Jonathan Kimble "
J. K."
Simmons (born January 9, 1955) is an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actorAn actor or actress is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. He is known for his roles as
Dr. Emil SkodaEmil Skoda, M.D. is a fictional character on the TV crime dramas Law & Order and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He also appeared once each in Law & Order: Criminal Intent and New York Undercover. He is portrayed by J.K. Simmons....
in various series of the
Law & Order universeThe term "Law & Order franchise" is commonly used to describe a number of related American television programs created by Dick Wolf and originally broadcast on NBC, all of which deal with some aspect of the criminal justice system...
, Neo-Nazi
Vernon SchillingerVernon Schillinger is a fictional character, played by American actor J. K. Simmons, on the HBO series Oz.-Character overview:Prisoner #92S110. Convicted October 21, 1992 - Aggravated assault in the first degree. Sentence: Eight years, eligible for parole in five...
in the HBO prison drama
OzOz is an American television drama series created by Tom Fontana, who also wrote or co-wrote all of the series' 56 episodes. It was the first one-hour dramatic television series to be produced by premium cable network HBO. Oz aired for six seasons...
, and his role as
J. Jonah JamesonJ. Jonah Jameson is a fictional supporting character featured in various Marvel Comics, most prominently the Spider-Man title...
in the
Spider-Man film series, as well as various other television and film roles.
Simmons was born in
Detroit, MichiganDetroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the seat of Wayne County. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwest region of the United States. Located north of Windsor, Ontario, Detroit is the only major U.S. city that looks south to Canada. It was founded...
, the son of Patricia (
néeA married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage, and in speaking of the many cultures where the practice is traditional for women, the maiden name is the family name that the married name replaces....
Kimble), an administrator, and Donald William Simmons, a
collegeCollege is a term most often used today to denote degree awarding tertiary educational institution. More broadly, it can be the name of any group of colleagues, for example, an electoral college, a College of Arms or the College of Cardinals...
professor.
Jonathan Kimble "
J. K."
Simmons (born January 9, 1955) is an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actorAn actor or actress is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. He is known for his roles as
Dr. Emil SkodaEmil Skoda, M.D. is a fictional character on the TV crime dramas Law & Order and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He also appeared once each in Law & Order: Criminal Intent and New York Undercover. He is portrayed by J.K. Simmons....
in various series of the
Law & Order universeThe term "Law & Order franchise" is commonly used to describe a number of related American television programs created by Dick Wolf and originally broadcast on NBC, all of which deal with some aspect of the criminal justice system...
, Neo-Nazi
Vernon SchillingerVernon Schillinger is a fictional character, played by American actor J. K. Simmons, on the HBO series Oz.-Character overview:Prisoner #92S110. Convicted October 21, 1992 - Aggravated assault in the first degree. Sentence: Eight years, eligible for parole in five...
in the HBO prison drama
OzOz is an American television drama series created by Tom Fontana, who also wrote or co-wrote all of the series' 56 episodes. It was the first one-hour dramatic television series to be produced by premium cable network HBO. Oz aired for six seasons...
, and his role as
J. Jonah JamesonJ. Jonah Jameson is a fictional supporting character featured in various Marvel Comics, most prominently the Spider-Man title...
in the
Spider-Man film series, as well as various other television and film roles.
Early life
Simmons was born in
Detroit, MichiganDetroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the seat of Wayne County. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwest region of the United States. Located north of Windsor, Ontario, Detroit is the only major U.S. city that looks south to Canada. It was founded...
, the son of Patricia (
néeA married name is the family name adopted by a person upon marriage, and in speaking of the many cultures where the practice is traditional for women, the maiden name is the family name that the married name replaces....
Kimble), an administrator, and Donald William Simmons, a
collegeCollege is a term most often used today to denote degree awarding tertiary educational institution. More broadly, it can be the name of any group of colleagues, for example, an electoral college, a College of Arms or the College of Cardinals...
professor. He has a brother, David (a
singer-songwriterA singer–songwriter is a musician who writes, composes and sings their own material including lyrics and melodies. They often provide the sole accompaniment to an entire composition or song, typically using a guitar or piano...
), and a sister, Elizabeth. He attended the University of Montana and was a member of the
Seattle Repertory TheatreSeattle Repertory Theatre is a major regional theatre located in Seattle, Washington, at the Seattle Center. It is a member of Theatre Puget Sound and Theatre Communications Group. Founded in 1963, it is led by Artistic Director David Esbjornson and Managing Director Benjamin Moore...
