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J.K. Simmons
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Spouse
Michelle Schumacher (? - present) 2 children

Trivia

J.K. played Benny Southstreet in 1992 Broadway revival of "Guys and Dolls."

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 Univeristy of Montana. Received an Achievement Award for the UofM in April 2002. Studied to become a composer before getting to musicals and acting.

His Dr. Emil Skoda is one of the few L&O recurring characters to span all three Law & Order incarnations: the original, SVU, and Criminal Intent. (Medical Examiner Elizabeth Rodgers has also appeared on all three shows.)

Before playing Skoda, Simmons played a fanatical nutcase suspect on a crossover episode of Law & Order and Homicide: Life On the Streets. 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 the L&O: Exiled TV movie before going on to star as Det. Odafin "Fin" Tutuola in L&O: SVU.

Attended The Ohio State University while living in Worthington, Ohio. Still remains a huge Ohio State sports fan today.

Appeared in three films with Bruce Campbell. Two of them were the Spiderman films, directed by Sam Raimi. The third was The Ladykillers, directed by the Coen brothers, who are frequent collaborators with Raimi.

Played the manager of his hometown pro baseball team, the Detroit Tigers, in For Love of the Game (1999).

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