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Simmons was born on January 9, 1955, in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, the son of Patricia (née Kimble), an administrator, and Donald William Simmons, a music teacher at Parcells Middle School. One of three children, Simmons attended Ferry Elementary School in Grosse Pointe Woods. In 1965, when he was 10 years old, his family moved to Worthington, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus, Ohio.
Simmons at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival. J. K. Simmons is an American actor, considered one of the most prolific and well-established character actors of his generation. He has appeared in over 200 films and television roles since his debut in 1986 with film roles including J. Jonah Jameson in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007), Thank You for Smoking with Aaron ...
J.K. Simmons. Actor: Whiplash. J.K. Simmons is an American actor. He was born Jonathan Kimble Simmons in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, to Patricia (Kimble), an administrator, and Donald William Simmons, a music teacher. He attended the Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; University of Montana, Missoula, MT (BA in Music). He had originally planned to be a singer and studied at the University of ...
J.K. Simmons. Actor: Whiplash. J.K. Simmons is an American actor. He was born Jonathan Kimble Simmons in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, to Patricia (Kimble), an administrator, and Donald William Simmons, a music teacher. He attended the Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; University of Montana, Missoula, MT (BA in Music). He had originally planned to be a singer and studied at the University of ...
Jun 18, 2024 · J.K. Simmons (born January 9, 1955, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.) is an American character actor who had a wide-ranging and prolific career both before and after winning an Academy Award for his unnerving portrayal of the sadistic and perfectionist music instructor in Damien Chazelle’s drama Whiplash (2014).. Simmons was the son of a music teacher, and he studied music at the University of ...
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Mar 17, 2022 · THE J.K. SIMMONS ESSENTIALS: A TOUGH TEACHER, TOUGHER INMATE, AND THE COENS (Photo by Daniel McFadden/©Sony Pictures Classics) “We didn’t know if there was ever going to be anything more than that little short film,” Simmons recalls of Whiplash, which first made a splash as a short at Sundance in 2013.“We shot it on a weekend in some random classroom in a school somewhere.”
Jonathan Kimble Simmons (born January 9, 1955) is an American actor. He has been cited as one of the greatest contemporary character actors, and has appeared in over 200 film and television roles since his debut in 1986. He is an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, and Critics Choice Award winner, among other accolades. His film roles include J. Jonah ...
Jan 6, 2022 · J.K. Simmons seemed destined to star in an Aaron Sorkin film and he finally does in Amazon Studios’ “Being the Ricardos.”But the two actually crossed paths years earlier. “My first ...
Dec 14, 2021 · If it seems like J.K. Simmons is even more omnipresent than usual these days, that’s because he is. In addition to his familiar commercial pop-ins as the Farmers Insurance professor, the 66-year ...