. He has been a
Chicago BearsThe Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the NFC North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
fan since his youth and a strong supporter of the
Detroit TigersThe Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in . The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant 10 times...
.
Musical theatre career
Prior to his film & television career, Simmons was a
BroadwayBroadway Theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, is the theatre associated with the 40 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City...
actor and singer. He was in the revival of
Guys and DollsGuys and Dolls is a musical, with the music and lyrics written by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows, based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" and "Blood Pressure", two short stories by Damon Runyon. It also borrows characters and plot elements from other Runyon stories, most...
as Benny Southstreet. He also played the role of Jigger in a revival of
CarouselCarousel is a musical by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II that was adapted from Ferenc Molnar's 1909 play Liliom, transplanting the Budapest setting of Molnar's play to a New England fishing village. The show includes the hit musical numbers If I Loved You, June Is Bustin' Out All Over,...
at the
Houston Grand OperaHouston Grand Opera was founded in 1955 through the joint efforts of Maestro Walter Herbert and Houston cultural leaders Mrs. Louis G. Lobit and Edward Bing. With a current annual operating budget of $20 million, HGO has grown from a small regional company...
.
Notable film and television roles
Simmons is known for his
TVTelevision is a widely used telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images, either monochromatic or color, usually accompanied by sound. "Television" may also refer specifically to a television set, television programming or television transmission...
roles as Dr. Emil Skoda, a
police psychiatristForensic psychiatry is a sub-speciality of psychiatry. It encompasses the interface between law and psychiatry. A forensic psychiatrist provides services – such as determination of competency to stand trial – to a court of law to facilitate the adjudicative process.-Court work:Forensic...
, who has appeared on three of the four incarnations of
Law & OrderLaw & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, which premiered on NBC on September 13, 1990. Created by Dick Wolf, the series is set in New York City, and follows the professional lives of several police officers and prosecutors who represent the public interest in...
and
New York UndercoverNew York Undercover is a one-hour police drama that aired on the Fox television network from 1994 to 1998. The series stars Malik Yoba as Detective J.C. Williams and Michael DeLorenzo as Detective Eddie Torres, two undercover detectives in New York City's 4th Precinct who were assigned to...
, and as the sadistic inmate
Vernon SchillingerVernon Schillinger is a fictional character, played by American actor J. K. Simmons, on the HBO series Oz.-Character overview:Prisoner #92S110. Convicted October 21, 1992 - Aggravated assault in the first degree. Sentence: Eight years, eligible for parole in five...
on the prison drama
OzOz is an American television drama series created by Tom Fontana, who also wrote or co-wrote all of the series' 56 episodes. It was the first one-hour dramatic television series to be produced by premium cable network HBO. Oz aired for six seasons...
. He also stars as Ralph Earnhardt, the father of race-car driver
Dale EarnhardtDale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's top division. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt...
, in
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story3: The Dale Earnhardt Story or sometimes referred to as The Dale Earnhardt Movie is a 2004 television movie produced by ESPN documenting the life of NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt, his poor upbringing in Kannapolis, North Carolina, his rise to dominance in NASCAR, his relationship with his son, Dale...
. He played B.R. in the film
Thank You For SmokingThank You for Smoking is a 2006 comedy-drama film satire directed by Jason Reitman and produced by David O. Sacks. It is based on the 1994 novel of the same name by Christopher Buckley....
and has been praised for his performance in
JunoJuno is a 2007 Canadian-American comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman and written by Diablo Cody. Ellen Page stars as the title character, an independent-minded teenager confronting an unplanned pregnancy and the subsequent events that put pressures of adult life onto her. Michael Cera,...
as "Mac" McGuff, the title character's father. Currently, he plays
Will PopeAssistant Police Chief Will Pope is a fictional character featured in TNT's The Closer, portrayed by J. K. Simmons. Pope is the Assistant Chief for Operations of the Los Angeles Police Department...
, Assistant Chief of the
LAPDThe Los Angeles Police Department is the police department of the city of Los Angeles, California. With nearly 9,900 officers and more than 3,000 civilian staff, covering an area of with a population of more than 3.8 million people, it is one of the largest law enforcement agencies in the United...
, in
The CloserThe Closer is an American crime drama, starring Kyra Sedgwick as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson, a Georgia police detective who arrives in Los Angeles to lead the Priority Murder Squad , a team that deals only with high profile murder cases...
.
