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Terence Fletcher is the main antagonist of the 2014 psychological drama film Whiplash and the 2013 short film of the same name on which the film was based.
Fletcher is the villainous maestro of the prestigious Shaffer Conservatory jazz band. Despite his distinguished reputation, Fletcher is actually an abrasive, perfectionist, vulgar, and ruthless instructor who is capable of issuing severe physical and psychological abuse to students for even the most minuscule mistake.
He was portrayed by J.K. Simmons, who also played Alexander Rausch in Homicide: Life on the Street, Vernon Schillinger in Oz, J. Jonah Jameson in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Skip in Aliens in the Attic, Cave Johnson in the Valve game Portal 2, Captain Matt McKenna in 21 Bridges, Omni-Man in Invincible, Ivo Shandor in Ghostbusters: Afterlife, and Captain Putty in Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers,