Joseph Simmons

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1964-11-14 (61 years old)

Place of Birth

Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Joseph Simmons

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

1993

Who's the Man?

as Detective

1988

Tougher Than Leather

as Joseph 'Run' Simmons

2006

30 Days

as Himself

2022

The Hip Hop Nutcracker

as Neighborhood MC / Narrator

2013

1985

Live Aid

as Self

2002

Red Dragon

as Janitor

Production

2023

Out of Bounds

as Sound Mixer

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