J. K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson

We don't know what kind of Commissioner Gordon he’ll be, but J. K. Simmons was J. Jonah Jameson as if he were torn right out of the pages of the comic books. We might even go so far as to say that, even among the stellar actors on this list, Simmons was the best choice made by any studio, ever. That’s a tall order, no matter how you look at it.

Sure, this was a more comedic take on the character, played up by the rest of the cast. But we have no doubt that Simmons could have pulled off any version of the comic book character.

Among all of the antagonists Spider-Man faced in the original trilogy, Simmons as Jameson has to be the greatest. After all, he had the resources, he looked down on Peter Parker, and he made his life even more miserable than it already was.