J.K. Simmons

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actor film actor human stage actor television actor voice actor

J.K. Simmons is an American character actor known for his versatile performances in film and television, including roles in "Whiplash," the "Spider-Man" trilogy, and numerous acclaimed supporting parts.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
J. K. Simmons	53
J.K. Simmons canonical	9
J. K. Simmons won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for this role	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T364644 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: J.K. Simmons
Context triple: [Jobs (2013 film), starred, J.K. Simmons]

A. Burn Gorman
Burn Gorman is a British-American actor known for his character roles in film and television, including appearances in projects like "Torchwood," "Game of Thrones," and "Pacific Rim."
B. Tommy Lee Jones
Tommy Lee Jones is an American actor and filmmaker known for his tough, stoic characters in films such as "The Fugitive," "No Country for Old Men," and "Men in Black."
C. Ed Harris
Ed Harris is an American actor and filmmaker known for his intense, authoritative performances in films such as "The Truman Show," "Apollo 13," and "Pollock."
D. Craig T. Nelson
Craig T. Nelson is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as football coach Hayden Fox on the TV sitcom "Coach" and for voicing Bob Parr/Mr. Incredible in Pixar's "The Incredibles" films.
E. Richard Schiff
Richard Schiff is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as communications director Toby Ziegler on the political drama series "The West Wing."
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: J.K. Simmons
Target entity description: J.K. Simmons is an American character actor known for his versatile performances in film and television, including roles in "Whiplash," the "Spider-Man" trilogy, and numerous acclaimed supporting parts.

A. Burn Gorman
Burn Gorman is a British-American actor known for his character roles in film and television, including appearances in projects like "Torchwood," "Game of Thrones," and "Pacific Rim."
B. Tommy Lee Jones
Tommy Lee Jones is an American actor and filmmaker known for his tough, stoic characters in films such as "The Fugitive," "No Country for Old Men," and "Men in Black."
C. Ed Harris
Ed Harris is an American actor and filmmaker known for his intense, authoritative performances in films such as "The Truman Show," "Apollo 13," and "Pollock."
D. Craig T. Nelson
Craig T. Nelson is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as football coach Hayden Fox on the TV sitcom "Coach" and for voicing Bob Parr/Mr. Incredible in Pixar's "The Incredibles" films.
E. Richard Schiff
Richard Schiff is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning role as communications director Toby Ziegler on the political drama series "The West Wing."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	actor ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ voice actor ⓘ
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ surface form: BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture ⓘ Primetime Emmy Awards ⓘ surface form: Primetime Emmy Award Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role ⓘ
birthName	Jonathan Kimble Simmons ⓘ
characterPortrayed	J. Jonah Jameson ⓘ Nolan Grayson / Omni-Man ⓘ Terence Fletcher ⓘ Vern Schillinger ⓘ Will Pope ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1955-01-09 ⓘ
educatedAt	Ohio State University ⓘ University of Montana ⓘ
familyName	Simmons ⓘ
genre	comedy ⓘ drama ⓘ
givenName	Jonathan ⓘ
hasChild	Joe Simmons ⓘ Olivia Simmons ⓘ
languagesSpoken	English ⓘ
name	J.K. Simmons self-link ⓘ
notableWork	Counterpart (TV series) ⓘ Invincible (TV series) ⓘ Juno ⓘ Justice League ⓘ surface form: Justice League (2017 film) Oz ⓘ surface form: Oz (TV series) Spider-Man (2002 film) ⓘ Spider-Man 2 ⓘ Spider-Man 3 ⓘ Spider-Man: Far From Home ⓘ Spider-Man: No Way Home ⓘ Thank You for Smoking ⓘ The Closer ⓘ surface form: The Closer (TV series) Whiplash ⓘ
occupation	actor ⓘ singer ⓘ stage actor ⓘ voice actor ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Detroit ⓘ surface form: Detroit, Michigan, United States
residence	Los Angeles ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
spouse	Michelle Schumacher ⓘ
yearsActive	1980s–present ⓘ

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Referenced by (63)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

biographical film "Jobs" (2013) → starred → J.K. Simmons ⓘ

subject surface form: Jobs (2013 film)

The Closer → starring → J.K. Simmons ⓘ