J.K. Simmons
Born January 09, 1955 (Age: 71)
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Detroit, Michigan, USA
Biography
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 Jameson in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007), tobacco industry executive B.R. in Thank You for Smoking (2005), Mac MacGuff in Juno (2007), music instructor Terence Fletcher in Whiplash (2014), Bill in La La Land (2016), William Frawley in Being the Ricardos (2021), and Commissioner James Gordon in the DC Extended Universe films Justice League (2017), Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021), and Batgirl (2022). He reprised his role as Jameson in various Marvel media unrelated to the Sam Raimi trilogy, including multiple animated series and the Marvel Cinematic Universe/Sony's Spider-Man Universe films Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), Venom: Let There Be Carnage, and Spider-Man: No Way Home (both 2021), and the web series TheDailyBugle.net (2019; 2021). On television, he is known for playing Dr. Emil Skoda on the NBC series Law & Order, white supremacist prisoner Vernon Schillinger on the HBO series Oz, and Assistant Police Chief Will Pope on TNT's The Closer. From 2017 to 2019, he starred as Howard Silk in the Starz series Counterpart. He has also appeared in a series of commercials for Farmers Insurance and starred in the third season of the IFC comedy series Brockmire. In 2020, he had recurring roles on the miniseries Defending Jacob and The Stand. As a voice artist, he is known for voicing Cave Johnson in the video game Portal 2 (2011), Tenzin in The Legend of Korra (2012–2014), Stanford “Ford” Pines in Gravity Falls (2015–2016), Kai in Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016), Mayor Leodore Lionheart in Zootopia (2016), the titular character in Klaus (2019), Pig Baby in Season 4 of the HBO Max animated series Infinity Train (2021), and Nolan “Omni-Man” Grayson in the Amazon Prime action animated series Invincible (2021). He has been the voice of the Yellow M&M since 1996.
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 Jameson in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007), tobacco industry executive B.R. in Thank You for Smoking (2005), Mac MacGuff in Juno (2007), music instructor Terence Fletcher in Whiplash (2014), Bill in La La Land (2016), William Frawley in Being the Ricardos (2021), and Commissioner James Gordon in the DC Extended Universe films Justice League (2017), Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021), and Batgirl (2022). He reprised his role as Jameson in various Marvel media unrelated to the Sam Raimi trilogy, including multiple animated series and the Marvel Cinematic Universe/Sony's Spider-Man Universe films Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), Venom: Let There Be Carnage, and Spider-Man: No Way Home (both 2021), and the web series TheDailyBugle.net (2019; 2021).
On television, he is known for playing Dr. Emil Skoda on the NBC series Law & Order, white supremacist prisoner Vernon Schillinger on the HBO series Oz, and Assistant Police Chief Will Pope on TNT's The Closer. From 2017 to 2019, he starred as Howard Silk in the Starz series Counterpart. He has also appeared in a series of commercials for Farmers Insurance and starred in the third season of the IFC comedy series Brockmire. In 2020, he had recurring roles on the miniseries Defending Jacob and The Stand.
As a voice artist, he is known for voicing Cave Johnson in the video game Portal 2 (2011), Tenzin in The Legend of Korra (2012–2014), Stanford “Ford” Pines in Gravity Falls (2015–2016), Kai in Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016), Mayor Leodore Lionheart in Zootopia (2016), the titular character in Klaus (2019), Pig Baby in Season 4 of the HBO Max animated series Infinity Train (2021), and Nolan “Omni-Man” Grayson in the Amazon Prime action animated series Invincible (2021). He has been the voice of the Yellow M&M since 1996.
