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J. K. Simmons
Jonathan Kimble Simmons is an American actor. Considered among the most established and enduring character actors of his generation, he has amassed over 200 screen and stage credits since his 1986 debut. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing Terence Fletcher, an abusive jazz instructor, in Damien Chazelle's Whiplash (2014), and received a second nomination for portraying W…
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entertainment · American actor (born 1955) · film actor · voice actor · character actor · stage actor · television actor · actor · musician · also J. K. Simmons, Jonathan Kimble "J. K." Simmons, J.K. Simmons, JK Simmons, Jonathan Kimble Simmons, Simmons
Born 9 January 1955 · Q150482
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2026· 9 entries
Public attention spiked: 19,773 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.6× the usual 5,570, with 0 article edits.
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Moviefone: J. K. Simmons, Titus Welliver, Tom Brittney and More Talk 'The Westies'
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Public attention spiked: 25,560 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.6× the usual 5,570, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “J.K. Simmons: A real character” (CBS News).
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CBS News: J.K. Simmons: A real character
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AOL: “Whiplash” Star J.K. Simmons Says Being Called a ‘Character Actor’ Means You’re ‘Not Super Handsome’
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Public attention spiked: 16,847 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3× the usual 5,570, with 0 article edits.
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AV Club: J.K. Simmons has an accent for you in first teaser for MGM+'s The Westies
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AOL: J. K. Simmons Almost Didn’t Play Omni-Man, Says Invincible Actor
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2024· 1 entry
Simmons portrayed Santa Claus in the holiday movie Red One
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2021· 4 entries
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 also appeared in the
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Simmons portrayed William Frawley in the Amazon movie Being the Ricardos, for which he received his second Academy Award nomination
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As well as the 2022 film Morbius, in a scene cut from the theatrical release
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Simmons was the voice of Tusk Johnson, Mountain Man in the animated show The Great North
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2020· 1 entry
Had a guest spot as Frank Dillman on the police sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine
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2019· 1 entry
Simmons reprised his role of J
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2017· 2 entries
Simmons portrayed Commissioner James Gordon in Joss Whedon's film Justice League, part of the DC Extended Universe
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Simmons had a small cameo in SpongeBob SquarePants as Conductor Maestro Mackerel, a parody of his Whiplash character, for the season 10 episode Snooze You Lose
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2016· 2 entries
Simmons voiced characters in two animated films, voicing the antagonist Kai in Kung Fu Panda 3 and Mayor Lionheart in Zootopia
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Simmons portrayed Watertown Police Sergeant Jeffrey Pugliese in the film Patriots Day
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2015· 5 entries
Awarded Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Whiplash (2015).
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Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Whiplash (2015).
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For Opening Day, and played the Tigers' manager in For Love of the Game (1999)
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Simmons won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, and he went on to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor on February 22, 2015
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Appeared as the German expatriate Sebastian in the Greek drama film Worlds Apart
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2011· 2 entries
Simmons also appeared in Generator Rex: Agent of Providence, as White Knight
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And 2014, he also voiced Master Chief for various scenes throughout two episodes
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2008· 1 entry
Played a CIA superior in Burn After Reading and appeared in Postal as Candidate Welles
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2007· 2 entries
Decided to voice Jameson one last time in Stern Pinball: Spider-Man
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Also voiced the same character of Jameson in the next game of the series: Spider-Man 3: The Video Game
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2005· 1 entry
Simmons also reprised his role of J
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1994· 1 entry
Sang multiple roles in the Wagner opera satire Das Barbecü
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1973· 1 entry
When he was 18, they moved to Missoula, Montana, where his father became director of the School of Music at the University of Montana
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1965· 1 entry
When he was 10 years old, his family moved to Worthington, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus, Ohio
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1955· 2 entries
In Grosse Pointe, Michigan, to Patricia (née Kimble; 1929–2014), an administrator, and Donald William Simmons (1928–2012), a music teacher at Parcells Middle School
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Born 1955-01-09.
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