Joseph Simmons
Birthday
1964/11/14 (60 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
Rev Run, Reverend Run, Joseph Ward Simmons, Joseph 'Run' Simmons, Run, RUN-D.M.C., RUN-DMC
Biography
Joseph Ward Simmons (born November 14, 1964), known by the stage name Rev. Run or DJ Run, is one of the founding members of the influential hip hop group Run–D.M.C., and a practicing minister, known as Reverend Run. Simmons was born in Hollis, Queens, New York. He is the younger brother of Daniel "Danny" Simmons, Jr. and Russell Simmons, the co-founder of Def Jam Records. He found new popularity in 2005 with his family MTV reality show Run's House. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joseph Simmons, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acting
(1985) Krush Groove
as Joseph Simmons
(1986) Big Fun in the Big Town
as Self
(1993) Who's the Man?
as Detective
(1988) Tougher Than Leather
as Joseph 'Run' Simmons
(2002) Run-DMC – Together Forever
as self
(2006) 30 Days
as Himself
(1985) The Making of Sun City
as Self
(2022) The Hip Hop Nutcracker
as Neighborhood MC / Narrator
(2013) Jingle Bell Rocks!
as Self
(2002) American Rap Stars
as Self
(2018) ReMastered: Who Killed Jam Master Jay?
as Self [RUN-D.M.C]
(2013) Made in America
as Self
(2004) Run DMC: Forever Kings
as Self [RUN-D.M.C]
(1985) Live Aid
as Self - RUN-D.M.C
(2002) Red Dragon
as Janitor
(2025) Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self
(2005) Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out
as ---
(1988) LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as ---
(2019) Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
(2001) Grounded for Life
as ---
(2004) Hip Hop Honors
as ---
(1998) TRL
as ---
(2019) Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
as Reverend Run (voice)
(2017) Great News
as Rev Run
(1984) MTV Video Music Awards
as Self
(1988) Yo! MTV Raps
as Self
(2007) Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
as Self (as "Rev. Run")
(2018) All About the Washingtons
as Joey Washington
(2022) The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Rev Run
(1986) WWF Wrestling Challenge
as Self
(2018) The Last O.G.
as 90s DJ
(1997) The View
as Self
(1984) Graffiti Rock
as Run
(2019) Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
as Self
(2023) Death by Fame
as Self [RUN-D.M.C] (archive footage)