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In the 2014 drama film Whiplash, Simmons played Terence Fletcher, an intensely demanding and abusive bandleader at the fictional Shaffer Conservatory of Music, who bullies and cajoles his student, Andrew Neiman (Miles Teller). The wide acclaim for Simmons's performance included winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. [22]
This is a list of awards and nominations that was received by actor J. K. Simmons.His performance as Terrence Fletcher in Whiplash (2014) received widespread critical acclaim and earned him 40 accolades, including the Academy Award, the Golden Globe Award, and the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor.
While attending Princeton High School, writer-director Damien Chazelle was in a "very competitive" jazz band and drew on the dread he felt in those years. [4] He based the conductor, Terence Fletcher, on his former band instructor (who died in 2003) but "pushed it further," adding elements of Buddy Rich and other band leaders known for their harsh treatment. [4]
J.K. Simmons and his wife, Michelle Schumacher, have been happily in love for over two decades. The couple first met in 1991, while appearing in the same musical production of Peter Pan. “I ...
Whiplash is a 2014 American psychological drama film written and directed by Damien Chazelle, starring Miles Teller, J. K. Simmons, Paul Reiser, and Melissa Benoist.It focuses on an ambitious music student and aspiring jazz drummer (Teller), who is pushed to his limit by his abusive instructor (Simmons) at the fictional Shaffer Conservatory in New York City.
[1] [2] He has appeared in over 200 films and television roles since his debut in 1986 with film roles including J. Jonah Jameson in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007), Thank You for Smoking with Aaron Eckhart (2005), Juno (2007), Whiplash with Miles Teller (2014), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, La La ...
The 87th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), ... J. K. Simmons – Whiplash as Terence Fletcher‡
Sep. 13—ALBANY — Terence Fowler's love for all things wrestling evolved naturally. He remembers sitting with his dad, only 3 years old, watching the action on TV. "I knew that one day that ...