Person
Russell Simmons
Acting · Born 1957-10-04 · Queens, New York, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Russell Wendell Simmons (born October 4, 1957) is an American entrepreneur, the co-founder, with Rick Rubin, of the pioneering hip-hop label Def Jam, and creator of the clothing fashion lines Phat Farm, Argyleculture, and American Classics. Russell Simmons is the third richest figure in hip-hop, having a net-worth estimate of $340 million. Description above from the Wikipedia article Russell Simmons, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Real Time with Bill Maher
Self
The Colbert Report
Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
Tony Awards
Self - Winner
The L Word
Self
Moesha
Russell Simmons
The Celebrity Apprentice
2004
The Arsenio Hall Show
Self
Sean Combs: The Reckoning
Self (archive footage)
Filmography
- 2026Robot DraculaRussell
- 2025Sean Combs: The ReckoningSelf (archive footage)
- 2022PaybackSelf - Funeral Attendee (archive footage)
- 2020Beastie Boys StorySelf (archive footage)
- 2019Undateable JohnSuicide Hotline Operator
- 2019A Fatherless AmericaSelf
- 2018ReMastered: Who Killed Jam Master Jay?Self
- 2018Survivor's Guide to PrisonSelf
- 2017Feel Rich: Health Is the New WealthHimself
- 2017G-FunkSelf
- 2016All Def ComedyExecutive Producer
- 2016On MeditationSelf
- 2016Vegan: Everyday StoriesSelf
- 2016Norman Lear: Just Another Version of YouSelf
- 2016ADD Presents: Tyree ElaineExecutive Producer
- 2016ADD Presents: Robert PowellExecutive Producer
- 2015UnityNarrator (voice)
- 2014Awake: The Life of YoganandaSelf
- 2013Acting DisruptiveSelf
- 2013The Arsenio Hall ShowSelf
- 2012Yoga Is: A Transformational JourneyHimself
- 2012The TentsSelf
- 2012Russell Simmons Presents: The RuckusSelf
- 2011LemonExecutive Producer
- 2011My Favorite PlaceSelf
- 2010Running Russell Simmons
- 2010The Nate Berkus Show
- 2010Rappin' With The RicksterSelf
- 2009Jim Jones - This Is Jim JonesSelf
- 2009Shooting Star(s): The Rise of Hip Hop Photographer Johnny NunezSelf
- 2008Kimora: Life in the Fab LaneSelf
- 20082 Turntables and a MicrophoneSelf
- 2008The Black List: Volume OneSelf
- 2008In Prison My Whole LifeSelf
- 2006Def Comedy Jam Classics: Volume TwoSelf
- 2006Waist DeepExecutive Producer
- 2006Jamie Kennedy's Blowin' Up
- 2006The Hip Hop ProjectSelf
- 2006The Henry Rollins Show
- 2005The Colbert ReportSelf - Guest
- 2005Run's HouseProducer
- 20059/11/03: A Day in the Life of New York
- 2005It's the ShoesSelf
- 2005Street Fury: Envy
- 2005The History Makers: SuccessDirector
- 2004Hip Hop Honors
- 2004And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-HopExecutive Producer
- 2004And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-HopExecutive Producer
- 2004Run DMC: Forever KingsSelf
- 2004America Beyond the Color LineSelf
- 2004The L WordSelf
- 2004The Celebrity Apprentice
- 2003BeefSelf
- 2003Death of a DynastySelf (uncredited)
- 2003Real Time with Bill MaherSelf
- 2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest
- 2002Brown SugarSelf
- 2002The HamptonsSelf
- 2002It's Black EntertainmentSelf
- 2002American Rap StarsSelf
- 2001Def Comedy Jam, Vol. 6Writer
- 2001Russell Simmons' Def Comedy Jam All StarsHimself
- 2000Def Comedy Jam, Vol. 7Writer
- 1999The Hip Hop YearsSelf
- 1998ButterCelebrity Guest #2
- 1998Motown 40: The Music Is ForeverSelf
- 1997How to Be a PlayerProducer
- 1997Gridlock'dExecutive Producer
- 1996The Nutty ProfessorProducer
- 1996MoeshaRussell Simmons
- 1995The AddictionExecutive Producer
- 1995The ShowSelf
- 1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest
- 1992Def Comedy JamProducer
- 1988Tougher Than LeatherSelf
- 1986Big Fun in the Big TownSelf
- 1985Krush GrooveCrocket
- 1956Tony AwardsSelf - Winner
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