J.K. Simmons: movies and TV shows
J.K. Simmons has 252 credits in the archive: 153 films and 99 TV series, from 1953 to 2026. Highest rated: INVINCIBLE (8.6/10).
Career timeline
1953 – 2026 · busiest year: 2009 (15 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Westies | Eamon Sweeney | TV | 6.1 | 71 |
| 2026 | Heart of the Beast | Film | — | 71 | |
| 2026 | The Brink of War | George Shultz | Film | — | 71 |
| 2025 | The Accountant² | Ray King | Film | 7.1 | 70 |
| 2025 | Little Brother | Warren Duffy | Film | 5.9 | 70 |
| 2025 | The Fish Thief: A Great Lakes Mystery | Narrator | Film | 6.4 | 70 |
| 2024 | Red One | Nick | Film | 7.0 | 69 |
| 2024 | Ren & Stimpy | Lint (voice) | TV | 9.0 | 69 |
| 2024 | The Union | Tom Brennan | Film | 6.1 | 69 |
| 2024 | Saturday Night | Milton Berle | Film | 6.7 | 69 |
| 2024 | Juror #2 | Harold | Film | 6.9 | 69 |
| 2024 | You Can't Run Forever | Wade | Film | 5.7 | 69 |
| 2023 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | J. Jonah Jameson (voice) | Film | 8.3 | 68 |
| 2023 | Rally Road Racers | Gnash (voice) | Film | 6.4 | 68 |
| 2023 | One Day as a Lion | Walter Boggs | Film | 5.8 | 68 |
| 2023 | The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart | Ben (voice) | Film | 7.3 | 68 |
| 2022 | Night Sky | Franklin York | TV | 6.9 | 67 |
| 2022 | Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers | Captain Putty (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 67 |
| 2022 | Glorious | Ghat (voice) | Film | 5.8 | 67 |
| 2022 | Marmaduke | Zeus (voice) | Film | 5.0 | 67 |
| 2022 | Prophets of Change | Narrator | Film | — | 67 |
| 2022 | Hopper: An American Love Story | Edward Hopper (voice) | Film | 7.2 | 67 |
| 2022 | Rivals: Ohio State vs. Michigan | Narrator | Film | — | 67 |
| 2021 | INVINCIBLE | Nolan Grayson / Omni-Man (voice) | TV | 8.6 | 66 |
| 2021 | Spider-Man: No Way Home | J. Jonah Jameson | Film | 7.9 | 66 |
| 2021 | The Tomorrow War | James Forester | Film | 7.5 | 66 |
| 2021 | Zack Snyder's Justice League | Commissioner Gordon | Film | 8.1 | 66 |
| 2021 | The Great North | Tusk Johnson (voice) | TV | 6.9 | 66 |
| 2021 | Venom: Let There Be Carnage | J. Jonah Jameson (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 66 |
| 2021 | Ghostbusters: Afterlife | Ivo Shandor | Film | 7.3 | 66 |
| 2021 | Seal Team | Claggart (voice) | Film | 6.9 | 66 |
| 2021 | Being the Ricardos | William Frawley | Film | 6.5 | 66 |
| 2021 | National Champions | Coach James Lazor | Film | 6.4 | 66 |
| 2021 | Ride the Eagle | Carl | Film | 6.2 | 66 |
| 2021 | Rushing or Dragging | Terrence Fletcher (Archive Audio) | Film | 7.5 | 66 |
| 2020 | Defending Jacob | Billy Barber | TV | 8.2 | 65 |
| 2020 | Palm Springs | Roy | Film | 7.3 | 65 |
| 2020 | The Stand | General Starkey | TV | 6.8 | 65 |
| 2020 | Home Movie: The Princess Bride | The Grandfather | TV | 7.7 | 65 |
| 2020 | Die Hart | Jackson Pepper | TV | 6.1 | 65 |
| 2020 | Coronavirus, Explained | Self - Narrator | TV | 6.9 | 65 |
| 2020 | Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens | Orville | Film | — | 65 |
| 2020 | Charlie Russell's Old West | Narrator | Film | — | 65 |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | TV | 6.3 | 64 |
| 2019 | Spider-Man: Far From Home | J. Jonah Jameson | Film | 7.4 | 64 |
| 2019 | Klaus | Klaus (voice) | Film | 8.2 | 64 |
| 2019 | 21 Bridges | Captain Matt McKenna | Film | 6.8 | 64 |