He also played
J. Jonah JamesonJ. Jonah Jameson is a fictional supporting character featured in various Marvel Comics, most prominently the Spider-Man title...
in all three
Spider-Man movies and the expanded video game adaption of Spider-Man 3. Simmons provided his voice for two newspaper editors in two episodes of the
eighteenth seasonThe Simpsons' 18th season aired from September 10, 2006 to May 20, 2007. The season contained seven hold-over episodes from the season 17 production line. Al Jean served as the Executive Producer, a position he has held since the thirteenth season.The season finale, "You Kent...
of
The SimpsonsThe Simpsons is an American animated television sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its eponymous family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie...
. The characters are never named, but are obviously meant to emulate the character of Jameson (one, bearing Jameson's appearance, even demands "pictures of Spider-Man", then on being reminded he works at a poetry journal, demands "poems about Spider-Man").
Simmons also provides the voice of the yellow
M&MM&M's are candy-coated pieces of milk chocolate with the letter "m" printed on them, produced by Mars, Incorporated. Popular in the United States and many other countries, several variations of the candies exist, including milk chocolate, peanut, peanut butter, mint, dark chocolate , and almond....
in the product's commercials and has done
voiceoverVoiceOver is a screen reader built into Apple Inc.'s Mac OS X operating system since version 10.4. By using VoiceOver, the user can access his or her Macintosh by using speech and the keyboard. The feature is designed to increase accessibility blind and low-vision users and users with dyslexia...
work for
NorelcoNorelco is the American brand name for electric shavers and other personal care products made by the Consumer Lifestyle division of Philips.-Norelco and Philishave:...
razors. He also provided the voice of General Wade Eiling in
Justice League UnlimitedJustice League Unlimited is an American animated television series that was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and aired on Cartoon Network. Featuring a wide array of superheroes from the DC Comics universe, and specifically based on the Justice League superhero team, it is a direct sequel to the...
. He recorded an
audio bookAn audiobook is a recording that is primarily spoken word. It is often based on a recording of commercial printed material. It is not necessarily an exact audio version of a book....
for
Tom Clancy's Net Force Point of ImpactTom Clancy's Net Force is a novel series, created by Tom Clancy and Steve Pieczenik and written by Steve Perry. It is set in 2010 and charts the actions of Net Force: a special division of the FBI set up to combat increasing crime on the internet....
. Like many of his
Law & Order co-stars, he also appeared in an episode of
Homicide: Life on the StreetHomicide: Life on the Street was an American television police procedural series chronicling the work of a fictional Baltimore Police Department homicide unit. It ran for seven seasons on the NBC network from 1993 to 1999 and then was followed by a 2000 TV-movie that served as a de facto series...
, portraying a criminal in an episode that crossed over with
Law & Order before Simmons joined the cast as Skoda. He also played a small role as an army general in the television sitcom
Arrested Development, alongside his
Juno co-stars,
Michael CeraMichael Austin Cera is a Canadian actor best known for his roles in Arrested Development, Superbad, Juno, and Year One. Cera received two Canadian Comedy Award Best Actor nominations in 2008 for his work in Juno and Superbad, winning for Superbad.-Early life and education:Cera was born in...
and
Jason BatemanJason Kent Bateman is an American actor. After starring in several 1980s sitcoms, Bateman played the role of Michael Bluth on the television sitcom Arrested Development...
. As well, he played Dan the Barber in the surreal
NickelodeonNickelodeon is an American cable television channel owned by Viacom. Since the mid-1990s and early 2000s Nickelodoen as a brand has expanded into other territories including Europe, the Middle-East, Russia and Asia.It is often referred to by its shortened name, Nick, a practice that dates back to...
kid's show
The Adventures of Pete & PeteThe Adventures of Pete & Pete is an American children's television series produced by Wellsville Pictures and broadcast by Nickelodeon. The show featured humorous and surreal elements in its narrative, and many recurring themes centered on two brothers both named Pete Wrigley, and their various...
in 1995.
He has recently appeared in the video game
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 is a 2008 real-time strategy video game developed by EA Los Angeles and published by Electronic Arts. Announced on February 14, 2008, it was released on October 28, 2008 in the United States for Microsoft Windows-based PCs and three days later in Europe. A version for...
as the anti-communist U. S. President Howard T. Ackerman.
