tigers on Opening Day and was the Tigers' manager in For Love of the Game (1999). He is also a fan of the Ohio State Buckeyes having spent his formative years in Ohio.

He is a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the men's music fraternity, and was initiated at the University of Montana in 1975.

He was proclaimed King of Bacchus by the Krewe of Bacchus during Mardi Gras 2018.

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J.K. Simmons Career

Career

In the 1992 revival of Guys and Dolls, Simmons played Benny Southstreet on Broadway. He appeared in various Wagner opera satires Das Barbecü (1994). He appeared in the 1988 Off-Broadway musical Birds of Paradise, as Jigger in a revival of Carousel with the Houston Grand Opera. Simmons played Captain Hook in Peter Pan (1991–1992).

Simmons appeared on the show Popeye Doyle's first appearance as a patrol officer. Simmons appeared on All My Children next year as an RCMP sergeant. Dr. Emil Skoda, a police psychiatrist for whom Simmons appeared on three of Law & Order's four versions, as well as sadistic neo-Nazi prisoner Vernon Schillinger on the prison drama Oz.

Howard Silk and Howard Silk Prime Minister Howard Silk Prime Minister Howard Silk Prime Minister Ted Hughes appeared in the science fiction thriller Counterpart from 2017 to 2019.

In 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story, Ralph Earnhardt, the father of race-car racer Dale Earnhardt, was present, as Will Pope, Assistant Chief of the Los Angeles Police, and he also appeared as Will Pope, Assistant Chief of the LAPD. Bruce Chance plays Burt Chance's brother Bruce Chance in the TV series Raising Hope. Skoda Simmons appeared in Homicide: Life on the Street, portraying a criminal in a Law & Order cross-over episode. In the bizarre Nickelodeon series Adventures of Pete & Pete, an army general in the television sitcom Arrested Development's Arrested Development, and Dan the Barber in the surreal Nickelodeon series The Adventures of Pete & Pete in 1995.

He played B.R. Thank You for Smoking, 2005, Kevin McGuff, the title character's father, has been praised for his role in Juno (2007) as "Mac" McGuff. In all three of Sam Raimi's Spider-Man films, as well as in the expanded video game version of Spider-Man 3, Simmons played J. Jonah Jameson, editor-in-chief of the newspaper Daily Bugle. In 2008, he appeared as a CIA executive in Burn After Reading and being proclaimed Candidate Welles in Postal, he became a CIA genius in Burn. Paul Rudd's character was also featured in I Love You, Man as the father of I Love You, Man.

Simmons was a prime time voice actor for the Adult Swim stop-motion film Robot Chicken from 2011 to 2018. Over the past few years, Simmons has performed various characters. Vernon Schillinger (in 2011) for a single episode, for example. He also surprised viewers by appearing in Master Chief for various scenes from two series in 2011 and 2014. He also appeared in an episode in 2018.

Simmons appeared in several films directed or produced by his colleague Jason Reitman, including Thank You for Smoking, Juno, Up in the Air, and Jennifer's Body. In 2013, he appeared in Reitman's film Labor Day in a small capacity. In the 2012 Nickelodeon film The Legend of Korra, Tenzin is an Airbending master and the son of Aang and Katara. In Growing Up Fisher, he starred as blind lawyer "Mel Fisher." He appeared on the Disney XD cartoon series Gravity Falls from 2015 to 2016.

Simmons played Terence Fletcher, an ardently clerical bandleader at the fictional Shaffer Conservatory of Music who bullies and cajoles his pupil Andrew Neiman, in the 2014 drama film Whiplash (Miles Teller). Simmons' success included the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. "Beat the drums for an Oscar for Simmons," Rolling Stone said. "Simmons delivers one of the year's most memorable performances," Chicago Sun-Times' Richard Roeper said. Simmons' appearance "has universally lauded," according to Entertainment Weekly, making him "a leading candidate for Best Supporting Actor" in the wake of his decision. Simmons received the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture on January 11, 2015, and he went on to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor on February 22, 2015.

