Acting credits
43
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Joseph Simmons
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 20Series: 24Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 103899
IMDb ID: nm0799807
Known for: Acting
Born: November 14, 1964
Age: 61
Place of birth: Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1959 - 2025
Years active: 67
Average TMDB rating: 6.72
Wikidata: Q742642
Also known as
Rev Run • Reverend Run • Joseph Ward Simmons • Joseph 'Run' Simmons • Run • RUN-D.M.C. • RUN-DMC
Other jobs
Sound Mixer (1)
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.
Photos
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Joseph Simmons.
as Self (archive footage)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025 • Movie
Sound Mixer
Out of Bounds
2023 • Movie
as Self - Neighborhood MC / Self - Narrator
The Hip Hop Nutcracker
2022 • Movie
as Self [RUN-DMC]
ReMastered: Who Killed Jam Master Jay?
2018 • Movie
as Self
Jingle Bell Rocks!
2013 • Movie
as Self
Made in America
2013 • Movie
as Himself
30 Days
2006 • Movie
as Self
Run DMC: Forever Kings
2004 • Movie
as Janitor
Red Dragon
2002 • Movie
as Self
Run-DMC | Together Forever
2002 • Movie
Through the Years of Hip Hop Volume 1 Graffiti Extras
2002 • Movie
as Self
American Rap Stars
2002 • Movie
Run DMC: Live at Montreux 2001
2001 • Movie
Beastie Boys: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1999
1999 • Movie
as Detective
Who's the Man?
1993 • Movie
as Run
Tougher Than Leather
1988 • Movie
as Self
Big Fun in the Big Town
1986 • Movie
as Joseph Simmons
Krush Groove
1985 • Movie
as Self
Live Aid
1985 • Movie
as Self
The Making of Sun City
1985 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Joseph Simmons.
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
Sean Combs: The Reckoning
2025 • Series
as Self [RUN-D.M.C] (archive footage) • 1 eps
Death by Fame
2023 • Series
as Rev Run • 1 eps
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 • Series
as Self - Funeral Attendee (archive footage) • 1 eps
Payback
2022 • Series
as Self • 6 eps
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
2019 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
Tamron Hall
2019 • Series
as Reverend Run (voice) • 1 eps
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
2019 • Series
as Joey Washington • 10 eps
All About the Washingtons
2018 • Series
as 90s DJ • 1 eps
The Last O.G.
2018 • Series
as Rev Run • 1 eps
Great News
2017 • Series
as Self (as "Rev. Run") • 1 eps
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
2007 • Series
1 eps
Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out
2005 • Series
7 eps
Hip Hop Honors
2004 • Series
as Run • 1 eps
Grounded for Life
2001 • Series
1 eps
TRL
1998 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The View
1997 • Series
as Self - Musical Guest • 1 eps
Late Show with David Letterman
1993 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
Yo! MTV Raps
1988 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
WWF Wrestling Challenge
1986 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
MTV Video Music Awards
1984 • Series
as Run • 1 eps
Graffiti Rock
1984 • Series
as Self (as Run) • 1 eps
Reading Rainbow
1983 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
The Grammys
1959 • Series