Jk Simmons Whiplash

"I've never liked the biopic as a genre. It's always, 'Sure, you're good, but you're not as great as the real guy'," said JK Simmons

J.K. Simmons won the best supporting actor Oscar, the first of his career, for his role as a monstrous music teacher in the independent film Whiplash

JK Simmons played a music instructor in Whiplash

Whiplash will hit the theatres ahead of the Oscar ceremony which will be held on February 22 in Los Angeles

Mr Simmons plays a jazz band instructor who uses humiliation, fear and cruelty to motivate his students

"I've never liked the biopic as a genre. It's always, 'Sure, you're good, but you're not as great as the real guy'," said JK Simmons

J.K. Simmons won the best supporting actor Oscar, the first of his career, for his role as a monstrous music teacher in the independent film Whiplash

JK Simmons played a music instructor in Whiplash

Whiplash will hit the theatres ahead of the Oscar ceremony which will be held on February 22 in Los Angeles

Mr Simmons plays a jazz band instructor who uses humiliation, fear and cruelty to motivate his students