J. K. Simmons - ©Theda Bara

The name I present to you in this post is that of the veteran and talented American actor and voice actor J. K. Simmons, who has found success in theater, TV series and cinema.

J. K. Simmons became known for his role in the HBO series “Oz” (1997-2003), as the neo-Nazi “Vernon Schillinger”; as “J. Jonah Jameson” in the “Spider-Man” films (2002 and 2004); assistant police chief “Will Pope” in “The Closer” (2005-2012), on TNT; as “Commissioner Gordon” in the film “Justice League” (2024); in addition to several other roles in television and cinema.

Simmons has already been awarded the title of Knight, Padma Shri (Indian Civil Honor), but he does not yet have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

J. K. Simmons won an Oscar, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor in 2015 for: “Whiplash” (2014), when he played the conductor “Terence Fletcher”.

Born Jonathan Kimble Simmons, on January 9, 1955, in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, United States. Today he is 70 years old.

J. K. Simmons is an old-fashioned man, one of those rare cases of an actor who is still married to the same woman and who loves to spend his free time at home with his family, cooking, watching movies and playing board games. His wife is director and writer Michelle Schumacher (1966-). The couple has twin children, actress Olivia Simmons (1996-) and actor Joe Simmons (1996-).