Happy B-day to J.K. Simmons

 

   There are some actors that don't get a lot of credit, unless they are nominated for an Acadamy award and win. That was J.K. Simmons. The same man who was known for portraying J. Jonah Jameson in the Tobey McGuire Spiderman movies (I guess a few others as well) is also known for portraying Terrence Fletcher in Whiplash

 J.K. Simmons, born Jonathan Kimble Simmons, resided in a small town called Grosse Point, Michigan which is not too far from Detroit. He started his acting young by participating in drama classes while in high school. He moved all over during his childhood from Ohio to Montana. Graduating in the University of Montana in 1978

 He has starred in Broadway in the 90's doing Guys and Dolls as well as playing a character in Carousel. But he might be known for movies than his Broadway days, which he hasn't turned away from. His first tv appearance was in All my children as well as starring in Law & Order portraying a police psychiatrist. He also was in Raising Hope, Homicide: Life on the Streets, The Closer and many more.

  When it came to Movies, J.K. Simmons was not only known as J. Jonah Jameson or Terrence Fletcher. He also played a father to Ellen (now Elliot) Page in Juno where he was fine for Elliot's character to be pregnant as a teenager, or something like that. It's been a long time since I saw that movie. He also was in Jennifer's Body and Labor Days and much more. He won an Academy award portraying real life music instructor Terrence Fletcher in Whiplash which is a pretty good movie in my opinion.

   He's also known for his amazing voice acting as well portraying characters in movies like Zootopia as a mayor of the city who is a lion; a character named Tenzin who was the son of Aang in The Last Airbender (the cartoon, not the shitty movie) He even voices characters in video games, but here's something interesting. He still is voicing the yellow M&M in M&M commercials ever since the 2000's.

  Short history lesson: In 1995, Jon Lovitz and John Goodman voiced the red and yellow M&Ms. But by the year 2000, there were scheduling issues with the actors, and they had to drop out. Billy West replaced Jon Lovitz, and J.K. Simmon is now our yellow M&M. You can barely tell it's his voice and it isn't the only commercial he is known for.

  For Car and home insurance, there are many companies trying to per sway viewers into picking them. Farmers Insurance decided to use J.K. Simmons to tell people why they should switch to Farmers. They aren't as strong as Geico or Progressive are with their ads, but at least he makes the commercials funny and memorable. 

  J.K Simmons is still acting today in both Movies, TV and voice acting. He still voices the Yellow M&M and is a memorable actor despite not many people knowing who he is. He's an actor that stands out in a good way, and today he turns 69, and I don't think he's going to stop acting now. He even was in the remake of a 1994 Stephen King thriller called The Stand. Ever read that book? It's longer than Moby Dick. 

 All we can say is a have a happy and wonderful birthday, J.K. Your characters in movies and TV are just as memorable as you are. He isn't the only one having a birthday today. One of the actors in the Crown that portrayed Queen Elizabeth, Imelda Stautton, has a birthday today too. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JK, aka Yellow M&M