Jonathan Kimble Simmons was born on January 9,1955 and is an American actor, considered one of the most prolific and well-established character actors of his generation.
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43 Facts About JK Simmons
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JK Simmons has appeared in over 200 films and television roles since his debut in 1986.
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JK Simmons is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Golden Globe Award.
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JK Simmons reprised his role as Jameson in various Marvel media unrelated to the Raimi trilogy, including multiple animated series, the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Spider-Man: Far From Home and Spider-Man: No Way Home, the web series The Daily Bugle, and the Sony's Spider-Man Universe film Venom: Let There Be Carnage.
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JK Simmons has appeared in a series of commercials for Farmers Insurance and starred in the third season of the IFC comedy series Brockmire.
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JK Simmons voiced Captain Putty in Chip 'N Dale: Rescue Rangers.
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One of three children, JK Simmons attended Ferry Elementary School in Grosse Pointe Woods.
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The younger JK Simmons graduated from the University of Montana in 1978 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in music.
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JK Simmons made his way up in the acting world from there, eventually landing a role on Broadway in 1992.
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On Broadway, JK Simmons played Benny Southstreet in the 1992 revival of Guys and Dolls.
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JK Simmons made his first appearance in a live action television role in the show Popeye Doyle, appearing as a patrol officer.
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JK Simmons appeared as Ralph Earnhardt, the father of race-car driver Dale Earnhardt, in 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story, and made appearances as Will Pope, Assistant Chief of the LAPD, in the series The Closer.
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JK Simmons appeared in I Love You, Man as the father of Paul Rudd's character.
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JK Simmons performed various voices for several characters over the last couple of years.
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JK Simmons starred in several films produced or directed by his friend Jason Reitman, including Thank You for Smoking, Juno, Up in the Air, and Jennifer's Body.
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JK Simmons starred as blind lawyer "Mel Fisher" in Growing Up Fisher.
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The wide acclaim for JK Simmons's performance included winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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In January 2015, JK Simmons was cast in a leading role in the film Kong: Skull Island, though he and Michael Keaton later exited the film.
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JK Simmons performed a substantial number of voice-over roles alongside his live action work.
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Likewise, JK Simmons voiced an editor-in-chief of a newspaper for a 2013 episode of The Hub's Pound Puppies.
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In 2016, JK Simmons lent his voice to two animated films, voicing the antagonist Kai in Kung Fu Panda 3 and Mayor Lionheart in Zootopia.
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JK Simmons provided the voice of General Wade Eiling in Justice League Unlimited.
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JK Simmons recorded an audiobook for Tom Clancy's Net Force: Point of Impact.
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In 2017, JK Simmons portrayed Commissioner James Gordon in Joss Whedon's film Justice League, part of the DC Extended Universe.
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JK Simmons reappeared in archive footage for Zack Snyder's Justice League, the 2021 director's cut.
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JK Simmons was set to reprise the role in the 2022 Batgirl film before its cancellation.
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In 2017, JK Simmons had a small cameo for a role in SpongeBob SquarePants of Conductor Maestro Mackerel for an episode.
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In 2019, Simmons reprised his role of J Jonah Jameson in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Spider-Man: Far From Home, as a cameo in the mid-credits scene.
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JK Simmons is the second actor to portray the same character in both a non-MCU and MCU film, following Lou Ferrigno as the voice of the Hulk.
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From 2014 to 2020, JK Simmons voiced Lenny Turteltaub in the animated show BoJack Horseman.
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In 2021, JK Simmons provided the voice for Omni-Man in the animated show Invincible, played the role of George Zax, CEO of a family-owned and operated pharmaceutical company on the fourth season of Goliath, and appeared in the military science-fiction film The Tomorrow War.
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In 2021, JK Simmons portrayed William Frawley in the Amazon movie Being the Ricardos, for which he received his second Academy Award nomination.
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In 2005, Simmons reprised his role of J Jonah Jameson, as a voice actor, for the PSP version of Spider-Man 2: The Video Game.
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In 2011, JK Simmons appeared in Generator Rex: Agent of Providence, as White Knight.
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JK Simmons reprised his role as Cave Johnson in the 2015 video game Lego Dimensions, and the 2022 video game Aperture Desk Job.
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JK Simmons admits in an interview that he encouraged their interest in acting.
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JK Simmons threw the ceremonial first pitch for the Tigers on April 6,2015 for Opening Day, and played the Tigers' manager in For Love of the Game.
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JK Simmons is a fan of the Ohio State Buckeyes, having spent his formative years in Ohio.
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JK Simmons is a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the men's music fraternity, and was initiated in 1975 at the University of Montana.
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