Emily Zemler
View all posts by Emily Zemler July 10, 2026
J.K. Simmons and Tom Holland Theo Wargo/Getty Images; Aurore Marechal/Getty Images J.K. Simmons and Tom Holland apparently never crossed paths on the sets of 2019’s Spider-Man: Far From Home and 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home. Simmons, who played J. Jonah Jameson in both films, says he has never actually met Holland, who plays the titular Spider-Man.
Simmons appeared on podcast Happy Sad Confused this week to discuss his career and admitted that he has still yet to encounter his co-star. “I have not met Tom Holland,” Simmons acknowledged. “Delightful guy, I’m told.”
The actor first embodied Jameson in Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man trilogy, which kicked off with 2002’s Spider-Man, directed by Sam Raimi. Simmons didn’t play the role in 2012’s The Amazing Spider-Man, which rebooted the franchise with Andrew Garfield at the superhero, or its sequel. Despite rumors to the contrary, Simmons said he was never due to appear in those films.
“The only conversations that I was aware of were the ones that people would call my attention to on the Internet,” he confirmed. “Maybe this, or maybe that.” He added that when the opportunity came up to do a cameo in Spider-Man: Far From Home that was “a complete shock and a very last-minute decision.”
