J.K. Simmons filmography and biography
Date of birth: 9 January 1955, Detroit, Michigan, USA
J.K. Simmons trivia
- He is the father of at least one child. He has a sister, Elizabeth
Simmons O'Neill, and a brother David who is a Christian singer. Has a
nephew named Niko and a sister-in-law Nancy.
- Is the voice of the yellow M&M on the commercials.
- Voiceover work for Norelco razors.
- Graduate of the University of Montana. Received an Achievement Award for
the UofM in April 2002. Studied to become a composer before getting to
musicals and acting.
- His character of Dr. Emil Skoda is one of the few
Law amp; Order recurring characters to span all three
incarnations: the original series;
Law amp; Order: Special Victims Unit and
Law amp; Order: Criminal Intent (the medical examiner,
Elizabeth Rodgers (Leslie Hendrix), has also appeared on all
three shows).
- Before playing police psychiatrist "Dr. Emil Skoda" on
Law amp; Order, he played a fanatical nut-case suspect on
a crossover episode of Law amp; Order and
Homicide: Life on the Street. He is among the few
recurring members to have a guest spot as one character on a "Law &
Order" series before going on to play a different character in the L&O
universe (others include S. Epatha Merkerson and
Jerry Orbach). Ice-T played a criminal who met a
"striking" fate in Exiled (1998) (TV) before going on to star as
Det. Odafin "Fin" Tutuola in
Law amp; Order: Special Victims Unit.
- Attended The Ohio State University while living in Worthington, Ohio.
Still remains a huge Ohio State sports fan today.
- Appeared in four films with Bruce Campbell (I). The first two
were Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2, both
directed by Sam Raimi. The third was
The Ladykillers directed by Ethan Coen, who
frequently collaborates with Raimi, followed by another appearance with
Campbell in Raimi's Spider-Man 3.
- Played the manager of his hometown pro baseball team, the Detroit
Tigers, in For Love of the Game.
- Wore a wig to play J. Jameson in the Spiderman films.
- Met his wife, Michelle Schumacher, during a tour of "Peter Pan".
- Has been in all the feature films of Jason Reitman.