Who is JK Simmons in Ghostbusters Afterlife? The JK Simmons character is known as Ivo Shandor but what is his importance in Ghostbusters lore? Anyone who’s seen the movie will know about the Ghostbusters Afterlife Shandor character but who is he to the Ghostbusters, and is he really the Spider-Man: No Way Home J. Jonah Jameson actor JK Simmons? Here’s everything there is to know about the Ghostbusters Afterlife JK Simmons cameo.
Spoilers for Ghostbusters Afterlife follow!
Ghostbusters Afterlife JK Simmons: Who is Ivo Shandor?
JK Simmons appears briefly in Ghostbusters Afterlife as Ivo Shandor, the architect of most of the problems in the movies and a devout worshipper of series antagonist Gozer the Gozerian. He spends a few scenes in Ghostbusters Afterlife as a corpse but his ghost (or zombie corpse) seemingly returns when Gozer does, revealing the character to be none other than JK Simmons. Despite being such a devout worshipper played by a popular actor, Gozer is less than thrilled at Shandor’s deep devotion. Despite Shandor’s planning allowing Gozer to return twice, the god incinerates and tears him apart immediately.
Fans were first clued in to the idea that Ghostbusters Afterlife would delve more into the role of Ivo Shandor when one of the recent trailers revealed the name “Shandor Mining Company.” In the first Ghostbusters movie in 1984, Shandor didn’t physically appear but was the architect behind 550 Central Park West — the building in New York where Dana Barrett (Sigourney Weaver) lived which became a temple for the dark Sumerian god Gozer. Shandor’s ghost was the primary antagonist of 2009’s semi-canonical Ghostbusters: The Video Game, which revealed a lot about the Gozer cult. His ghost may have been destroyed, but maybe it was reincarnated upon the return of Gozer in Somerville?
For more on Ghostbusters Afterlife, here’s whether it sets up a possible sequel and whether Sigourney Weaver returned for the movie. If Ghostbusters Afterlife wasn’t enough, the Fortnite x Ghostbusters crossover recently started again, and the remastered version of the fantastic Ghostbusters: The Video Game is available now for anyone who wants to know what happened after Ghostbusters 2.
