"A little over a decade ago, America got to know Timothy Simons through his not-so-lovable turn as Veep's Jonah, a punching bag of a character so hatable that he was called "Jolly Green Jizzface," "Frankenstein's Monster, if the monster was made out of dead dicks," and about a million other put-down pearls. But while Simons has appeared in a whole bunch of other very grown-up material since then, including Netflix's Nobody Wants This and the upcoming Scream 7,"
"Some of Simons's drive to do family-friendly projects could come from the decade-plus he's spent parenting his twins, Marty and Hopper. "It's always fun to do something my kids can not only see, but also something that they might actually like or know about," Simons says, noting that part of the impetus for taking on the Tantalus role was the week his kids spent at a day camp in L.A. themed around the Percy Jackson books."
Timothy Simons became widely known for playing Jonah on Veep, a deliberately unlikeable comic punching bag. He continued to take grown-up roles in projects such as Netflix's Nobody Wants This and the upcoming Scream 7 while also appearing in family-friendly work. He voiced a biker in Ralph Breaks the Internet and Drew Pickles in the Rugrats relaunch. In Percy Jackson and the Olympians' new season, he portrays King Tantalus with bloodthirsty swagger, Robert Smith-style hair, and a touch of pathos. Parenting twins Marty and Hopper influences his choices and fosters a desire to take roles his children can see and enjoy.
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