actor J.K. Simmons 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. '

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Farmer Boys with Nick Rutherford.

Jonathan Kimble Simmons Simmons. Jonathan Kimble Simmons (born January 9, 1955) is an American actor. He is considered one of the most eminent character actors of his generation, having appeared in over 200 films and television roles.

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.

The novel is based on the childhood of Wilder's husband, Almanzo Wilder, who grew up in the 1860s near the town of Malone, New York. It covers roughly one year of his life, beginning just before his ninth birthday and describes a full year of farming.

TV celebrity judge Farmer Chris on Channel 5 Star's Celebs On The Farm and regularly featured farmer on Channel 5's The Yorkshire Vet, Chris Jeffery tells his remarkable life story, born a farmer's son who became a pig farm manager, milkman, insurance adviser, meat humper, animal nutrition representative to farm supply ...

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.

Audiences may know State Farm's khaki-wearing representative as “Jake from State Farm,” but in real life, his name is Kevin Miles. Miles, whose birth name is Kevin Mimm, began starring in the insurance company's commercials in 2020, replacing Jake Stone who played the character in the now-infamous ad from 2011.

Raul Vargas (Jan 1, 2023–)Farmers Insurance Group / CEO Raul Vargas | Chief Executive Officer (Farmers). Raul has more than two decades of international leadership experience across Latin America and Europe.

Farmer Boy describes the life of nine-year-old Almanzo and his family through the changing seasons. Through this story, the reader is able to observe the intricacies of life on a farm near Malone, Franklin County in the year 1866.

Farmer Boy is Laura Ingalls Wilder's beloved story of how her husband, Almanzo, grew up as a farmer boy far from the little house where Laura lived.