List of awards and nominations received by J. K. Simmons

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J.K. Simmons awards and nominations
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Simmons at the TIFF in 2024
Totals [a]
Wins37
Nominations58
Note
  1. ↑ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

This is a list of awards and nominations that was received by J.K. Simmons.

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J. K. Simmons is an American actor. He is known for his extensive character actor roles in film, television and theater. He has received various accolades including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Critics' Choice Movie Award, a Golden Globe Award, an Independent Spirit Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award as well as a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award.

For his role as an imperious and demanding jazz professor and conductor Terrence Fletcher in the Damien Chazelle psychological drama Whiplash (2014), he received widespread critical acclaim and earned him 40 accolades, including the Academy Award, the BAFTA Award, the Critics' Choice Movie Award, the Golden Globe Award, Independent Spirit Award and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor. He portrayed William Frawley from the sitcom I Love Lucy in Aaron Sorkin directed showbiz drama Being the Ricardos (2021) which earned him his second nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actor.

On television, he received five nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series as part of the ensemble of the TNT police procedural The Closer (2005–2012). He was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series for the action adventure series Die Hart: Hart to Kill (2025). On stage, he acted in the Jim Luigs opera parody Das Barbecu (1995) for which he was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical.

Major associations

Academy Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2014 Best Supporting Actor Whiplash Won [1]
2021 Being the Ricardos Nominated [2]

BAFTA Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
British Academy Film Awards
2014 Best Actor in a Supporting Role Whiplash Won [3]

Critics' Choice Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
2007 Best Cast Juno Nominated [4]
2009 Up in the Air Nominated [5]
2014 Best Supporting Actor Whiplash Won [6]
2021 Being the Ricardos Nominated [7]

Emmy Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
Primetime Emmy Awards
2025 Outstanding Performer in a Short Form Series Die Hart: Hart To Kill Pending [8]

Golden Globe Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2014 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Whiplash Won [9]

Screen Actors Guild Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2005 Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series The Closer Nominated [10]
2007 Nominated [11]
2008 Nominated [12]
2009 Nominated [13]
2010 Nominated [14]
2014 Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role Whiplash Won [15]

Miscellaneous awards

OrganizationsYearCategoryWorkResultRef.
Australian Academy Film Awards 2015 Best International Supporting Actor Whiplash Won [16]
Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2015Best Supporting Actor Whiplash Won [17]
Drama Desk Awards 1995 Outstanding Actor in a Musical Das BarbecüNominated [18]
Independent Spirit Awards 2014 Best Supporting Male Whiplash Won [19]
MTV Movie Awards 2015 Best Villain Whiplash Nominated [20]
Palm Springs International Film Festival 2014Spotlight Award Whiplash Won [21]
Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2015Virtuoso Award Whiplash Won [22]
Satellite Awards 2015 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Whiplash Won [23]
2019 Best Actor – Television Series Drama Counterpart Nominated [24]
2022 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Being the Ricardos Nominated
Saturn Awards 2015 Best Supporting Actor Whiplash Nominated [25]
Village Voice 2014 Best Supporting Actor Whiplash Won [26]

Critics associations

YearAssociationCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2009Denver Film Critics SocietyBest Acting Ensemble I Love You, Man Nominated [27]
Up in the Air Nominated [27]
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Best Ensemble Nominated [28]
2014 African-American Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actor Whiplash Won [29]
Austin Film Critics Association Best Supporting ActorWon [30]
Boston Society of Film Critics Best Supporting Actor Won [31]
Chicago Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actor Won [32]
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actor Won [33]
Detroit Film Critics Society Best Supporting Actor Won [34]
Florida Film Critics Circle Best Supporting Actor Won [35]
Houston Film Critics Society Best Supporting Actor Won [36]
Las Vegas Film Critics SocietyBest Supporting ActorWon [37]
London Film Critics' Circle Supporting Actor of the Year Won [38]
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actor Won [39]
New York Film Critics Circle Best Supporting Actor Won [40]
New York Film Critics Online Best Supporting Actor Won [41]
Phoenix Film Critics SocietyBest Supporting ActorWon [42]
San Diego Film Critics Society Best Supporting Actor Nominated [43]
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Best Supporting ActorNominated [44]
Southeastern Film Critics AssociationWon [45]
St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actor Won [46]
Toronto Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actor Won [47]
Utah Film Critics AssociationBest Supporting ActorWon [48]
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actor Won [49]
2015Denver Film Critics SocietyBest Supporting ActorWon [50]
Georgia Film Critics AssociationWon [51]
Iowa Film CriticsWon [52]
National Society of Film Critics Best Supporting Actor Won [53]
North Texas Film Critics AssociationBest Supporting ActorWon [54]
Online Film Critics Society Best Supporting Actor Nominated [55]
Vancouver Film Critics Circle Best Supporting Actor Won

