J. K. Simmons

Jonathan Kimble "J. K." Simmons (born January 9, 1955 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American character actor. He is best known for his TV roles as Dr. Emil Skoda, a police psychiatrist who has appeared on three of the four incarnations of Law & Order, and as the sadistic Vernon Schillinger on the prison drama Oz. He also played the obsessively egotistical newspaper editor J. Jonah Jameson in both Spider-Man movies, as well as Ralph Earnhardt, the father of famous race-car driver Dale Earnhardt, in '.

Selected filmography

• The Closer (2005) TV series - Asst. Police Chief Will Pope
• ' (2004) Television movie - Ralph Earnhardt
• Spider-Man 2 (2004) - J. Jonah Jameson
• The Ladykillers (2004) - Garth Pancake
• Spider-Man (2002) - J. Jonah Jameson
• The Mexican (2001) - Ted Slocum
• The Gift (2000) - Sheriff Pearl Johnson
• The Cider House Rules (1999) - Ray Kendall
• Celebrity (1998) - Souvenir Hawker
• The Jackal (1997) - Witherspoon
• Oz (1997) TV series - Vern Schillinger