Simmons was cast in a leading role in the film Kong: Skull Island in January 2015, but he and Michael Keaton later left the film. Simmons appeared in a substantial number of voice-over roles alongside his live action roles. Several of them have arisen from J. Jonah Jameson's Spider-Man films, including voices of two newspaper editors in episodes of the eighteenth season of The Simpsons, including voices of two newspaper editors. Although unidentified, these characters are obviously meant to imitate Jameson (one of Jameson's appearances, demanded "pictures of Spider-Man" then informed that he works at a poetry journal, prompting "poems about Spider-Man." Simmons also appeared as an editor-in-chief of a newspaper (with Jameson's appearance and demeanor) in a 2013 episode of The Hub's Pound Puppies. In the Greek drama film Worlds Apart, he appeared as Sebastian, the German expatriate Sebastian. Simmons lent his voice to two animated films in 2016, portraying Kai in Kung Fu Panda 3 and Mayor Lionheart in Zootopia.

Simmons reprised his role as J. Jonah Jameson, The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Ultimate Spider-Man, Avengers Assemble, and Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.H. He portrayed the protagonist's boss in a friend's film Young Adult by a string of voicemails. In Justice League Unlimited, he also spoke for General Wade Eiling. Point of Impact, Tom Clancy's Net Force: Point of Impact.

In 2016, Simmons portrayed Watertown Police Sergeant Jeffrey Pugliese in the film Patriots Day.

In 2017, Simmons appeared in Joss Whedon's film Justice League, which is part of the DC Extended Universe. He appeared in archive footage for Zack Snyder's Justice League, the 2021 director's cut. Simmons was supposed to reprise his role in the 2022 Batgirl film before it was pulled out. In an episode of SuperMansion, he appeared himself.

Simmons is best known for his role as the voice of the yellow M&M, a position he has played since 1996, replacing John Goodman. He has also done voice-over work for Nolco razors. He is portrayed in Farmers Insurance Group ads as Professor Nathaniel Burke of the University of Farmers. Since 2010, he has been in live-action.

Simmons appeared in SpongeBob SquarePants' Conductor Maestro Mackerel for an episode in 2017.

Simmons reprised his role as J. Jonah Jameson in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Spider-Man: Far From Home as a cameo in the mid-credits scene in 2019. Following Lou Ferrigno's role as the Hulk's voice, he is the second actor to play the same character in both a non-MCU and MCU film. He stars in the 2019 web series The Daily Bugle and the film Venom: Let There Be Carnage and Spider-Man: No Way Home, which were both released in 2021.

Frank Dillman appeared on the police sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine in 2020 as Frank Dillman. He also narrated the Netflix limited series documentary Coronavirus, Explicity, and co-starred in the critically acclaimed sci-fi/comedy Palm Springs, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January and July in Hulu.

Simmons starred Lenny Turteltaub in the animated show BoJack Horseman from 2014 to 2020.

Simmons played In 2021, in the animated film Invincible, George Zax, CEO of a family-owned and operated pharmaceutical company, appeared on the fourth season of Goliath and appeared in the military science-fiction film The Tomorrow War.

Simmons played William Frawley in the Amazon film Being the Ricardos, for which he received his second Academy Award nomination in 2021.

Simmons revived his role as J. Jonah Jameson, a voice actor in PSP's version of Spider-Man 2: The Video Game, in 2005. In the forthcoming game of the franchise, Spider-Man 3: The Video Game, he also voiced the same character of Jameson. Simmons, who appeared in Stern Pinball: Spider-Man, decided to voice Jameson for the last time.

In the video game Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 and a series of commercial ads parodying the 2008 presidential election, Simmons appears as the anti-communist US President Howard T. Ackerman. He sells himself (as Ackerman) as an alternative to other, unidentified presidential candidates and uses the phrase, "Vote for me, if you want to live," in these ads.

Simmons appeared in Generator Rex: Agent of Providence as the White Knight in 2011.

He appeared in Portal 2 in April 2011 as the voice of Aperture Science founder Cave Johnson, a role that was praised as the game's "surprise star turn." He reprised his role as Cave Johnson in the 2015 video game Lego Dimensions, as well as the 2022 video game Aperture Desk Job.

In M&M's: Shell Shocked and M&M's: The Lost Formulas, Simmons provided the voice-over for M&M's "spokescandy." Yellow is the M&M's.

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