| 2019 | 3 Days with Dad | Joey | Film | 5.1 | 64 |
| 2019 | Fanboy | J.K. / Frank Perry | Film | — | 64 |
| 2018 | Explained | Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.5 | 63 |
| 2018 | The Front Runner | Bill Dixon | Film | 5.9 | 63 |
| 2018 | A Boy Called Sailboat | Ernest | Film | 6.6 | 63 |
| 2018 | Detroit: Comeback City | Himself - Narrator | Film | 8.0 | 63 |
| 2018 | Drug$ | Narrator | Film | 9.2 | 63 |
| 2018 | The Boxcar Children: Surprise Island | Dr. Moore (voice) | Film | 6.2 | 63 |
| 2017 | Justice League | Commissioner Gordon | Film | 6.1 | 62 |
| 2017 | Counterpart | Howard Silk | TV | 7.5 | 62 |
| 2017 | No Activity | Leo | TV | 6.7 | 62 |
| 2017 | Brockmire | Matt "The Bat" Hardesty | TV | 6.8 | 62 |
| 2017 | Punching Henry | Jay Warren | Film | 5.9 | 62 |
| 2017 | Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics | Self | TV | 7.4 | 62 |
| 2017 | The Snowman | Arve Støp | Film | 5.2 | 62 |
| 2017 | Renegades | Levin | Film | 5.6 | 62 |
| 2017 | Father Figures | Ronald Hunt | Film | 5.8 | 62 |
| 2017 | I'm Not Here | Steve | Film | 5.8 | 62 |
| 2017 | The Black Ghiandola | Ralph Aceto | Film | 6.5 | 62 |
| 2017 | All Nighter | Mr. Gallo | Film | 5.7 | 62 |
| 2017 | The Bachelors | Bill Palet | Film | 7.0 | 62 |
| 2016 | Goliath | George Zax | TV | 7.6 | 61 |
| 2016 | Zootopia | Mayor Lionheart (voice) | Film | 7.8 | 61 |
| 2016 | La La Land | Bill | Film | 7.9 | 61 |
| 2016 | Kung Fu Panda 3 | Kai (voice) | Film | 6.9 | 61 |
| 2016 | The Accountant | Ray King | Film | 7.1 | 61 |
| 2016 | Patriots Day | Sgt. Jeffrey Pugliese | Film | 7.1 | 61 |
| 2016 | Rock Dog | Khampa (voice) | Film | 6.3 | 61 |
| 2016 | The Meddler | Randall Zipper | Film | 5.9 | 61 |
| 2016 | The Late Bloomer | James Newmans | Film | 5.4 | 61 |
| 2016 | Gravity Falls: Between the Pines | Ford Pines (Voice) | Film | 7.7 | 61 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Guest | TV | 6.1 | 60 |
| 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self | TV | 6.2 | 60 |
| 2015 | Terminator Genisys | O'Brien | Film | 6.0 | 60 |
| 2015 | Major Lazer | President Whitewall (voice) | TV | 6.8 | 60 |
| 2015 | O.W.C.A. Files | Napoleon / Additional Voices (voice) | Film | 7.5 | 60 |
| 2015 | What Lives Inside | Benjamin 'Pops' Delaney | TV | 7.4 | 60 |
| 2015 | Worlds Apart | Sebastian | Film | 6.4 | 60 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest | TV | 5.8 | 59 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest | TV | 5.1 | 59 |
| 2014 | BoJack Horseman | Lenny Turtletaub (voice) | TV | 8.5 | 59 |
| 2014 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | (voice) | TV | 7.8 | 59 |
| 2014 | Whiplash | Fletcher | Film | 8.4 | 59 |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | TV | 4.2 | 59 |
| 2014 | Men, Women & Children | Allison's Dad | Film | 6.5 | 59 |
| 2014 | Growing Up Fisher | Mel Fisher | TV | 6.3 | 59 |
| 2014 | Barefoot | Dr. Bertleman | Film | 6.7 | 59 |
| 2014 | Wild Hawaii | Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.7 | 59 |
| 2014 | The Rewrite | Hal Lerner | Film | 6.0 | 59 |
| 2014 | The Boxcar Children | Dr. Moore (voice) | Film | 7.5 | 59 |
| 2014 | Murder of a Cat | Sheriff Frank Hoyle | Film | 5.0 | 59 |
| 2014 | Break Point | Jack | Film | 5.8 | 59 |
| 2014 | Ava & Lala | General Tiger (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 59 |