References

  1. ↑ "Oscars 2015: 'Birdman,' 'Grand Budapest Hotel' Win Big". Rolling Stone. February 23, 2015. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  2. ↑ Hipes, Patrick (February 8, 2022). "Oscar Nominations: 'The Power Of The Dog', 'Dune' Top List; 'Drive My Car' Among Big Surprises". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved February 8, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Baftas 2015: JK Simmons wins Best Supporting Actor for Whiplash". The Independent . February 8, 2015. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Coens land Critics' Choice Awards". BBC News . January 8, 2008. Retrieved January 8, 2008.
  5. ↑ 15th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards (2010) – Best Picture: The Hurt Locker
  6. ↑ Melas, Chloe (January 15, 2015). "J. K. Simmons Wins Best Supporting Actor At Critics' Choice Awards". Hollywood Life. Archived from the original on October 4, 2017. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  7. ↑ Hammond, Peter (December 13, 2021). "Critics Choice Awards Film Nominations Led By 'Belfast' And 'West Side Story'". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved February 8, 2022.
  8. ↑ "J.K. Simmons". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved July 17, 2025.
  9. ↑ Anousha, Sakoui (January 11, 2015). "J. K. Simmons Wins Golden Globe for 'Whiplash' Role". Bloomberg . Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  10. ↑ "The 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". sagawards.org.
  11. ↑ "The 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". sagawards.org.
  12. ↑ "The 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". sagawards.org.
  13. ↑ "The 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". sagawards.org.
  14. ↑ "The 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". sagawards.org.
  15. ↑ Steiner, Amanda Michelle (January 26, 2015). "J. K. Simmons Wins the SAG Award for Male Actor in a Supporting Role". People . Retrieved January 26, 2015.
  16. ↑ Tartaglione, Nancy (January 31, 2015). "'Birdman' Dominates Australian Academy's AACTA International Awards". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved January 31, 2015.
  17. ↑ Tapley, Kristopher (January 12, 2015). "'Boyhood' wins with Alliance of Women Film Journalists (but they love 'Birdman,' too)". HitFix . Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  18. ↑ "J.K. Simmons Playbill". Playbill Vault.
  19. ↑ Tapley, Kristopher (February 21, 2015). "2015 Film Independent Spirit Awards winners and nominees". HitFix . Retrieved February 21, 2015.
  20. ↑ Tapley, Kristopher (March 4, 2015). "'Fault in Our Stars,' 'Guardians,' 'Neighbors' lead 2015 MTV Movie Awards nominations". HitFix . Retrieved March 4, 2015.
  21. ↑ Feinberg, Scott (November 18, 2014). "Palm Springs Film Fest: J. K. Simmons Nabs Spotlight Award for 'Whiplash'". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved November 18, 2014.
  22. ↑ "Virtuosos Award honoring Chadwick Boseman, Ellar Coltrane, Logan Lerman, David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, J. K. Simmons and Jenny Slate" (Press release). Santa Barbara International Film Festival. December 12, 2014. Archived from the original on December 14, 2014. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
  23. ↑ Pond, Steve (February 16, 2015). "Satellite Awards: Complete Winners List". TheWrap . Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  24. ↑ "2018 Awards Nominees". International Press Academy. Archived from the original on November 29, 2018. Retrieved December 11, 2018.
  25. ↑ "Hannibal scoops three Saturn Awards after cancellation". Philadelphia Media Network. June 26, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
  26. ↑ "Supporting Actor" (Press release). Village Voice Film Poll.
  27. 1 2 "'Up in the Air' leads Denver Film Critics nominations". blog.reelloop.com. Archived from the original on March 19, 2011.
