Acting · geboren 1957-10-04 · Queens, New York, USA
Russell Simmons
Russell Wendell Simmons (* 4. Oktober 1957) ist ein US-amerikanischer Unternehmer und Mitbegründer des wegweisenden Hip-Hop-Labels Def Jam (zusammen mit Rick Rubin). Er ist außerdem Schöpfer der Modelabel Phat Farm, Argyleculture und American Classics. Russell Simmons ist mit einem geschätzten Vermögen von 340 Millionen US-Dollar die drittreichste Persönlichkeit im Hip-Hop.
Bekannt aus
- Der verrückte Professor (1996) – Producer
- The L Word - Wenn Frauen Frauen lieben (2004) – Russell Simmons
- The Addiction (1995) – Executive Producer
- The Colbert Report (2005) – Self - Guest
- Waist Deep - Bis zum Hals (2006) – Executive Producer
- Gridlock'd - Voll Drauf! (1997) – Executive Producer
- Real Time with Bill Maher (2003) – Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) – Self - Guest
- Beastie Boys Story (2020) – Self (archive footage)
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) – Self - Guest
- Brown Sugar (2002) – Self
- Sean Combs: The Reckoning (2025) – Self (archive footage)
- The Apprentice (2004)
- Krush Groove (1985) – Crocket
- Moesha (1996) – Russell Simmons
- Die Playboy-Falle (1997) – Producer
- Survivor's Guide to Prison (2018) – Self
- Unity (2015) – Narrator (voice)
- G-Funk (2017) – Self
- ReMastered: Who Killed Jam Master Jay? (2018) – Self
- Awake: The Life of Yogananda (2014) – Self
- Beef (2003) – Self
- Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016) – Self
- The Show (1995) – Self
- Tod eines Showgirls (1998) – Celebrity Guest #2
- Def Comedy Jam (1992) – Producer
- Mad Dogs - Im Schatten der Gewalt (1988) – Self
- Death of a Dynasty (2003) – Self (uncredited)
- The Tents (2012) – Self
- Vegan: Everyday Stories (2016) – Self
- Undateable John (2019) – Suicide Hotline Operator
- Feel Rich: Health Is the New Wealth (2017) – Himself
- The Henry Rollins Show (2006)
- On Meditation (2016) – Self
- It's Black Entertainment (2002) – Self
- Jamie Kennedy's Blowin' Up (2006)
- The Arsenio Hall Show (2013) – Self
- Def Comedy Jam, Vol. 7 (2000) – Writer
- Big Fun in the Big Town (1986) – Self
- The Hip Hop Project (2006) – Self