Johnny Simmons

Johnny Simmons

Born 28/11/1986 (37 years old)
Montgomery, Alabama, USA

Biography

Johnny Simmons is a compelling and critically acclaimed young actor whose credits span both television and feature film. Simmons was seen on the big screen with Aubrey Plaza, Bill Hader and Andy Samberg in the comedy THE TO DO LIST. He starred in THE STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT with Billy Crudup, Ezra Miller and Olivia Thirlby which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in winter of 2015. Earlier Simmons took part on Noah Buschel's film THE PHENOM where he stars opposite Ethan Hawke and Paul Giamatti.

On television, Simmons portrayed the legendary writer Jack London in Discovery Channel's mini-series "Klondike." Richard Madden, Tim Blake Nelson, Sam Shepard, and Tim Roth co-star. Simmons previously starred opposite Diane Lane, James Gandolfini and Tim Robbins in the Emmy-nominated HBO telefilm "Cinema Verite."

In 2013 Simmons appeared alongside Reese Witherspoon and Colin Firth in director Atom Egoyan's THE DEVIL'S KNOT. Before that he was seen in the award-winning PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER opposite Emma Watson, Logan Lerman, and Ezra Miller. He played Billiam Willingham in the comedy hit 21 JUMP STREET, opposite Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum.

Simmons's additional film credits include Robert Redford's THE CONSPIRATOR, SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD, THE GREATEST, A BAG OF HAMMERS, JENNIFER'S BODY and HOTEL FOR DOGS. Simmons alsoo shot FRANK & CINDY, starring opposite Oliver Platt, Rene Russo and Jane Levy.

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