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Filmography
The Accountant²
2025
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as Ray King
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Age: 70
Red One
2024
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as Nick
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Age: 69
Juror #2
2024
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as Harold
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Age: 69
Saturday Night
2024
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as Milton Berle
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Age: 69
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
2023
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as J. Jonah Jameson (voice)
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Age: 68
Rally Road Racers
2023
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as Gnash (voice)
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Age: 68
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
2022
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as Captain Putty (voice)
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Age: 67
Marmaduke
2022
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as Zeus (voice)
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Age: 67
Spider-Man: No Way Home
2021
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as J. Jonah Jameson
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Age: 66
National Champions
2021
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as Coach James Lazor
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Age: 66
Being the Ricardos
2021
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as William Frawley
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Age: 66
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021
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as Ivo Shandor
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Age: 66
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
2021
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as J. Jonah Jameson (uncredited)
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Age: 66
The Tomorrow War
2021
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as James Forester
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Age: 66
Zack Snyder's Justice League
2021
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as Commissioner Gordon
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Age: 66
Palm Springs
2020
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as Roy
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Age: 65
21 Bridges
2019
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as Captain Matt McKenna
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Age: 64
Spider-Man: Far From Home
2019
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as J. Jonah Jameson
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Age: 64
Father Figures
2017
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as Ronald Hunt
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Age: 62
Justice League
2017
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as Commissioner Gordon
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Age: 62
The Bachelors
2017
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as Bill Palet
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Age: 62
The Snowman
2017
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as Arve Støp
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Age: 62
Patriots Day
2016
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as Sgt. Jeffrey Pugliese
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Age: 61
La La Land
2016
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as Bill
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Age: 61
The Accountant
2016
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as Ray King
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Age: 61
The Late Bloomer
2016
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as James Newmans
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Age: 61
Rock Dog
2016
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as Khampa (voice)
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Age: 61
The Meddler
2016
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as Randall Zipper
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Age: 61
Zootopia
2016
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as Mayor Lionheart (voice)
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Age: 61
Gravity Falls: Between the Pines
2016
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as Ford Pines (Voice)
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Age: 61
Kung Fu Panda 3
2016
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as Kai (voice)
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Age: 61
Terminator Genisys
2015
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as O'Brien
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Age: 60
Men, Women & Children
2014
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as Allison's Dad
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Age: 59
Whiplash
2014
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as Fletcher
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Age: 59
The Rewrite
2014
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as Dr. Hal Lerner
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Age: 59
Barefoot
2014
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as Dr. Bertleman
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Age: 59
Labor Day
2013
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as Mr. Jervis
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Age: 58
Jobs
2013
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as Arthur Rock
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Age: 58
Dark Skies
2013
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as Edwin Pollard
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Age: 58
The Words
2012
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as Mr. Jansen
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Age: 57
Contraband
2012
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as Captain Camp
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Age: 57
Young Adult
2011
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as Mavis' Publisher (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 56
The Good Doctor
2011
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as Detective Krauss
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Age: 56
The Music Never Stopped
2011
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as Henry Sawyer
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Age: 56
True Grit
2010
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as J. Noble Daggett (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 55
Megamind
2010
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as Warden (voice)
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Age: 55
An Invisible Sign
2010
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as Mr. Jones
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Age: 55
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
2010
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as Gruff K-9 (voice)
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Age: 55
Crazy on the Outside
2010
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as Ed
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Age: 54
Up in the Air
2009
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as Bob
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Age: 54
Jennifer's Body
2009
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as Mr. Wroblewski
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Age: 54
Extract
2009
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as Brian
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Age: 54
Post Grad
2009
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as Roy Davies
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Age: 54
Aliens in the Attic
2009
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as Skip (voice)
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Age: 54
I Love You, Man
2009
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as Oswald Klaven
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Age: 54
New in Town
2009
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as Stu Kopenhafer
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Age: 54
Burn After Reading
2008
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as CIA Superior
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Age: 53
Juno
2007
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as Mac MacGuff
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Age: 52
Postal
2007
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as Candidate Welles
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Age: 52
Rendition
2007
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as Lee Mayer
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Age: 52
Spider-Man 3
2007
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as J. Jonah Jameson
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Age: 52
The Astronaut Farmer
2007
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as Jacobson
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Age: 52
First Snow
2006
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as Vacaro
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Age: 51
Harsh Times
2005
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as Agent Richards
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Age: 50
Thank You for Smoking
2005
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as BR
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Age: 50
Spider-Man 2
2004
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as J. Jonah Jameson
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Age: 49
The Ladykillers
2004
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as Garth Pancake
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Age: 49
Hidalgo
2004
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as Buffalo Bill Cody
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Age: 49
Spider-Man
2002
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as J. Jonah Jameson
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Age: 47
The Mexican
2001
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as Ted Slocum
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Age: 46
The Gift
2000
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as Sheriff Pearl Johnson
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Age: 45
Autumn in New York
2000
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as Dr. Tom Grandy
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Age: 45
The Cider House Rules
1999
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as Ray Kendall
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Age: 44
I Lost My M in Vegas
1999
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as Yellow (voice)
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Age: 44
For Love of the Game
1999
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as Frank Perry
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Age: 44
Celebrity
1998
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as Souvenir Hawker
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Age: 43
Anastasia
1997
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as Ensemble and Character Vocals (voice)
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Age: 42
The Jackal
1997
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as FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon
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Age: 42
Extreme Measures
1996
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as Dr. Mingus
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Age: 41
The First Wives Club
1996
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as Federal Marshall
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Age: 41
The Scout
1994
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as Assistant Coach
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Age: 39
The Ref
1994
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as Siskel
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Age: 39