J.K. Simmons is an American actor. He was born Jonathan Kimble Simmons in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, to Patricia . He won many awards from 2005 to 2007 in Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2014 won Oscar for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role. 2015 won a Golden Globe for his Best Performance as an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture, BAFTA Film Awards Best Supporting Actor, Independent Spirit Awards Best Supporting Male.
He is the father of two children. He has a sister, Elizabeth Simmons ONeill, and a brother David.
Is the voice of the yellow peanut M&M on the commercials since the late 1990s, replacing John Goodman after the original 1995 commercials. In 2000, a video game was produced, M&Ms: The Lost Formulas , in which he portrayed Yellow Peanut.
Does voice-over work for Norelco razors.
Graduated from the University of Montana. Received an Achievement Award for the university in April 2002. Studied to become a composer before getting to musicals and acting.
His character of Dr. Emil Skoda is one of the few "Law & Order" recurring characters to span all three incarnations: the original series; "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" and "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (the medical examiner, Elizabeth Rodgers (Leslie Hendrix ), has also appeared on all three shows).
Before playing police psychiatrist Dr. Emil Skoda on "Law & Order" , he played a fanatical nut-case suspect on a crossover episode of "Law & Order" and "Homicide: Life on the Street" . He is among the few recurring members to have a guest spot as one character on a "Law & Order" series before going on to play a different character in the L&O universe (others include S. Epatha Merkerson and Jerry Orbach ). Ice-T played a criminal who met a "striking" fate in Exiled before going on to star as Detective Odafin "Fin" Tutuola in "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" .
Attended the Ohio State University while living in Worthington, Ohio. Still remains a huge fan of Ohio State sports today.
Has appeared in four films with Bruce Campbell. The first two were Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2 , both directed by Sam Raimi. The third was The Ladykillers directed by Ethan Coen , who frequently collaborates with Raimi, followed by another appearance with Campbell in Raimis Spider-Man 3 .
Played the manager of his hometown pro baseball team, the Detroit Tigers, in For Love of the Game .
Wore a wig to play J. Jonah Jameson in the Spider-Man films.
Met his wife, Michelle Schumacher , during a tour of "Peter Pan".
Has been in all the feature films of Jason Reitman.
Has played the same character (Dr. Emil Skoda) in four different series: "Law & Order" , "New York Undercover" , "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" and "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" .
Breakthrough role was as Vern Schillinger in HBOs first hour-long drama, the critically-acclaimed prison series "Oz" .
Has played the same character (J. Jonah Jameson) in three different series: "The Avengers: Earths Mightiest Heroes" , "Ultimate Spider-Man" and "Avengers Assemble" .
(January 2008) Attended the Critics Choice Awards ceremony, and was interviewed by Canadian news show "E Talk".
In the well-known and very long-running TV commercials for Farmers Insurance, he portrays a professor at the seemingly fictional Farmers University, which has labs or classrooms which teach students about disasters, accidents, and more. However, according to the Farmers Insurance website: "If you become an agent, youll find out firsthand: The University of Farmers is, in fact, a real place. Our award-winning training program focuses on the Four Business Basics: Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Financial Management. Our non-traditional insurance courses are what set us apart, including a car rotisserie and an all-weather model home.".
The name of his Farmers Insurance TV commercials character is Prof. Nathaniel Burke, which was not spoken, but seen on the nameplate on his desk. This is also the name of the freight agent on "Gunsmoke" (played by Ted Jordan ), though whether this is intentional isnt clear.
He has English, as well as some Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), German, and Welsh, ancestry.
As of 2017, has appeared in six films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: The Cider House Rules , Juno , Up in the Air , True Grit , Whiplash and La La Land .
Fluent in German. He learned it as part of his musical education. However, he claims he is better at understanding than speaking it.
Aside from acting, his hobbies include baseball and poker.
He was hospitalized because of a kidney stone after his role in New in Town, for which he gained 40+ pounds.
Is one of 11 actors to have won the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Critics Choice Award, Golden Globe Award and SAG Award for the same performance. The others in chronological order are Geoffrey Rush for Shine , Jamie Foxx for Ray , Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote , Forest Whitaker for The Last King of Scotland , Javier Bardem for No Country for Old Men , Daniel Day-Lewis for There Will Be Blood and Lincoln , Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight , Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds , Colin Firth for The Kings Speech and Christopher Plummer for Beginners .
Voice of the Yellow M&M in the M&Ms commercials.
Played alongside actress Kyra Sedgwick as Asst. Police Chief Will Pope in the very successful T.V. series "The Closer" . Appeared in every episode of the shows 7 year run.
Is a member of the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia fraternity. He pledged the Delta Theta Chapter in 1975 while attending the University of Montana.
[on his career] If I had any other talent or salable commodity I,probably would have gone into it. I mean, aside from the modelling,yeah.
I like to act. Every other aspect of show business I find uninteresting.
I was not a giant comic book fan as a kid, but to the extent that I did,read comics, Spider-Man was always my favorite guy.
