In 16 new ads, the brand's iconic 'Professor Burke' spokescharacter hilariously demonstrates why homeowners shouldn't cut corners in critical decisions. Farmers Insurance has launched a multichannel ad campaign featuring Academy Award-winning actor J.K. Simmons: 'Don't Compromise. '

actor Jonathan Kimble Simmons Simmons plays the Farmers Insurance Guy. American actor Jonathan Kimble Simmons was born on January 9, 1995, and he is already widely regarded as one of the most successful and prolific character actors of his generation. Simmons first appeared on screen in 1986 and has since acted in over 200 films and TV shows.

In the field of television commercials, Simmons is widely known for being the voice of the yellow M&M, a role he played from 1996 until 2013, replacing John Goodman. He has also done voice-over work for Norelco razors.

J.K. Simmons A man makes his way to his seat at a baseball game to find that he has a giant cement pillar blocking his view. J.K. Simmons, spokesman for Farmers Insurance, notices the predicament the man is in because of getting a cheap, low quality seat and tells him that Farmers Insurance offers both quality and savings.

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Popular on Variety Though he's appeared in more than 50 movies and several hit TV shows, J.K. Simmons is perhaps still best known as the deadpan professor in Farmer's Insurance commercials. “It's humbling, to say the least,” says the 59-year-old actor.

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Grace Wells started making faux ads on TikTok during the pandemic. Little did she know her hobby would transform into a full-time career making national campaigns for the likes of Procter & Gamble, Samsonite and Logitech. Like many of us, Grace Wells picked up a pandemic hobby or two.

If it seems like J.K. Simmons is even more omnipresent than usual these days, that's because he is. In addition to his familiar commercial pop-ins as the Farmers Insurance professor, the 66-year-old character actor racked up more than a dozen credits in 2021.

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