Simmons appears also in
PostalPostal is a 2007 black comedy film co-written and directed by Uwe Boll.Like the majority of Boll's previous films, Postal is a film adaptation of a video game, this time Running With Scissors' controversial Postal, though the film draws more heavily from its sequel, Postal 2.-Plot:The film takes...
as Candidate Wells.
Simmons is quickly becoming known for starring in movies that are produced or directed by his friend
Jason ReitmanJason Reitman is an Academy Award-nominated Canadian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor, best known for directing the films Thank You for Smoking and Juno as well as utilizing unique opening sequences.-Early life:Reitman was born in Montreal, Quebec, the first of three children of...
, including
Thank You for SmokingThank You for Smoking is a 2006 comedy-drama film satire directed by Jason Reitman and produced by David O. Sacks. It is based on the 1994 novel of the same name by Christopher Buckley....
,
JunoJuno is a 2007 Canadian-American comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman and written by Diablo Cody. Ellen Page stars as the title character, an independent-minded teenager confronting an unplanned pregnancy and the subsequent events that put pressures of adult life onto her. Michael Cera,...
and
Jennifer's Body, written by
Juno screenwriter
Diablo CodyBrook Busey , better known by the pen name Diablo Cody, is an American screenwriter, writer, blogger, journalist, and author. She was first known for her candid chronicling of her year as a stripper in her Pussy Ranch blog and her 2006 memoir, Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper...
.
Filmography
- Pom Poko
is a 1994 Japanese animated film, the eighth written and directed by Isao Takahata and animated by Studio Ghibli.Consistent with Japanese folklore, the Tanuki are portrayed as a highly sociable, mischievous species, able to use "illusion science" to transform into almost anything, but too...
(1994) - Seizaemon
- The Ref
The Ref is a 1994 black comedy film directed by Ted Demme and starring Denis Leary, Judy Davis and Kevin Spacey.- Premise :...
(1994) - Lt. Siskel
- Oz
Oz is an American television drama series created by Tom Fontana, who also wrote or co-wrote all of the series' 56 episodes. It was the first one-hour dramatic television series to be produced by premium cable network HBO. Oz aired for six seasons...
(1997) (TV series) - Vernon SchillingerVernon Schillinger is a fictional character, played by American actor J. K. Simmons, on the HBO series Oz.-Character overview:Prisoner #92S110. Convicted October 21, 1992 - Aggravated assault in the first degree. Sentence: Eight years, eligible for parole in five...
- The Jackal
The Jackal is a 1997 suspense film starring Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, Diane Venora and Sidney Poitier. It was directed by Michael Caton-Jones...
(1997) - Witherspoon
- Celebrity
Celebrity is a 1998 American comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen. The screenplay focuses on the divergent paths a couple takes following their divorce.-Plot synopsis:...
(1998) - Souvenir Hawker
- The Cider House Rules
The Cider House Rules is a 1999 drama film, directed by Lasse Hallström, based on The Cider House Rules, a 1985 novel by John Irving. The film won two Academy Awards. John Irving documented his involvement in bringing the novel to the screen in his book My Movie Business'.-Plot:Homer Wells, an...
(1999) - Ray Kendall
- For Love of the Game
For Love of the Game is a novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Shaara, published posthumously in 1991. The book tells the story of fictional baseball great Billy Chapel, thirty-seven years old and nearing the end of his career.-Plot summary:...
(2000) - Frank Perry
- Autumn in New York
Autumn in New York may refer to;* "Autumn in New York" , a jazz standard composed by Vernon Duke in 1934.*Autumn in New York , a 2000 romance-drama directed by Joan Chen and starring Richard Gere, Winona Ryder and Anthony LaPaglia....
(2000) - Dr. Tom Grandy
- The Gift (2000) - Sheriff Pearl Johnson
- The Mexican
The Mexican is a 2001 movie by director Gore Verbinski starring Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts, with a plot that is an unusual mixture of romantic comedy and road movie....
(2001) - Ted Slocum
- Law & Order: SVU (2000 - 2001) (TV series) - Dr. Emil Skoda
- Spider-Man
Spider-Man is a 2002 American superhero film based on the fictional Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. The first installment in the Spider-Man series, the film, directed by Sam Raimi and written by David Koepp, stars Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, and Willem Dafoe.The film begins with...
(2002) - J. Jonah JamesonJ. Jonah Jameson is a fictional supporting character featured in various Marvel Comics, most prominently the Spider-Man title...
