Johnny Simmons

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Johnny Simmons
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Simmons in 2009
OccupationActor
Years active2004–present

Johnny Simmons is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Dylan Baxter in Evan Almighty (2007), Chip Dove in Jennifer's Body (2009), "Young Neil" Nordegraf in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) and Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (2023), Brad Hayes in The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012), serial killer Adam "Balloon Man" Kemper in Elementary (2012), Peter Newmans in The Late Bloomer (2016), and Shane in Girlboss (2017).

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Early life

Simmons grew up in Dallas, Texas. He attended Nathan Adams Elementary School and T. C. Marsh Middle School for his early education. In 2005, he graduated from W. T. White High School.[ citation needed ]

Career

Simmons landed his first feature film role in the 2007 comedy Evan Almighty . He portrayed Dylan Baxter, the oldest of the three sons of Steve Carell's Evan Baxter and Lauren Graham's Joan Baxter. He then starred in a number of films, including the 2009 children's comedy Hotel for Dogs , opposite Jake T. Austin and Emma Roberts. Also in 2009, Simmons starred in the black comedy horror film Jennifer's Body as Chip Dove, the boyfriend of Amanda Seyfried's character, Anita "Needy" Lesnicki. [1] In 2010, he starred in the comedy film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World , portraying Young Neil, a 20-year-old bass guitarist and fan of the fictional band Sex Bob-omb. In 2011, he was cast in a supporting role for the Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum led comedy 21 Jump Street (2012). [2] The film opened at South by Southwest on March 12, and was released theatrically on March 16, 2012. [3]

Also in 2012, Simmons co-starred as the closeted quarterback Brad Hayes, alongside Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, and Ezra Miller, in the teen drama The Perks of Being a Wallflower . [2] The film is an adaptation of the Stephen Chbosky novel of the same name. In February 2013, he was cast in The CW's television drama film Blink. [4] In 2013, he made a cameo appearance in the music video for Drake's single "Hold On, We're Going Home". [5] That same year, Simmons joined the comedy film Frank and Cindy as GJ Erchternkamp, alongside Rene Russo and Oliver Platt. [6] Also that same year, he starred in the short film Whiplash , excerpted from a screenplay by Damien Chazelle, the complete version of which became an Academy Award-winning feature-length film of the same name. [7] In 2014, he starred as Jack London in the Discovery Channel miniseries Klondike , the channel's first scripted series, which detailed the Klondike Gold Rush in the 1890s. [8] In 2015, he co-starred as Jeff Jansen in the thriller film The Stanford Prison Experiment , and in 2016, had the lead role in four films, the border-set thriller Transpecos , the comedy-musical Dreamland , the baseball drama The Phenom , and Kevin Pollak's comedy The Late Bloomer . [9]

On March 30, 2023, it was announced that Simmons would reprise his role as Young Neil in the Netflix series Scott Pilgrim Takes Off . [10]

After a six-year hiatus, Simmons returned to live-action performance with a small role in the 2023 drama film Sing Sing. [11] Simmons played an unnamed inmate who was scammed out of five hundred dollars by Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin. He will also appear as a local deputy in the upcoming action-comedy film Bad Man. [12]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004Then HereafterYoung EricShort film
2006 My Ambition Jules Walters
2007 Evan Almighty Dylan Baxter
Boogeyman 2 Paul
2008 Trucker Teenager #1
The Spirit Young Denny Colt
2009 Hotel for Dogs Dave
The Greatest Ryan Brewer
Jennifer's Body Chip Dove
2010 Scott Pilgrim vs. the World "Young Neil" Nordegraf
The Conspirator John Surratt
2012 21 Jump Street Billiam Willingham
A Bag of Hammers Kelsey Patterson at 18
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Brad Hayes
2013 Whiplash Andrew NeimanShort film
The To Do List Cameron Mitchell
2015 The Stanford Prison Experiment Jeff Jansen / 1037
Frank and Cindy GJ Echternkamp
2016 Transpecos Benjamin Davis
Dreamland Monty Fagan
The Phenom Hopper Gibson
The Late Bloomer Dr. Peter Newmans
2023 Sing Sing Unnamed Inmate
TBA Bad Man Post-production [12]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006 Numbers Matt McCraryEpisode: "Killer Chat"
2011 Cinema Verite Kevin LoudTelevision film
2012 Elementary Adam Kemper / The Balloon ManEpisode: "Child Predator"
2013BlinkDodge TraskTelevision film
2014 Klondike Jack London Miniseries; 6 episodes
2015 The Good Wife Erik BarsettoEpisode: "Innocents"
2017 Girlboss ShaneMain role
2023 Scott Pilgrim Takes Off "Young Neil" Nordegraf

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