Auteur

J. K. Simmons

Born 1955 · American actor

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 William Frawley in Aaron Sorkin's Being the Ricardos (2021). His other various accolades include a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.

J. K. Simmons, in order

  1. 1975 Saturday Night Live (TV series): acted · directed by A. D. Miles and Adam McKay · audiences 63% · streaming on Peacock, Prime Video, fuboTV
  2. 1994 Law & Order (TV series): acted · audiences 84% · streaming on Hulu, Peacock, Netflix
  3. 1994 The Ref: acted · directed by Ted Demme
  4. 1994 The Scout: acted · directed by Michael Ritchie · critics 32%, audiences 21%
  5. 1996 Extreme Measures: acted · directed by Michael Apted · critics 58%, audiences 41%
  6. 1996 Spin City (TV series): acted · critics 68%
  7. 1996 The First Wives Club: acted · directed by Hugh Wilson · critics 56%, audiences 68% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Paramount+
  8. 1997 Love Walked In: acted · directed by Juan J. Campanella
  9. 1997 Oz (TV series): acted · directed by Adam Bernstein
  10. 1997 The Jackal: acted · directed by Michael Caton-Jones · critics 27%, audiences 51%
  11. 1998 Above Freezing: acted
  12. 1998 Celebrity: acted · directed by Woody Allen · critics 45%, audiences 42% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Roku Channel
  13. 1999 For Love of the Game: acted · directed by Sam Raimi
  14. 1999 The Cider House Rules: acted · directed by Lasse Hallström
  15. 2000 Autumn in New York: acted · directed by Joan Chen
  16. 2000 Beautiful Joe: acted · directed by Stephen Metcalfe
  17. 2000 The Gift: acted · directed by Sam Raimi
  18. 2001 The Mexican: acted · directed by Gore Verbinski · critics 56%, audiences 44% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, MGM+
  19. 2002 Spider-Man: acted · directed by Sam Raimi · critics 90%, audiences 67% · streaming on Disney+, fuboTV
  20. 2002 Spider-Man in film (TV series): acted · directed by Jon Watts and Marc Webb
  21. 2004 Hidalgo: acted · directed by Joe Johnston · critics 46%, audiences 64% · streaming on Prime Video
  22. 2004 Spider-Man 2: acted · directed by Sam Raimi · critics 93%, audiences 82% · streaming on Disney+, fuboTV
  23. 2004 The Ladykillers: acted · directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen
  24. 2005 Thank You for Smoking: acted · directed by Jason Reitman · critics 86%, audiences 87%
  25. 2005 The Closer (TV series): acted
  26. 2006 First Snow: acted · directed by Mark Fergus
  27. 2006 Harsh Times: acted · directed by David Ayer
  28. 2006 The Astronaut Farmer: acted · directed by Michael Polish · critics 60%, audiences 49%
  29. 2006 The West Wing (TV series): acted · directed by Alex Graves and Christopher Misiano · critics 81%, audiences 95% · streaming on Netflix, HBO Max
  30. 2007 Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (TV movie): acted · directed by Yves Simoneau
  31. 2007 Juno: acted · directed by Jason Reitman · critics 93%, audiences 88%
  32. 2007 Postal: acted · directed by Uwe Boll · critics 9%, audiences 36% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Hoopla
  33. 2007 Rendition: acted · directed by Gavin Hood · critics 47%, audiences 62%
  34. 2007 Spider-Man 3: acted · directed by Sam Raimi · critics 62%, audiences 51% · streaming on Disney+, fuboTV
  35. 2008 Burn After Reading: acted · directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen · critics 78%, audiences 65%
  36. 2009 Aliens in the Attic: acted · directed by John Schultz
  37. 2009 Extract: acted · directed by Mike Judge · critics 62%, audiences 38% · streaming on Paramount+, Kanopy
  38. 2009 I Love You, Man: acted · directed by John Hamburg · critics 82%, audiences 74% · streaming on Paramount+, Kanopy, Hoopla
  39. 2009 Jennifer's Body: acted · directed by Karyn Kusama · critics 47%, audiences 36% · streaming on Criterion Channel, Starz
  40. 2009 New in Town: acted · directed by Jonas Elmer
  41. 2009 Post Grad: acted · directed by Vicky Jenson · critics 9%, audiences 27% · streaming on Prime Video
  42. 2009 Red Sands: acted · directed by Alex Turner
  43. 2009 The Vicious Kind: acted · directed by Lee Toland Krieger
  44. 2009 Up in the Air: acted · directed by Jason Reitman · critics 90%, audiences 79% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Peacock
  45. 2010 A Beginner's Guide to Endings: acted · directed by Jonathan Sobol
  46. 2010 An Invisible Sign: acted · directed by Marilyn Agrelo
  47. 2010 Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore: acted · directed by Brad Peyton
  48. 2010 Crazy on the Outside: acted · directed by Tim Allen
  49. 2010 True Grit: acted · directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen · critics 95%, audiences 85% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+, Kanopy
  50. 2011 Raising Hope (TV series): acted · critics 96%, audiences 90% · streaming on Hulu, Roku Channel