- Off the Map
Off the Map is a 2003 drama film directed by Campbell Scott. The play and screenplay were written by Joan Ackermann.An eccentric family lives in separate existence from the outside world. The family continues to thrive and survive self sufficiently. Bo uses her imagination and creativity to...
(2003) - George
- Hidalgo
Hidalgo is a 2004 film based on the life and tales of former horse rider Frank Hopkins and his endurance horse Hidalgo, a mustang. The movie was written by John Fusco and directed by Joe Johnston...
(2004) - Buffalo Bill Cody
- The Ladykillers
The Ladykillers is a remake of the Ealing comedy of the same name. The remake was by the Coen brothers and starred Tom Hanks. The film also co-starred J. K. Simmons, Marlon Wayans, Tzi Ma, Ryan Hurst and Irma P...
(2004) - Garth Pancake
- Spider-Man 2
Spider-Man 2 is a 2004 American superhero film directed by Sam Raimi, written by Alvin Sargent and developed by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, and Michael Chabon. It is the second film in the Spider-Man film franchise based on the fictional Marvel Comics character Spider-Man...
(2004) - J. Jonah Jameson
- 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story
3: The Dale Earnhardt Story or sometimes referred to as The Dale Earnhardt Movie is a 2004 television movie produced by ESPN documenting the life of NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt, his poor upbringing in Kannapolis, North Carolina, his rise to dominance in NASCAR, his relationship with his son, Dale...
(2004) - Ralph Earnhardt
- Harsh Times
Harsh Times is a 2006 American crime film set in South Los Angeles. The film stars Christian Bale and Freddy Rodriguez, and was written and directed by David Ayer, who wrote the script for the Academy Award-winning film Training Day. The film was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures and...
(2005) - Agent Richards
- The Closer
The Closer is an American crime drama, starring Kyra Sedgwick as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson, a Georgia police detective who arrives in Los Angeles to lead the Priority Murder Squad , a team that deals only with high profile murder cases...
(2005) (TV series) - Asst. Police Chief Will Pope
- Thank You for Smoking
Thank You for Smoking is a 2006 comedy-drama film satire directed by Jason Reitman and produced by David O. Sacks. It is based on the 1994 novel of the same name by Christopher Buckley....
(2006) - Budd "BR" Rohrabacher
- First Snow
First Snow may refer to:* First Snow , a South Korean film directed by Kim Ki-young* First Snow , a German/American film starring Guy Pearce and Piper Perabo...
(2006) - Vacaro
- The West Wing (2006) ("Duck and Cover
-Plot:Elections are underway in Kazakhstan, but Russia and China both on the brink of going to war in Central Asia over oil are the least of Bartlet and C.J.'s concerns as they face a nuclear reactor in California on the verge of a meltdown...
") - Harry Ravitch
- The Astronaut Farmer
The Astronaut Farmer is a American drama film directed by Michael Polish, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Mark. The story focuses on a Texas rancher who constructs a rocket in his barn and, against all odds, launches himself into outer space....
(2006) - FAA Director Jacobson
- Justice League Unlimited
Justice League Unlimited is an American animated television series that was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and aired on Cartoon Network. Featuring a wide array of superheroes from the DC Comics universe, and specifically based on the Justice League superhero team, it is a direct sequel to the...
(2006) (TV series) - General Wade EilingGeneral Wade Eiling, sometimes known as The General, is a fictional character published by DC Comics. He first appeared in Captain Atom #1 , and was created by Cary Bates and Pat Broderick.-Captain Atom:...
, MantisMantis is a fictional character that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in Forever People #2 , and was created by writer-artist Jack Kirby.-Fictional character biography:...
- The Simpsons
The Simpsons is an American animated television sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its eponymous family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie...
(2006) ("Moe'N'a Lisa"Moe'n'a Lisa" is the sixth episode of the The Simpsons
' eighteenth season, and first aired on November 19, 2006. Lisa aides Moe in discovering his inner-poet and he gains swift popularity and recognition from a group of successful American authors, when Lisa helps to get his...
") - voice of J. Jonah Jameson
- The Simpsons
The Simpsons is an American animated television sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its eponymous family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie...
(2007) ("Homerazzi"Homerazzi" is the sixteenth episode of the eighteenth season of The Simpsons, which was originally broadcast on March 25, 2007. It was written by J. Stewart Burns, directed by Matthew Nastuk, and guest starred J.K. Simmons as the tabloid editor, Betty White as Herself, and Jon Lovitz as Enrico...