  28. ↑ "2009 WAFCA Awards". WAFCA press release. December 7, 2009. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
  29. ↑ Patches, Matt (December 9, 2014). "'Selma' is the African-American Film Critics Association's top film of 2014". HitFix . Retrieved December 9, 2014.
  30. ↑ "2014 Awards". austinfilmcritics.org. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
  31. ↑ Tapley, Kristopher (December 7, 2014). "Boston Society of Film Critics names 'Boyhood' Best Picture of the year". HitFix . Retrieved December 7, 2014.
  32. ↑ Gire, Dann (December 16, 2014). "Chicago critics pick 'Boyhood' as best 2014 film". Daily Herald (Arlington Heights) . Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  33. ↑ Patches, Matt (December 15, 2014). "Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association winners include 'Birdman' as best film of 2014". HitFix . Retrieved December 15, 2014.
  34. ↑ Graham, Adam (December 15, 2014). "Detroit critics name 'Boyhood' the year's best film". The Detroit News . Retrieved December 15, 2014.
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  36. ↑ Tapley, Kristopher (January 12, 2015). "'Boyhood,' Larry McMurtry and the 'Grand Budapest' poster win Houston critics awards". HitFix . Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  37. ↑ Tapley, Kristopher (December 18, 2014). "'Birdman' and genre love from Las Vegas film critics". HitFix . Retrieved December 18, 2014.
  38. ↑ Tapley, Kristopher (January 18, 2015). "London critics award 'Boyhood,' 'Under the Skin'". HitFix . Retrieved January 18, 2015.
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  40. ↑ Tapley, Kristopher (December 1, 2014). "New York Film Critics Circle votes 'Boyhood' best film of the year". HitFix . Retrieved December 1, 2014.
  41. ↑ "New York Film Critics Online Name 'Boyhood' Best Picture". The Hollywood Reporter . December 7, 2014. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
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  43. ↑ Tapley, Kristopher (December 11, 2014). "'Nightcrawler' leads San Diego film critics nominations". HitFix . Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  44. ↑ Tapley, Kristopher (December 13, 2014). "'Birdman' leads 2014 San Francisco critics nominations, 'The Sacrament' gets some love". HitFix . Retrieved December 13, 2014.
  45. ↑ "'Grand Budapest Hotel' named year's best by Southeastern Film Critics Association". Hitfix. December 22, 2014. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  46. ↑ Tapley, Kristopher (December 15, 2014). "St. Louis critics award 'Boyhood,' Jake Gyllenhaal, Rosamund Pike". HitFix . Retrieved December 15, 2014.
  47. ↑ "Toronto Film Critics". AwardsDaily. December 16, 2014. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  48. ↑ Means, Sean P. (December 18, 2014). "'Birdman' takes Best Picture from Utah Film Critics Association". The Salt Lake Tribune . Retrieved December 18, 2014.
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  50. ↑ Tapley, Kristopher (January 12, 2015). "Denver critics name Clint Eastwood's 'American Sniper' the year's best film". HitFix . Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  51. ↑ "Jake Gyllenhaal, Tilda Swinton among Georgia Critics' 2014 winners". Hitfix. January 9, 2015. Archived from the original on August 4, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
  52. ↑ Patches, Matt (January 7, 2015). "'Boyhood' is Iowa Critics' Best Picture of 2014". HitFix . Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  53. ↑ "National Board of Review Announces 2014 Award Winners". National Board of Review. December 2, 2014. Retrieved December 2, 2014.
  54. ↑ "'Boyhood,' Gyllenhaal, Pike tops with North Texas film critics". Hitfix. January 5, 2015. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
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