  51. 2011 The Good Doctor: acted · directed by Lance Daly
  52. 2011 The Music Never Stopped: acted · directed by Jim Kohlberg
  53. 2011 Young Adult: acted · directed by Jason Reitman
  54. 2012 Contraband: acted · directed by Baltasar Kormákur
  55. 2012 The Words: acted · directed by Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal · critics 24%, audiences 49% · streaming on Paramount+
  56. 2013 3 Geezers!: acted · directed by Michelle Schumacher
  57. 2013 Dark Skies: acted · directed by Scott Stewart
  58. 2013 Family Tools (TV series): acted
  59. 2013 Jobs: acted · directed by Joshua Michael Stern · critics 27%, audiences 40% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Fandango at Home (free)
  60. 2013 Labor Day: acted · directed by Jason Reitman
  61. 2014 Barefoot: acted · directed by Andrew Fleming
  62. 2014 Break Point: acted · directed by Jay Karas
  63. 2014 Growing Up Fisher (TV series): acted
  64. 2014 Men, Women & Children: acted · directed by Jason Reitman
  65. 2014 The Boxcar Children: acted · directed by Mark A.Z. Dippé
  66. 2014 The Rewrite: acted · directed by Marc Lawrence
  67. 2014 Whiplash: acted · directed by Damien Chazelle · critics 94%, audiences 94% · streaming on Netflix
  68. 2015 Terminator Genisys: acted · directed by Alan Taylor · critics 26%, audiences 52% · streaming on Paramount+, Hoopla, Starz
  69. 2015 The Meddler: acted · directed by Lorene Scafaria
  70. 2015 Worlds Apart: acted · directed by Christoforos Papakaliatis
  71. 2016 All Nighter: acted · directed by Gavin Wiesen
  72. 2016 La La Land: acted · directed by Damien Chazelle · critics 91%, audiences 82%
  73. 2016 Patriots Day: acted · directed by Peter Berg
  74. 2016 The Accountant: acted · directed by Gavin O'Connor · critics 53%, audiences 77%
  75. 2017 Counterpart (TV series): acted · directed by Alik Sakharov and Morten Tyldum
  76. 2017 Father Figures: acted · directed by Lawrence Sher · critics 17%, audiences 27% · streaming on YouTube (free)
  77. 2017 I'm Not Here: acted · directed by Michelle Schumacher
  78. 2017 Justice League: acted · directed by Zack Snyder · critics 39%, audiences 66% · streaming on HBO Max
  79. 2017 No Activity (TV series): acted · directed by Trent O'Donnell
  80. 2017 The Bachelors: acted · directed by Kurt Voelker
  81. 2017 The Black Ghiandola: acted · directed by Catherine Hardwicke and Sam Raimi
  82. 2017 The Snowman: acted · directed by Tomas Alfredson · critics 7%, audiences 19% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+
  83. 2018 A Boy Called Sailboat: acted · directed by Cameron Nugent
  84. 2018 The Front Runner: acted · directed by Jason Reitman
  85. 2019 21 Bridges: acted · directed by Brian Kirk
  86. 2019 3 Days with Dad: acted · directed by Larry Clarke
  87. 2019 Spider-Man: Far From Home: acted · directed by Jon Watts · critics 91%, audiences 95% · streaming on Disney+, fuboTV
  88. 2020 Defending Jacob (TV series): acted · directed by Morten Tyldum
  89. 2020 Palm Springs: acted · directed by Max Barbakow
  90. 2021 Being the Ricardos: acted · directed by Aaron Sorkin · critics 68%, audiences 75% · streaming on Prime Video, YouTube (free), Prime Video (free)
  91. 2021 Ghostbusters: Afterlife: acted · directed by Jason Reitman
  92. 2021 National Champions: acted · directed by Ric Roman Waugh
  93. 2021 Ride the Eagle: acted · directed by Trent O'Donnell
  94. 2021 Spider-Man: No Way Home: acted · directed by Jon Watts · critics 93%, audiences 97% · streaming on Disney+, fuboTV, Starz
  95. 2021 The Tomorrow War: acted · directed by Chris McKay
  96. 2021 Zack Snyder's Justice League: acted · directed by Zack Snyder · critics 71%, audiences 92% · streaming on HBO Max
  97. 2022 Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers: acted · directed by Akiva Schaffer
  98. 2022 Night Sky (TV series): acted · directed by Juan J. Campanella
  99. 2022 Spider-Man: No Way Home - The More Fun Stuff Version: acted · directed by Jon Watts
  100. 2023 Little Brother: acted
  101. 2023 One Day as a Lion: acted · directed by John Swab
  102. 2024 Juror #2: acted · directed by Clint Eastwood · critics 93%, audiences 90% · streaming on HBO Max
  103. 2024 Red One: acted · directed by Jake Kasdan
  104. 2024 Saturday Night: acted · directed by Jason Reitman
  105. 2024 The Union: acted · directed by Julian Farino
  106. 2024 You Can't Run Forever: acted · directed by Michelle Schumacher
  107. 2025 The Accountant 2: acted · directed by Gavin O'Connor
  108. 2026 Heart of the Beast: acted · directed by David Ayer · critics 84%, audiences 94%
  109. 2026 The Brink of War: acted · directed by Michael Russell Gunn
  110. Batgirl: acted · directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah
  111. The Daily Bugle (TV series): acted
  112. The Elf that Rescued Christmas: acted · directed by Nick Bruno and Troy Quane
  113. The Prince: acted · directed by Cameron Van Hoy · streaming on YouTube (free), Plex, Fawesome