") - voice of tabloid editor
- Spider-Man 3
Spider-Man 3 is a 2007 superhero film written and directed by Sam Raimi, with a screenplay by Ivan Raimi and Alvin Sargent. It is the third film in the Spider-Man film franchise based on the fictional Marvel Comics character Spider-Man...
(2007) - J. Jonah Jameson
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is a 2008 television film adapted from the book of the same name by Dee Brown. The film was written by Daniel Giat, directed by Yves Simoneau and produced by HBO Films. The book on which the movie is based is a history of Native Americans in the American West in the...
(2007) - James McLaughlin
- Rendition
Rendition is a 2007 drama film directed by Gavin Hood and starring Reese Witherspoon, Meryl Streep, Peter Sarsgaard, Alan Arkin, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Omar Metwally. It centers on the controversial CIA practice of extraordinary rendition, and is based on the true story of Khalid El-Masri who was...
(2007) - Lee Mayer
- Juno
Juno is a 2007 Canadian-American comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman and written by Diablo Cody. Ellen Page stars as the title character, an independent-minded teenager confronting an unplanned pregnancy and the subsequent events that put pressures of adult life onto her. Michael Cera,...
(2007) - Mac MacGuff
- Postal
Postal is a 2007 black comedy film co-written and directed by Uwe Boll.Like the majority of Boll's previous films, Postal is a film adaptation of a video game, this time Running With Scissors' controversial Postal, though the film draws more heavily from its sequel, Postal 2.-Plot:The film takes...
(2007) - Candidate Wells
- Burn After Reading
Burn After Reading is a American black comedy film written, produced and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. The film stars George Clooney, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, Richard Jenkins, and Brad Pitt. It was released in the United States on September 12, 2008, and it was...
(2008) - CIA Superior
- The Way Of War
The Way of War is a 2009 English film directed by John Carter from a screenplay by John Carter and Scott Schafe....
(2008) - Sergeant Mitchell
- Ben 10: Alien Force
Ben 10: Alien Force is an American animated television series created by Dwayne McDuffie and Glen Murakami and the studio "Man of Action" , and produced by Cartoon Network Studios...
(2008) (TV series) - Magister Gilhil
- Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 is a 2008 real-time strategy video game developed by EA Los Angeles and published by Electronic Arts. Announced on February 14, 2008, it was released on October 28, 2008 in the United States for Microsoft Windows-based PCs and three days later in Europe. A version for...
(2008) (VG) - President Howard T. Ackerman
- New in Town (2009) - Stu Kopenhafer
- The Vicious Kind
The Vicious Kind is a comedy-drama film directed and written by Lee Toland Krieger. It is set in a small town in Rhode Island but was shot in Norfolk, CT. The film stars Brittany Snow and is set for release in 2009. The film premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.- Cast :*Brittany Snow as...
(2009) - Donald Sinclaire
- I Love You, Man
I Love You, Man is a 2009 American comedy film starring Paul Rudd and Jason Segel. It was released theatrically in North America on March 20, 2009.-Plot:...
(2009) - Oswald Klaven
- Aliens in the Attic (2009) - voice of Skip
- Jennifer's Body
Jennifer's Body is a 2009 dark comedy and horror film written by Diablo Cody. The film is directed by Karyn Kusama and stars Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Adam Brody and Johnny Simmons. Fox portrays Jennifer Check, a newly possessed teenage serial killer specializing in "offing" her male classmates...
(2009) - Mr. Wroblewski
- Crazy on the Outside
Crazy on the Outside is a 2010 comedy film starring and directed by Tim Allen. This is Allen's first time directing.-Plot:Crazy on the Outside centers on a fresh out of jail parolee who finds out that life outside his prison cell is much more complicated than he was expecting, especially when he...
(2009) - TBA
- Extract
Extract is a United States comedy film written and directed by Mike Judge. Extract stars Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis, J.K. Simmons, and Ben Affleck. Judge also makes an uncredited appearance as 'Jim', a union organizer. The official release date was on September 4, 2009.-Plot:Joel Reynolds is the...
(2009) - Brian
- An Invisible Sign of My Own
An Invisible Sign of My Own is an upcoming film. The film is directed by Marilyn Agrelo and stars Jessica Alba, J.K. Simmons, Chris Messina, Sophie Nyweide and Bailee Madison. Filming began in New York...
(2009) - Mr. Jones
- Spider-man 4 (2011) - J. Jonah Jameson
External links
- Jewno, a short film in which Simmons parodies his role in Juno