| 2013 | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Frank Dillman | TV | 8.2 | 58 |
| 2013 | Labor Day | Mr. Jervis | Film | 7.1 | 58 |
| 2013 | Family Tools | Tony Shea | TV | 4.9 | 58 |
| 2013 | Jobs | Arthur Rock | Film | 6.1 | 58 |
| 2013 | Dark Skies | Edwin Pollard | Film | 6.4 | 58 |
| 2013 | LEGO MARVEL Super Heroes: Maximum Overload | J. Jonah Jameson (voice) | TV | 6.4 | 58 |
| 2013 | 3 Geezers! | J. Kimball | Film | 3.9 | 58 |
| 2013 | Whiplash | Fletcher | Film | 7.8 | 58 |
| 2013 | The Heeler | Roscoe | Film | 5.0 | 58 |
| 2013 | The Magic Bracelet | The Shaman | Film | 5.0 | 58 |
| 2012 | Gravity Falls | Stanford Pines (voice) | TV | 8.6 | 57 |
| 2012 | The Legend of Korra | Tenzin (voice) | TV | 8.2 | 57 |
| 2012 | The Legend of Korra | Mushi (voice) | TV | 8.2 | 57 |
| 2012 | Marvel's Ultimate Spider-Man | J. Jonah Jameson (voice) | TV | 7.7 | 57 |
| 2012 | Men at Work | P.J. Jordan | TV | 6.6 | 57 |
| 2012 | The Words | Mr. Jansen | Film | 6.7 | 57 |
| 2012 | Contraband | Captain Camp | Film | 6.3 | 57 |
| 2012 | Best Friends Forever | Don | TV | 2.5 | 57 |
| 2011 | NTSF:SD:SUV:: | Frank Forrest | TV | 6.8 | 56 |
| 2011 | The Good Doctor | Detective Krauss | Film | 6.2 | 56 |
| 2011 | Young Adult | Mavis' Publisher (voice) (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 56 |
| 2011 | Ben 10 / Generator Rex: Heroes United | White Knight (voice) | Film | 7.2 | 56 |
| 2011 | The Music Never Stopped | Henry Sawyer | Film | 7.2 | 56 |
| 2011 | Blackstone | Detective Burke | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 2011 | Desert Car Kings | Himself - Narrator | TV | — | 56 |
| 2010 | The Talk | Self - Guest | TV | 3.0 | 55 |
| 2010 | Ben 10: Ultimate Alien | Magister Gilhil / Plumber (voice) | TV | 8.2 | 55 |
| 2010 | Raising Hope | Bruce Chance | TV | 7.4 | 55 |
| 2010 | Megamind | Warden (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 2010 | The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes | J. Jonah Jameson (voice) | TV | 8.2 | 55 |
| 2010 | Pound Puppies | Lt. Rock (voice) | TV | 5.3 | 55 |
| 2010 | Pound Puppies | Mr. Withers (voice) | TV | 5.3 | 55 |
| 2010 | True Grit | J. Noble Daggett (voice) (uncredited) | Film | 7.3 | 55 |
| 2010 | Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore | Gruff K-9 (voice) | Film | 5.2 | 55 |
| 2010 | Crazy on the Outside | Ed | Film | 5.3 | 55 |
| 2010 | An Invisible Sign | Mr. Jones | Film | 5.2 | 55 |
| 2010 | A Beginner's Guide to Endings | Uncle Pal | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 2010 | 4192: The Crowning of the Hit King | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.3 | 55 |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | TV | 5.0 | 54 |
| 2009 | Parks and Recreation | Mayor Stice | TV | 8.0 | 54 |
| 2009 | Archer | Detective (voice) | TV | 7.9 | 54 |
| 2009 | Party Down | Leonard Stiltskin | TV | 7.4 | 54 |
| 2009 | Jennifer's Body | Mr. Wroblewski | Film | 6.0 | 54 |
| 2009 | Up in the Air | Bob | Film | 6.9 | 54 |
| 2009 | Post Grad | Roy Davies | Film | 5.0 | 54 |
| 2009 | Aliens in the Attic | Skip (voice) | Film | 5.7 | 54 |
| 2009 | I Love You, Man | Oswald Klaven | Film | 6.6 | 54 |
| 2009 | Extract | Brian | Film | 5.8 | 54 |
| 2009 | New in Town | Stu Kopenhafer | Film | 5.8 | 54 |
| 2009 | Red Sands | Lt. Col. Arson | Film | 4.3 | 54 |
| 2009 | The Vicious Kind | Donald Sinclaire | Film | 6.2 | 54 |
| 2009 | The Way of War | Sergeant Mitchell | Film | 3.6 | 54 |
