# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/j-k-simmons
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:46:50.976Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/j-k-simmons"
name: "J. K. Simmons"
slug: "j-k-simmons"
description: "Jonathan Kimble Simmons is an American actor. Considered among the most established and enduring character actors of his generation, he has amassed over 200 screen and stage credits since his 1986 debut. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing Terence Fletcher, an abusive jazz instructor, in Damien Chazelle's Whiplash (2014), and received a second nomination for portraying William Frawley in Aaron Sorkin's Being the Ricardos (2021). His other various accolades include a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award."
tagline: "American actor (born 1955)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JK_Simmons_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1955-01-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump