But when Jesper realizes these toys are just collecting dust on Klaus' shelves, he suggests that he could deliver the gifts to the children in town. Each stilted action is a process in early episodes, whereas later on, she finds a modest fluidity. J.K. Simmons's knees ended his football career. As a teenager growing up in Ohio, Simmons played football for several years. But his knees became a problem, so he switched high school cliques. I went from being a jock to a hippie, he told The Guardian. It was a very clear-cut decision. I had to be one or the other. JK Simmons is such a fabulous actor. This Article is related to: Television and tagged Amazon Prime Video, J.K. Simmons, Night Sky, Sissy Spacek, TV Reviews. Shwartzman leads the film as the brave and hopeful mailman Jesper. Simmons is awesome and I wont forget it. Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the go. He is a freshman, with a long face and an impressive blonde mane. Confessing he 'was not in good shape at all', J.K. said he was motivated to get in better shape after reaching 250 pounds in 2009. I adore him. Movies Irene and Franklin settle in, gaze out through the floor-to-ceiling window, and enjoy their 856th trip to, well, wherever they are. And favorites like AMCs The Walking Dead, PBSs Call the Midwife, Showtimes Homeland and IFCs Portlandia (in its final season) promise to bring happiness to their fans. I mean, I knew Miles was a big guy, but I thought JK was tall too. Simmons told Business Insider in 2016 that his role as Vern, the neo-Nazi leader, pushed Harold Perrineau will always be Augustus and Christopher Meloni is always Keller. The more you work, the more difficult that gets. Irene, a retired English teacher, isnt letting her declining health affect her good humor, and Franklin enjoys taking care of her, Over their many years together, hes adjusted his bad habits to better her life. Yes, he could have lowered himself to douche level, but hes too good for that. LMAO, you know the type that just carries themselves a certain way (Jon Hamm). The Hollywood Reporter film critic John DeFore called the movie an "unexpected charmer." (Hulu, March 7), JESSICA JONES The best of the many Marvel series returns after a nearly two-and-a-half-year break. I mean, aside from the modelling, yeah. Netflix's animated film 'Klaus' includes a star-studded cast with Jason Schwartzman and J.K. Simmons in lead roles. But as questions slowly stack up and answers are put off for no good reason, it becomes clear that Night Sky isnt really about a couple struggling with arduous end-of-life planning; its a mystery-box show mapped over a tender romantic drama, and it becomes a rather lazy, tedious one at that. The actor, 67, went viral after photos of his shredded physique were shared to Instagram by his personal trainer. Mackenzie Crook, left, and Toby Jones in Detectorists. The third and final season starts on Acorn TV on Jan. 15. (Starz, Jan. 21), 2 DOPE QUEENS Phoebe Robinson and Jessica Williamss popular live podcast gets a four-episode TV run, directed by Tig Notaro and filmed at the Kings Theater in Brooklyn. Whether its somebody we like or dont like, or whether its somebody with a similar background to mine or somebody whos very different, if I can identify with the psychology and the core of who the guy is, thats really the main thing that Im looking for. I fell in love with the part of Mac MacGuff, but he didnt say that he wanted me to play that part, so I was trying not to get my hopes too high. (HBO, Jan. 19), PLANET EARTH: BLUE PLANET II The further underwater adventures of David Attenborough, the manager of natures Instagram account. It follows reports that J.K is currently in talks to reprise his role as Commissioner James Gordon in the upcoming Batgirl film. And it was a good show and I enjoyed it, but at the end of the day I was like, this is a lot of work. I love that he is getting recognition for his work! I admire JKs class in the face of douchbaggery. The show may have lost some of the nerve-stretching excitement of its early seasons, but Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys still make Elizabeth and Philip indelibly real. Love them both. I'm not a fan of any genre but am a fan of movies that are intelligent and/or funny. Honestly, becoming famous has made him terrible. 2023 The Hollywood Reporter, LLC. No screeners, but Melissa Rosenberg is still the showrunner and Krysten Ritter is back as the surly, hard-boiled heroine. Love JK Simmons so much that he even makes me like an insurance ad! Toni desperately wants the same answers we do, but as a teenager, shes forced to trot along behind her mom, waiting and hoping for an explanation that may never come. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Its just too simple and too severe. Putting one mysterious backyard retreat together with the location already visited in Illinois will quickly put viewers well ahead of the narrative. Yes, Cranston is a great example. Recycling royals: How Charles will re-use chairs made for the coronations of his mother in 1953 and Only six days to go! What have you most enjoyed about the journey youve gotten to take, playing both of those characters? Thomas Markle built the sets for Duchess of Sussex's school musicals, new interview DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Oath that underpins our democratic system. The comedian and actor has had a long career within Hollywood, starting as a writer most notably for Roseanne, where his comedic skills got him cast on Saturday Night Live for five seasons. (Acorn TV, Jan. 15), HIGH MAINTENANCE The comedy that gets the pretensions and anxieties of certain precincts of 21st-century Brooklyn just right opens its second season on HBO with a typically clever episode. I was never planning on directing other peoples scripts, but this is really good. Classy JK. Last week, actor J. K. Simmons received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role as jazz instructor Terence Fletcher in the film "Whiplash." Some people discovered J.K. Simmons through Oz, the gritty prison drama that put HBO on the map. Others noticed him in Sam Raimis Spider-Man (2002), as the cigar-chomping J. Jonah Jameson. Still more discovered him only a few years ago, when he accepted an Oscar in 2015 for Damien Chazelles Whiplash. High-profile projects like The Alienist on TNT, Philip K. Dicks Electric Dreams on Amazon, The Looming Tower on Hulu and The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story on FX are generating their own buzz. Do you think he could of somehow weathered the storm, if hed handled it differently? Miles is not good looking at all and there is nothing special about his acting. One of my favorite actors for a long time. Look, in my opinion the best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly what you are. Im just glad to be able to work. Or, more likely, director Zack Snyderthinks it'll be cooler if everyone in his movie is buff as hell. Simmons will be starring in the upcoming Amazon Prime animated series Invincible and is currently filming the movie Ghost Draft. (PBS, Feb. 19), THE AMERICANS Its the end game for the Soviet spies Elizabeth and Philip Jennings 10 final episodes before we know their fate. I like to act. Love him to pieces. Each elicits great meaning out of a few looks. He just does his thing and goes on, knowing ten years from now, he will still be working while Miles Teller may have disappeared completely. And while most of Fletchers comments are foul-mouthed and out-of-line, JK Simmons thinks his character makes one specific good point. Simmons finds Fletchers idea of the good job culture and the harm the two words can do is particularly accurate. I think hes really hot. What it's REALLY like being married to a healthy-eating fanatic: Dr Chris van Tulleken banned ready meals, What Meghan Markle wrote about 'Princess Kate's wedding' YEARS before she met Prince Harry - and her words ISIS leader is killed in raid carried out by Turkish military on abandoned Syrian farm used as an Islamic GP appointments crisis laid bare as figures show family doctors are cramming in up to 60 patients per day. But the last 4 months or so, in all of his interviews he is sounding like an a&*hole. The Front Runner is now playing nationwide. SIMMONS: What the movie does, and I think what Jason wanted the movie to do, is provoke discussion and debate. Run posted a video clip of her son, Sutton Joseph Tennyson Jr., signing a contract to become CEO of a clothing company his I was sold on that character, even before I got to the page 19, or whatever it was, where you realize that there are two of him. Certainly today, he could probably have weathered it more easily, in light of whats gone on, in the last 30 years, that has failed to totally derail political careers. The actor also starred as Curly in the 2012 film The Three Stooges. Jason took Ellen and myself into a soundstage and we did a full-on, old time camera test and played a few of the scenes from the movie, in order to convince the money people that Jason had in mind who he wanted for these parts, and that the movie was going to be the best possible movie, if you let the director make the movie, instead of insisting that they hire names that are going to sell tickets. This was the case withKlaus.. Schwartzman was recently in another Netflix movie, Zach GalifianakisBetween Two Ferns, and will also be appearing in Andersons The French Dispatch in 2020. Would love to see JK Simmons get an Oscar, have never seen him in anything where he wasnt the best in the cast. Revellers pile into boozers as they celebrate the extra day off with a big Sunday night J.K. Simmons Explains How He Looks in His Workout Photos, Batgirl Movie: J. K. Simmons Returns as Commissioner Gordon The Hollywood Reporter, Do not sell or share my personal information. SIMMONS: Theres certainly been a lot of conjecture about that, at the time and since then. The retired US Marine has previously trained Zac Efron, The Rock, James Marsden, Sylvester Stallone, and Jamie Foxx. The 61-year-old is the new Commissioner James Gordon, the head of the Gotham City police force and a longtime Batman ally. Thank you Miles for helping place a name to a face. From Barbie to The Flash, Here Are the Movies That Made the Biggest Impact at CinemaCon. Love, love, love. But it offers fine performances by Benedict Cumberbatch, Kelly Macdonald and the excellent, unheralded Stephen Campbell Moore (The Last Post). Because of the way this story is told, The Front Runner doesnt really ask whether Gary Hart had an affair or not, it just explores the reaction and what it meant for the individuals that it affected, as well as the country. Love him too. J.K. Simmons has confessed he decided to hit the gym after being unable to believe his character when watching himself back on HBO's prison drama Oz.. The actress most recently reprised the voice of Jessie in Toy Story 4 and will appear in another Netflix holiday movie this season, Let it Snow, adapted from a young adult novel. 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Call for millions to take part in 'Homage of the People' to King Charles at the coronation sparks backlash NANA AKUA: Why I'm thrilled by the invitation to pledge my 'true allegiance' to King Charles III, MICK HUME: An oath of allegiance to the King? Here are some photos of Miles Teller and JK Simmons at the BFI London Film Festival yesterday these are photocall and premiere photos for Whiplash. 'She never even liked it! OMG, youre right! As far as I know, theres no opportunity, in the immediate future, for me to do more Commissioner Gordon, but I continue to be optimistic that it will happen again. I knew it. Looks like he has a big c*ck too. As we have gotten deeper into it, that has been the most interesting aspect. Since youve been in pretty much all of his movies, in some form, at what point did you realize that you had essentially become his muse? Yes. Past depictions of Commissioner Gordon haven't been nearly as buffas Simmons currently is. Often plays leaders and authority figures. When Jesper dubbed the postal academy's worst student notices Mr. Klaus (J.K Simmons), the mailman gets an idea. Toni doesnt have many friends, and when she secretly invites a boy over, her mother flips out. Its been great. SIMMONS: Nothing has changed. 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There are only so many minor details you can appreciate until you need something major to actually happen, and the main couples development languishes in the long hours ahead. I love his work and have been following his career for a few years. Will the metal detectorists Lance (Toby Jones) and Andy (Mackenzie Crook) break through their passive-aggressive armor and not hopelessly fumble their love lives? He was born Jonathan Kimble Simmons in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, to Patricia (Kimble), an administrator, and Donald William Simmons, a music Oz was a favorite of mine and for a few years, every time JK Simmons was on screen, I was Oh, Schillingers in that. 'I have to get my a**s to the gym': J.K. Simmons, 67, has admitted he was motivated to get completely ripped after watching his 'overweight' self on TV (pictured left in 2016, right in 2008), He told Business Insider: 'After the second and final time that I got hugely fat in my life and when I lost that weight six or seven years ago, I pretty much decided that I was going to stay in decent shape for the rest of my life.'. As tabloid journalism found its voice in politics, no amount of smarts, idealism and excitement could keep Harts race going, and the questions surrounding his personal life affected all of those around him. Simmons is an American actor. He is delusional to think he will get offered the kind of roles that Ryan Gosling or Leonorado Dicaprio would get offered. JK Simmons as Fletcher in Whiplash, the film that won him the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Rex Features JK Simmons: 'Being demanding is just not JK Simmions is getting Oscar buzz for his role in Whiplash and I think the reason why Miles keeps saying he has never heard of him or only saw him in insurance commericals is because he seems jealous of JKs success. Studied to become a composer before getting to musicals and acting. J.K. Simmons. "This is what dedication looks like. But outcast Jesper, played by Jason Schwartzman, has a plan to remind the town of the importance of community and togetherness. lol. Like too many streaming TV shows that come across as stretched-out movies, Night Sky trickles out its premise over a full, frustrating season. I dont care if its an insurance commercial, I like him in anything. Without Teller I would have never known anything about JK so something good came of this. American Actor Jonathan Kimble Simmons is regarded as one of his generations most successful and prolific character performers. J.K. Simmons is dedicated to his new, healthy lifestyle! I first saw him in OZ and he was scary as f-ck. Klaus takes place in the gloomy town of Smeerenburg, where children don't have friends and being mean to one another is the expected social etiquette. The right person is still going to think the sun shines out of your ass. Will Sasso will play Mr. Ellingboe in the animated movie. I love his work hes so great in both Juno and Burn After Reading, and countless other movies. J.K. Simmons isn't playing a superhuman, super strong hero in the upcoming "Justice League" movie. The actor is well known for starring in Wes Anderson films, including lending his voice to Fantastic Mr. Fox. Here are some photos of Miles Teller and JK Simmons at the BFI London Film Festival yesterday these are photocall and premiere photos for Whiplash. Each actor gets a handful of emotional monologues. The story of Gary JK Simmons called portraying J Jonah Jameson one of the highlights of his career. He is in Interface at the Office of Interchange exchanging unknowable codes. Even Rene Zellweger was funny in it too. Very true. Sasso was a longtime castmember of MadTV and also has had guest roles in a variety of television shows, including Family Guy, Justified and Hot in Cleveland. Talented: It had been assumed that he was buffing up for his then-upcoming role as Commissioner Gordon in Justice League, however he went on to rebuke this theory (pictured in character). DETECTORISTS In its final season, this most wistful of comedies homes in on the essentials. Happy where he is. Sign up for notifications from Insider! In Counterpart, J.K. Simmons plays a gentle paper pusher who finds a tough-guy version of himself in a parallel universe. Talented but oh so terrible and unlikeable. Lets see where this kd Lang looking kid (except kd is much more butch) will be in 20 years my guess is that he wont have a career by then. JK Simmons admits one of the lowest points in his career led to the best thing in his life. ', Impressive:The actor, 67, found himself going viral after photos of his shredded physique were shared to Instagram by his personal trainer, Eye-popping:'I have to get my a**s to the gym and be a believable hard-a**s. I've gone back and forth with fine-tuning the kind of conditioning I'm doing'. The 61-year-old actor stunned the Internet at the beginning of June when his trainer shared photos of Simmons' He had joined my poker game, and we were at a poker game at a friends house, and he handed me the hard copy script for Juno. We interview The Front Runner star J.K. Simmons about what drew him to the project, playing his character, and working with director Jason Reitman. The news about the veteran actor was originally broken by The Hollywood Reporter, who noted that several other performers were also being courted for various roles. float: left; Hes amazingly versatile! And then, its also about the script and the story, and whether I think its smart and well-written, and worth people plopping down their money and spending time in the theater to watch. Not interested in being the second coming of Ryan Gosling. My hate for this man-child has reached epic proportions. IMO. However, he has said that he is better at understanding than speaking it. Absolutely. I think he is one of the front runners to get a nomination this year for Best Supporting Actor. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. WebHoward Silk (J. K. Simmons) is a middling bureaucrat in a secretive UN agency in Berlin. WebFull Name: J.K. Simmons Biography: Movies Juno Cast: Where Are They Now? The innovative yet mysterious Mr. Klaus is played by J.K. Simmons. Spacek does little to draw attention to these developments, letting the script point out the necessary changes, but she lives them all the same. #gallery-1 .gallery-item { Anyone who makes the same face as Beiber is a bad egg. He can play baddies, good guys and hes got a beautiful singing voice (pick up the 1992 Guys and Dolls revival cast recording and hear for yourselves). 3' Teaser. I had first misunderstood that JK was the one for Oscar contention. UnReal on Lifetime and Strike Back on Cinemax return after long hiatuses. "Justice League: Part One" is currently set for aNovember 17, 2017 release date. His co-star, not. On Broadway, Simmons played Benny Southstreet in the 1992 revival of Guys and Dolls. Problems start to arise as soon as the second episode cuts to another family entirely, this one made up of a mother and daughter living in Argentina. (Sundance Now, Feb. 14), TELL THEM WE ARE RISING: THE STORY OF BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES The documentarian Stanley Nelsons latest examination of African-American culture, being shown as part of PBSs Independent Lens series, is a brisk, absorbing and revelatory history of historically black colleges. If it's well done, I'm a fan. In 1994, he sang multiple roles in the Wagner opera satire Das Barbec. Plus we could all snark on Miles a bit more. 2023 IndieWire Media, LLC. } Philip is out of the game, prospering in the travel business and cheering on their sons hockey team, while Elizabeth is in deeper than ever. A.I. Based on the novel of the same name by Dan Simmons, the 10-episode series features ice, Inuits, hubris, hunger and a mysterious polar predator. He added: "A family holiday film that should sit especially well with members of the family who feel they could probably do without another holiday film, Sergio Pablos' Klaus invents its own unexpected and very enjoyable origin story for the big guy who gives out toys every Christmas eve.". We close comments on older posts to fight comment spam. Im surprised to see Miles towering over JK. The Hollywood Reporter is a part of Penske Media Corporation. Me too, and when I see Beecher, I always call Lee Tergesen that. It seems I'm not alone. Even though Im about the age of his father (Ivan Reitman), his experience is really greater than mine. The actor has also had a fruitful career in film, winning an Academy Award for best supporting actor in 2015 for his performance in Whiplash. The comments below have not been moderated. IMDB lists him at 511. as well as other partner offers and accept our. A photo posted by Aaron Williamson (@aaronvwilliamson)Jun 2, 2016 at 8:52pm PDT. It had been assumed that he was buffing up for his then-upcoming role as Commissioner Gordon in Justice League, however he went on to rebuke this theory. Sounds more like the stuff of a Stalinist people's republic. Character actors like JK have a tendency to outlast the 1st billing movie stars, especially these young up and coming flavor of the year ones. The first episode of Night Sky offers nearly enough precision in its pathos to exist unto itself. that picture of him with the umbrella, he looks like the Russian czar! They need to bring back those Mayhem commercials, they were so funny. Mr. Harris and Mr. Hinds play the captains of the British ships Terror and Erebus, which disappeared while trying to find the Northwest Passage in the 1840s. (HBO, Feb. 2), ALTERED CARBON Joel Kinnaman headlines a series for the first time since The Killing, so this cyberpunk crime thriller set in a future when your consciousness can be stored on a disk and downloaded into any available body is, by default, worth checking out. Hes probably seen lots of young guys with Miless attitude over his long carer, and realizes that a handful of leading movie roles dont necessarily translate into anything worth having attitude about. SIMMONS: Its exciting when I read something that I just automatically identify with, that somebody has thought to send me and say, You would be good in this part, and I thoroughly understand and relate to that character. New and Upcoming Science Fiction and Fantasy, View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro. Klaus is a recluse carpenter with a finesse for crafting toys. She still corrects his grammar. I loved J.K. in Burn After Reading (also with Pitt, Clooney, Swinton and Malkovich). He also talked about being optimistic that hell get to reprise Commissioner Gordon, at some point in the DC Extended Universe, what hes most enjoyed about making the Starz TV series Counterpart, and what gets him interested in a project. Typically, Gordon'smore of a strong but wiry character, closer to howGary Oldman played him in Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy. Norm Macdonald lends his voice talent to play a character named Mogen. It's been a privilege helping him stay on point. Answers are provided at the hands of the shows peerless cast, including Rachael Stirling, Diana Rigg, Rebecca Callard, Sophie Thompson, Mr. Crook and the endlessly expressive Mr. Jones. After that, he said, But the producers want big names, so we have to convince them. He had to convince them of Ellen Page and I because they were also looking for big names to play Juno. He was so great as the jack-ass foreman guy. Its really good. At what point did you realize that you might have a career-long relationship with Jason Reitman? Humble. Wrong commercial. Like a good neighbor, Kiddo is there! I think it says a lot that J.K. Has his arm around Miles and is smiling and Miles is standing their with his arms crossed with a smirk on his face. This is so true. "It's been great to watch that happen," the "Whiplash" star told YES! One of these men is a jerk and the other isnt. Directed by Pablos, creator of other animated stories such as Despicable Me, Klaus hit theaters Nov. 8 and became available on Netflix on Nov. 15. Yep Lilac, dont forget evil Adebisi aka Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. J.K. Simmons has confessed he decided to hit the gym after being unable to believe his character when watching himself back on HBO's prison drama Oz. Photos courtesy of WENN. In all of his earlier interviews, he came across as genuine and really passionate about acting(although he always sounded a little like a frat boy). JK is an all around TALENT. Even on that first film, he had really cut his teeth in short films, and hed made some brilliant short films, over the few years before Thank You For Smoking. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Ive got a wife and kids, so I enjoy spending time at home. Swoon. Jk Simmons was so brilliantly terrifying in oz that I can only see him as shillinger.
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