ABOUT J.K. SIMMONS
Received an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the 2014 film Whiplash . He also plays Jonah Jameson, editor in chief of the Daily Bugle, in the Tobey Maguire Spider-Man trilogy. His other notable films include Thank You for Smoking, The Jackal, and Juno .
He attended the University of Montana . He debuted in the 1986 television film Popeye Doyle.
He provided the voice of Mayor Lionheart in the animated film Zootopia . He also voiced the character Ben in a 2012 episode of the Adult Swim animated series The Venture Bros.
He married Michelle Schumacher in 1996 and has two children.
He plays a CIA boss in the Joel and Ethan Coen film Burn After Reading, which also stars Brad Pitt , Frances McDormand , and George Clooney .
