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Biography

Russell Simmons There is one thing that I can say about Russell Simmons "Intelligent." It is motivating to many individuals to see an African…more

Born

10/4/1957, Queens, New York, USA

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Role
- Running Russell Simmons
  Himself
- The Biz (AOL)
  Judge
- Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 10 Episode 38
    8/12/05
  - S 5: Ep 9 Episode 37
    8/5/05
  - S 5: Ep 8 Episode 36
    7/29/05
  - S 5: Ep 7 Episode 35
    7/22/05
  - S 5: Ep 6 Episode 34
    7/15/05
  - + 32 More Credits
- And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip Hop
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 2 Bring The Noise
    10/5/04
  - S 1: Ep 1 Back In The Day
    10/4/04
Recurring Role (1)

Role
- Run's House
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 9 Hall Of Fame
    7/13/09
  - S 6: Ep 6 An Office He Can't Refuse
    7/6/09
  - S 6: Ep 2 Run's Big House
    6/22/09
  - S 6: Ep 1 Hawaiian Vacation
    6/15/09
  - S 5: Ep 9 That Guy
    9/3/08
  - + 20 More Credits
Guest Star (32)

Role
- Countdown with Keith Olbermann
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 139 Current TV Episode 139
    1/16/12
  - S 9: Ep 80 Current TV Episode 80
    10/10/11
  - S 8: Ep 90 August 4, 2010
    8/4/10
- TMZ
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 41 Episode #5.041
    10/21/11
  - S 4: Ep 76 Episode #4.076
    12/2/10
  - S 4: Ep 13 Episode 4.013
    9/20/10
  - S 3: Ep 223 Episode #3.223
    5/24/10
  - S 2: Ep 170 Episode #2.170
    3/24/09
- US Open
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 12 Day 10
    9/9/09
- The NAACP Image Awards
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 40 40th NAACP Image Awards
    2/12/09
- The Henry Rollins Show
  Self
  - S 3: Ep 16 Russell Simmons, The Good, the Bad and the Queen
    7/27/07
- Real Time with Bill Maher
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 13 May 18, 2007
    5/18/07
- The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 83 Morning Show With Mike and Juliet
    5/16/07
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 19: Ep 145 April 25, 2007
    4/25/07
- Anderson Cooper 360°
  Himself - Video clip
  - S 4: Ep 169 Tuesday, April 24, 2007
    4/24/07
- The Colbert Report
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 53 Russell Simmons
    4/23/07
- Def Comedy Jam
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 Episode 82
    9/10/06
- Jamie Kennedy's Blowin' Up
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 8 Deal With It
    7/7/06
- The Tyra Banks Show
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 119 How to Get Rich
    4/12/06
- The L Word
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 4 Light My Fire
    1/29/06
- Martha
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 78 Fran Drescher
    1/12/06
  - S 1: Ep 22 Queen of the Red Carpet Joan Rivers
    10/11/05
- 20/20
  Himself - Record Industry Executive
  - S 27: Ep 18 Myth, Lies and Straight Talk
    12/30/05
- 20/20
  Himself
  - S 27: Ep 13 The New Rich: Secrets, Stratgies (and What You Can Learn from Them)
    12/2/05
- Run's House
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Graduate
    10/13/05
- The Cut
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 9 I'm A Grown-Ass Man And I Quit
    8/5/05
- Jimmy Kimmel Live
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 84 Gary Busey, Russell Simmons, & The Transplants
    7/5/05
- Behind the Music
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 2 L.L. Cool J
    10/10/04
  - S 4: Ep 33 The Notorious B.I.G
    7/8/01
  - S 3: Ep 21 Russell Simmons
    1/23/00
- Real Time with Bill Maher
  Guest
  - S 2: Ep 10 March 19, 2004
    3/19/04
- The Apprentice
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 6 Tit for Tat
    2/12/04
- The Wayne Brady Show (syndicated)
  Guest
  - S 2: Ep 41 10/27/03
    10/27/03
- MTV Video Music Awards
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 20 MTV 20th Annual Video Music Awards
    8/28/03
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Guest
  - S 10: Ep 68 Heather Graham, Sam Rockwell, Russell Simmons
    1/30/03
- 106 & Park
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 6 Russell & Kimora Lee Simmons, Master P Video Walk-On
    4/9/02
- MTV Cribs
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 2 Nelly, O-Town, Russell Simmons
    1/16/02
  - S 9: Ep 1 Russell Simmons, Marcellus Wiley
- Soul Train
  presenter
  - S 30: Ep 23 The 15th Annual Soul Train Music Awards
    2/28/01
- Soul Train
  Himself
  - S 30: Ep 12 The 3rd Annual Soul Train Christmas Starfest
    11/20/00
- Moesha
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 10 A Concerted Effort (2)
    11/5/96
  - S 2: Ep 9 A Concerted Effort (1)
    11/5/96
- Dennis Miller Live
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 31 Power
    8/18/95
Executive Producer (2)

Role
- Run's House
  Executive Producer
- And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip Hop
  Executive Producer

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- Russell beagan to produce the groundbreaking series Def Comedy Jam for HBO in 1991.
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- Russell's wedding to Kimora Lee was performed by his brother, Joe (Rev Run).
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- Russell was voted the world's 'Sexiest Vegeterian' in 2002 by PETA.
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- Russell: My little girls are the most beautiful women in the world. I am a lucky, lucky man. I will spend every day making sure that they know this.
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