'Counterpart' star J.K. Simmons likes to let his characters do the talking, especially as he plays two Howard Silks in the sci-fi show

J.K.Simmons has played it all — the satirist, the father, the music instructor. And now he travels across dimensions as two versions of the same person in his latest show
PUBLISHED NOV 30, 2018

In order to play two very different versions of himself in the Justin Marks-directed show 'Counterpart', actor J.K.Simmons made sure he was playing around with words and not simply relying on memory to recall his dialogues. As Howard Silk in the STARZ show, Simmons plays two versions of the same person, each hailing from different realities with a different backstory, but common interests. The complex nature of Silk, who is a docile husband in one version and a skillful spy in another, has been best executed by an actor who is known to put his characters first. 

Jonathan Kimble Simmons (aka J.K. Simmons) is one of those rare actors whose presence looms large even when screen time has run out.

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