
Joseph Simmons
Department: Acting
Biography
Joseph Ward Simmons (born November 14, 1964), known by the stage name Run, 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.
Known For

Krush Groove
1985

Big Fun in the Big Town
1986

Who's the Man?
1993

Tougher Than Leather
1988

Run-DMC | Together Forever
2002

30 Days
2006

The Making of Sun City
1985

The Hip Hop Nutcracker
2022

Jingle Bell Rocks!
2013

American Rap Stars
2002

ReMastered: Who Killed Jam Master Jay?
2018

Made in America
2013

Run DMC: Forever Kings
2004

Live Aid
1985

Red Dragon
2002

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025

Beastie Boys: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1999
1999

Through the Years of Hip Hop Volume 1 Graffiti Extras
2002

Run DMC: Live at Montreux 2001
2001

Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out
2005

LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988

Tamron Hall
2019

Grounded for Life
2001

Hip Hop Honors
2004

TRL
1998

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
2019

Great News
2017

MTV Video Music Awards
1984

Yo! MTV Raps
1988

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
2007

All About the Washingtons
2018

The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022

WWF Wrestling Challenge
1986

The Last O.G.
2018

The View
1997

Graffiti Rock
1984

Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
2019

Death by Fame
2023

The Grammys
1959

Payback
2022

Sean Combs: The Reckoning
2025

Reading Rainbow
1983

Late Show with David Letterman
1993