Johnny Simmons

Johnny James Simmons (born November 28, 1986) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Dylan Baxter in Evan Almighty (2007), Chip Dove in Jennifer's Body (2009), "Young Neil" Nordegraf in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), Brad Hayes in The Perks of Being a Wallflower(2012), Shane in Girlboss, and Peter Newmans in The Late Bloomer.
== Early life ==
Simmons was born in Montgomery, Alabama, and was raised in Dallas, Texas. He attended Nathan Adams Elementary School and T. C. Marsh Middle School for his early education. In 2005, he graduated from W. T. White High School.[citation needed]
== Career ==
Simmons landed his first feature film role in the 2007 comedy Evan Almighty. He portrayed Dylan Baxter, the oldest of the three sons of Steve Carell's Evan Baxter and Lauren Graham's Joan Baxter. He then starred in a number of films, including the 2009 children's comedy Hotel for Dogs, opposite Jake T. Austin and Emma Roberts. Also in 2009, Simmons starred in the black comedy horror film Jennifer's Body as Chip Dove, the boyfriend of Amanda Seyfried's character, Anita "Needy" Lesnicki.[1] In 2010, he starred in the comedy film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, portraying Young Neil, a 20-year-old bass guitarist and fan of the fictional band Sex Bob-omb. In 2011, he was cast in a supporting role for the Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum led comedy 21 Jump Street (2012).[2] The film opened at South by Southwest on March 12, and was released theatrically on March 16, 2012.[3]
Also in 2012, Simmons co-starred as the closeted quarterback Brad Hayes, alongside Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, and Ezra Miller, in the teen drama The Perks of Being a Wallflower.[2] The film is an adaptation of the Stephen Chbosky novel of the same name. In February 2013, he was cast in The CW's television drama film Blink.[4] In 2013, he made a cameo appearance in the music video for Drake's single "Hold On, We're Going Home".[5] That same year, Simmons joined the comedy film Frank and Cindy as GJ Erchternkamp, alongside Rene Russo and Oliver Platt.[6] In 2014, he starred as Jack London in the Discovery Channel miniseries Klondike, the channel's first scripted series, which detailed the Klondike Gold Rush in the 1890s.[7] In 2015, he co-starred as Jeff Jansen in the thriller film The Stanford Prison Experiment, and in 2016, had the lead role in Kevin Pollak's comedy-drama The Late Bloomer.[8]
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2004	Then Hereafter 	Young Eric 	Short film
2006	My Ambition 	Jules Walters 	Short film
2007	Evan Almighty 	Dylan Baxter 	
2007	Boogeyman 2 	Paul 	
2008	Trucker 	Teenager #1 	
2008	The Spirit 	Young Denny Colt 	
2009	Hotel for Dogs 	Dave 	
2009	The Greatest 	Ryan Brewer 	
2009	Jennifer's Body 	Chip Dove 	
2010	Scott Pilgrim vs. the World 	"Young Neil" Nordegraf	
2010	The Conspirator 	John Surratt 	
2012	21 Jump Street 	Billiam Willingham 	
2012	A Bag of Hammers 	Kelsey Patterson at 18	
2012	The Perks of Being a Wallflower	Brad Hayes 	
2013	The To Do List 	Cameron Mitchell 	
2015	The Stanford Prison Experiment 	Jeff Jansen / 1037 	
2015	Frank and Cindy 	GJ Echternkamp 	
2016	Transpecos 	Benjamin Davis 	
2016	Dreamland 	Monty Fagan 	
2016	The Phenom 	Hopper Gibson 	
2016	The Late Bloomer 	Dr. Peter Newmans 	
=== Television ===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
2006	Numb3rs 	Matt McCrary 	Episode: "Killer Chat"
2011	Cinema Verite	Kevin Loud 	Television film
2012	Elementary 	Adam Kemper 	Episode: "Child Predator"
2013	Blink 	Dodge Trask 	Television film
2014	Klondike 	Jack London 	Miniseries; 6 episodes
2015	The Good Wife	Erik Barsetto	Episode: "Innocents"
2017	Girlboss 	Shane 	Main role