| 2009 | Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe | Self | Film | 3.0 | 54 |
| 2008 | Batman: The Brave and the Bold | Guardian (voice) | TV | 7.6 | 53 |
| 2008 | Ben 10: Alien Force | Magister Gilhil (voice) | TV | 8.3 | 53 |
| 2008 | Burn After Reading | CIA Superior | Film | 6.7 | 53 |
| 2008 | Walt Whitman | Narrator (voice) | Film | 5.0 | 53 |
| 2007 | Phineas and Ferb | Napoleon (voice) | TV | 7.9 | 52 |
| 2007 | Phineas and Ferb | J.B. (voice) | TV | 7.9 | 52 |
| 2007 | Spider-Man 3 | J. Jonah Jameson | Film | 6.5 | 52 |
| 2007 | Juno | Mac MacGuff | Film | 7.1 | 52 |
| 2007 | Rendition | Lee Mayer | Film | 6.4 | 52 |
| 2007 | The Astronaut Farmer | Jacobson | Film | 6.3 | 52 |
| 2007 | Postal | Candidate Welles | Film | 4.6 | 52 |
| 2007 | Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | James McLaughlin | Film | 6.5 | 52 |
| 2006 | First Snow | Vacaro | Film | 6.1 | 51 |
| 2005 | American Dad! | Judge (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 50 |
| 2005 | American Dad! | Dean of CIA Academy (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 50 |
| 2005 | American Dad! | Gene (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 50 |
| 2005 | American Dad! | Jed Farnsworth (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 50 |
| 2005 | The Closer | Will Pope | TV | 7.9 | 50 |
| 2005 | Numb3rs | Dr. Clarence Weaver | TV | 7.0 | 50 |
| 2005 | Thank You for Smoking | BR | Film | 7.2 | 50 |
| 2005 | Harsh Times | Agent Richards | Film | 6.4 | 50 |
| 2004 | Veronica Mars | Clyde Pickett | TV | 7.8 | 49 |
| 2004 | Justice League Unlimited | Eiling (voice) | TV | 8.3 | 49 |
| 2004 | Justice League Unlimited | General Eiling (voice) | TV | 8.3 | 49 |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2 | J. Jonah Jameson | Film | 7.3 | 49 |
| 2004 | Jack & Bobby | TV | 7.3 | 49 | |
| 2004 | The Jury | TV | 9.0 | 49 | |
| 2004 | Hidalgo | Buffalo Bill Cody | Film | 6.9 | 49 |
| 2004 | The Ladykillers | Garth Pancake | Film | 6.1 | 49 |
| 2004 | The D.A. | Dep. Dist. Atty. Joe Carter | TV | — | 49 |
| 2004 | Spider-Man 2: Making the Amazing | Self | Film | 6.7 | 49 |
| 2004 | 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story | Ralph Earnhardt | Film | 7.6 | 49 |
| 2004 | Broadway's Lost Treasures II | Benny Southstreet (segment "Guys & Dolls") | Film | 8.3 | 49 |
| 2003 | Nip/Tuck | Ike Connors | TV | 7.2 | 48 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self - Guest | TV | 5.3 | 48 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self | TV | 5.3 | 48 |
| 2003 | Arrested Development | General Anderson | TV | 7.9 | 48 |
| 2003 | Disposal | Older Hunter | Film | 8.0 | 48 |
| 2003 | Path to War | CIA Briefer | Film | 6.7 | 48 |
| 2003 | Off the Map | George | Film | 6.4 | 48 |
| 2002 | Everwood | Phil Drebbles | TV | 7.6 | 47 |
| 2002 | Without a Trace | Mark Wilson | TV | 7.2 | 47 |
| 2002 | Spider-Man | J. Jonah Jameson | Film | 7.3 | 47 |
| 2002 | Kim Possible | Martin Smarty (voice) | TV | 7.5 | 47 |
| 2002 | John Doe | Lucas Doya | TV | 7.3 | 47 |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Emil Skoda | TV | 7.6 | 46 |
| 2001 | The Mexican | Ted Slocum | Film | 6.0 | 46 |
| 2001 | Starwater | Film | — | 46 | |
| 2000 | The Gift | Sheriff Pearl Johnson | Film | 6.5 | 45 |
| 2000 | Autumn in New York | Dr. Tom Grandy | Film | 6.1 | 45 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Dr. Emil Skoda | TV | 8.0 | 44 |
