Question:  Aliens in the Attic is a 2009 American family science fiction comedy film starring an American character actor who in television is known for playing Dr. Emil Skoda on what NBC series?

Damon Dark is an independent public access TV series and web series from Australia about a heroic and obsessive investigator of UFO incidents and other strange cases, created by Australian writer, actor and film maker Adrian Sherlock.  Damon James Dark became a dedicated alien investigator after a close encounter during his teenage years.  He is associated with both the secret service and friendly aliens, including a character called Vincent Kosmos (an alien time traveller) and Trans-Dimensional Control (an alien law enforcement agency).  The character of Damon Dark has appeared in a 5-week TV series on Community TV 31 in Melbourne Australia, a self-published novel ("Biodome") on Amazon's createspace platform and a long running web series on YouTube.  He has also been involved in related web series "Young Damon Dark" and "Vincent Kosmos."  He has also been the focus of a one actor stage drama.  The character of Damon Dark has been played by Adrian Sherlock, Bruce Hughes, Aiden Sherlock and Jack Knoll.  Damon Dark is a loner, dresses in black, has a huge experience of aliens and their technology.  Damon is characterized by his high intelligence, idealistic moral outlook and wry sense of humor.  His best friend in the series is the long-suffering Gary Sutton, played by actor Robert Trott.  Damon Dark began in 1999, with a five-part weekly series on Melbourne's Community TV 31, (although the pilot was shot in 1996 and the show had been in development since 1990) following a screening of a 65-minute version of the story "Maddox" at the 57th World Science Fiction Convention (Aussiecon Three) held in Melbourne.  The series was later revived as a YouTube webseries which inspired several related webseries, including "The Young Damon Dark Adventures" in which the character is played as a teenager, and Vincent Kosmos, (created by and starring Chris Heaven, , an Italian actor and musician, about a renegade alien character who is a friend of Damon. <SEP> Larry Gelman (born November 3, 1930) is an American film and television character actor.  He is best known for playing Dr. Bernie Tupperman on the US TV series "The Bob Newhart Show" and Vinnie, the poker playing friend of Oscar and Felix, in the original TV series version of "The Odd Couple".  He also made numerous appearances as Dr. Hubie Binder in the US TV series "Maude" and as officer Bernstein on "Eight Is Enough".  He played Max as a regular member of the cast of the situation comedy "Needles and Pins", which ran for 14 episodes in the autumn ·of 1973. <SEP>  The plot revolves around the children in the Pearson family having to defend their vacation house against a group of aliens planning an invasion of Earth until one of the aliens betrayed them and join the Pearson children in battle.  The film was previously titled "They Came from Upstairs", which is instead used as the film's tag line. Aliens in the Attic is a 2009 American family science fiction comedy film produced by 20th Century Fox and Regency Enterprises and starring Carter Jenkins, Austin Butler, Ashley Tisdale, Gillian Vigman, Andy Richter, Doris Roberts, Robert Hoffman, Kevin Nealon, Tim Meadows, Henri Young, Regan Young, Josh Peck, J. K. Simmons, Kari Wahlgren, and Thomas Haden Church.  A video game of the same name was released as well.  "Aliens in the Attic" received mixed reviews from film critics but was a minor box office success.  Rotten Tomatoes gave it a rating of 31/100%.  The film was directed by John Schultz. <SEP>  In television, he is known for playing Dr. Emil Skoda on the NBC series "Law & Order" (and other "Law & Order" franchise series), neo-Nazi Vernon Schillinger on the HBO prison-drama "Oz", and Assistant Police Chief Will Pope on TNT's "The Closer".  His film roles include J. Jonah Jameson in Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man" trilogy and music instructor Terence Fletcher in 2014's "Whiplash".  He is also known for voicing Cave Johnson in the video game "Portal 2" (2011), Tenzin in "The Legend of Korra" (2012), Stanford Pines in "Gravity Falls", Kai in "Kung Fu Panda 3" (2016), Mayor Lionheart in "Zootopia" (2016) and Khampa in "Rock Dog" (2016).  Simmons also reprised his role as J. Jonah Jameson in various Marvel animated series and video games.  He has also appeared in a series of highly popular television commercials for Farmers Insurance. Jonathan Kimble "J. K." Simmons (born January 9, 1955) is an American character actor and voice actor.