List of J. K. Simmons performances
J. K. Simmons is an American actor, considered one of the most prolific and well-established character actors of his generation. He has appeared in over 200 films and television roles since his debut in 1986 with film roles including J. Jonah Jameson in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007), Thank You for Smoking with Aaron Eckhart (2005), Juno (2007), Whiplash with Miles Teller (2014), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, La La Land with Ryan Gosling (2016), Commissioner James Gordon in Justice League (2017), and William Frawley in Being the Ricardos (2021). He reprised his role as Jameson in various Marvel Studios media unrelated to the Raimi trilogy, including the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), the Sony's Spider-Man Universe film Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) and voiced him in the animated film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023). He has also voiced J. Jonah Jameson in a multitude of animated television shows. On television, he is known for playing Dr. Emil Skoda in the Law & Order franchise (1997–2010), white supremacist prisoner Vernon Schillinger on the HBO series Oz (1997–2003), and Assistant Police Chief Will Pope