| 1999 | The West Wing | Harry Ravitch | TV | 8.3 | 44 |
| 1999 | Third Watch | Frank Hagedorn | TV | 7.9 | 44 |
| 1999 | The Cider House Rules | Ray Kendall | Film | 7.1 | 44 |
| 1999 | For Love of the Game | Frank Perry | Film | 6.4 | 44 |
| 1999 | Hit and Runway | Ray Tilman | Film | 4.7 | 44 |
| 1999 | I Lost My M in Vegas | Yellow (voice) | Film | — | 44 |
| 1998 | Celebrity | Souvenir Hawker | Film | 6.0 | 43 |
| 1998 | Crossing Fields | Guy | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1998 | Above Freezing | Hoyd | Film | 7.5 | 43 |
| 1997 | Oz | Vernon Schillinger | TV | 8.0 | 42 |
| 1997 | Anastasia | Ensemble and Character Vocals (voice) | Film | 7.6 | 42 |
| 1997 | The Jackal | FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon | Film | 6.4 | 42 |
| 1997 | Love Walked In | Mr. Shulman | Film | 4.8 | 42 |
| 1997 | Face Down | Herb Aames | Film | 5.8 | 42 |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.4 | 41 |
| 1996 | Spin City | Kevin | TV | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1996 | Swift Justice | Mel Turman | TV | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1996 | Remember WENN | 'Captain Amazon' | TV | 7.8 | 41 |
| 1996 | The First Wives Club | Federal Marshall | Film | 6.7 | 41 |
| 1996 | Extreme Measures | Dr. Mingus | Film | 6.0 | 41 |
| 1995 | New York News | TV | 7.0 | 40 | |
| 1994 | ER | Gus Loomer | TV | 7.8 | 39 |
| 1994 | New York Undercover | TV | 7.3 | 39 | |
| 1994 | The Ref | Siskel | Film | 6.6 | 39 |
| 1994 | The Scout | Assistant Coach | Film | 5.2 | 39 |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Alexander Rausch | TV | 8.1 | 38 |
| 1993 | The Adventures of Pete & Pete | TV | 7.7 | 38 | |
| 1992 | Guys and Dolls: Off the Record | Himself / Benny Southstreet | Film | 8.5 | 37 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Emil Skoda | TV | 7.3 | 35 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Jerry Luppin | TV | 7.3 | 35 |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Victor Kleskow (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 34 |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Tabloid Editor (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 34 |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | J. Jonah Jameson (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 34 |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | JJ Gruff (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 34 |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Dr. Jessup (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 34 |
| 1986 | American Masters | Edward Hopper | TV | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1986 | Popeye Doyle | Patrolman in Park | Film | 4.4 | 31 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | TV | 6.9 | 20 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Vern Schillinger (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 20 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 1 |
| Purgatory | Father Malone | Film | — | — | |
| Embassy | Ambassador Elliot Ashford | TV | — | — | |
| Monkey Quest | (voice) | Film | — | — | |
| The Thing That Hurts | Film | — | — | ||
| Spaceman | Film | — | — | ||
| 109 Billion Followers | Reaper | Film | — | — | |
| The Prince | Film | — | — | ||
| Behind the Zirkonians | Skip (voice) | Film | — | — |