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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 14, 1964
Place of Birth
Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Rev Run
- Reverend Run
- Joseph Ward Simmons
- Joseph 'Run' Simmons
- Run
- RUN-D.M.C.
- RUN-DMC
Joseph Simmons
0.4 Popularity
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
7.4
Self (archive footage)
Sean Combs: The Reckoning
2025
7.7
Self - Run D.M.C. - Musical Guest October 18, 1986 (archive footage)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
6.6
Self [RUN-D.M.C] (archive footage)
Death by Fame
2023
5.1
Neighborhood MC / Narrator
The Hip Hop Nutcracker
2022
5.6
Rev Run
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
4.0
Self - Funeral Attendee (archive footage)
Payback
2022
8.0
Self
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
2019
4.9
Self - Guest
Tamron Hall
2019
8.0
Reverend Run (voice)
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
2019
6.5
Self [RUN-DMC]
ReMastered: Who Killed Jam Master Jay?
2018
Credits
Sean Combs: The Reckoning
as Self (archive footage)
2025
7.4
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self - Run D.M.C. - Musical Guest October 18, 1986 (archive footage)
2025
7.7
Death by Fame
as Self [RUN-D.M.C] (archive footage)
2023
6.6
The Hip Hop Nutcracker
as Neighborhood MC / Narrator
2022
5.1
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Rev Run
2022
5.6
Payback
as Self - Funeral Attendee (archive footage)
2022
4.0
Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America
as Self
2019
8.0
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
2019
4.9
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
as Reverend Run (voice)
2019
8.0
ReMastered: Who Killed Jam Master Jay?
as Self [RUN-DMC]
2018
6.5
All About the Washingtons
as Joey Washington
2018
5.6
The Last O.G.
as 90s DJ
2018
6.3
Great News
as Rev Run
2017
6.6
Jingle Bell Rocks!
as Self
2013
0.0
Made in America
as Self
2013
4.2
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
as Self (as "Rev. Run")
2007
6.8
30 Days
as Himself
2006
1.0
Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out
2005
8.1
Hip Hop Honors
2004
0.0
Run DMC: Forever Kings
as Self
2004
0.0
Red Dragon
as Janitor
2002
7.0
Run-DMC | Together Forever
as Self
2002
0.0
Through the Years of Hip Hop Volume 1 Graffiti Extras
2002
0.0
American Rap Stars
as Self
2002
3.0
Grounded for Life
as Run
2001
6.8
Run DMC: Live at Montreux 2001
2001
0.0
Beastie Boys: Tibetan Freedom Concert 1999
1999
0.0
TRL
1998
5.1
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
Who's the Man?
as Detective
1993
5.2
Tougher Than Leather
as Run
1988
5.3
Yo! MTV Raps
as Self
1988
7.5
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self
1988
5.4
WWF Wrestling Challenge
as Self
1986
6.8
Big Fun in the Big Town
as Self
1986
5.0
Krush Groove
as Joseph Simmons
1985
6.2
Live Aid
as Self
1985
7.9
The Making of Sun City
as Self
1985
9.0
MTV Video Music Awards
as Self
1984
7.7
Graffiti Rock
as Run
1984
6.2
The Grammys
as Self
1959
8.6