Gene Simmons
Acting
Biography
Gene Simmons (born Chaim Witz; August 25, 1949) is an Israeli American rock bassist, singer, songwriter, musician, actor, and businessman. Known as "The Demon," he is the bassist/vocalist of Kiss, a hard rock band he co-founded in the early 1970s. Simmons was ranked number 12 in Roadrunner's list of 50 Best Frontmen in Metal History.
As actor 224
Family Guy
1999
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Castle
2009
King of the Hill
1997
The View
1997
Dancing with the Stars
2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Miami Vice
1984
Anderson Cooper 360°
2003
Scorpion
2014
Hell's Kitchen
2005
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
2007
American Idol
2002
Third Watch
1999
Jackass
2000
The Celebrity Apprentice
2004
Ugly Betty
2006
The Tyra Banks Show
2005
Millennium
1996
MTV Video Music Awards
1984
Angie Tribeca
2016
Steve
2017
The Hitchhiker
1983
MTV Unplugged
1989
Where Are They Now?
1999
Fridays
1980
Why Him?
2016
Gene Simmons: Family Jewels
2006
Comic Book Men
2012
Glenn Martin, DDS
2009
The New Guy
2002
Through the Keyhole
2013
The Greg Behrendt Show
2006
Be Cool
2005
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition
2026
MTV World Stage
2009
The New Tom Green Show
2003
Shatner's Raw Nerve
2008
Seven Ages of Rock
2007
The Henry Rollins Show
2006
Welcome to Sweden
2014
Mind of Mencia
2005
Kiss: Unplugged
1996
Detroit Rock City
1999
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1987
Shrink Rap
2007
Dave Navarro's Spread
2007
Runaway
1984
Extract
2009
Kiss: Konfidential
1993
Scooby-Doo! and KISS: Rock and Roll Mystery
2015
Armed Response
2017
Trick or Treat
1986
Porn Star: The Legend of Ron Jeremy
2001
Rock School
2005
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Kiss: Through the Years
2022
In Search of Tomorrow
2022
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
2006
Detroit Metal City
2008
Keith Lemon: Coming in America
2018
The Fairly OddParents: Wishology!
2009
Young Music Show
1978
Heavy: The Story of Metal
2006
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
1988
I Get That a Lot
2009
Biography: KISStory
2021
100 Most Shocking Music Moments
2009
In Search of Darkness: Part III
2022
Ed's Nite In
2005
KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park
1978
Jingles
A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas
2001
Red Surf
1989
Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage
2010
Chuck Berry: The Original King of Rock 'n' Roll
2018
Kiss: Symphony
2003
Di'Anno: Iron Maiden's Lost Singer
2025
4th and Loud
2014
![Kiss [1977] New York poster](/api/images/tmdb/w342/xF0HHxAuMUa6rcw9UvtRXA5ipmM.jpg)
Kiss [1977] New York
1977
Kiss: Live in Tokyo
1977
KISS: VH1 Ultimate Albums - Alive!
2003
Never Too Young to Die
1986
Expecting Mary
2010
Kiss Rocks Vegas
2016
Rammstein in Amerika
2015
We Are X
2016
Wish You Were Dead
2002
At Any Cost
2000
Kiss: Beyond the Makeup
2001
From Tokyo to You
2025
That '70s KISS Show
2002
Molly: The Real Thing
2016
Kiss: TV Collection 1974-1976
1976
Chris Jericho's 30th Anniversary Celebration
2020
The Ringmaster
2019
Kiss: The Lost Concert
2003
Sample This
2013
Kiss: Animalize Live Uncensored
1984
Rock-A-Big Baby
1997
KISS: Destroys Anaheim
1976
KISS: Anhembi Arena, São Paulo
2012
![Kiss [1990] Detroit 1990 poster](/api/images/tmdb/w342/wsvaayzXVlQKX55TZHOOiuunBQx.jpg)
Kiss [1990] Detroit 1990
1990
![Kiss [1974] Long Beach poster](/api/images/tmdb/w342/5YdfQDFi6qBo7Jl3rYIptFJB8mr.jpg)
Kiss [1974] Long Beach
1974
The Great Satan
2018
Kiss (2013) Stockholm
2013
Kiss: Japan Monster
2013
The Colossus of Destiny: A Melvins Tale
2016
Love Meets in the Sunshine
Kiss: Young Music Show
1977
Kiss: Creatures of the Night - 40th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition
2022
Kiss: Media Collection 1974-1978
1978
![Kiss [1994] Live Santiago de Chile poster](/api/images/tmdb/w342/lf6oSWerE7KaQEbsxefHEQPZ2Lt.jpg)
Kiss [1994] Live Santiago de Chile
1994
Kiss: Live at the Houston Summit
1976
The Ritchie Blackmore Story
2015
Kiss: Live at The Summit
1977
KISS EXTREME AND CLOSE UP
Kiss [2013] Private Acustic
2013
Larger Than Life II
2018
Kiss: Live in Tokyo 1988
1988
Quem KISS Teve
1983
KISS - Love Gun
2004
VH1 Rock Honors
2006
KISS: The Videos 1974 - 2002
2002
![Kiss [2000] The Last Kiss poster](/api/images/tmdb/w342/zUG2JzT1YZ6g94ZRzJdTwV40tU4.jpg)
Kiss [2000] The Last Kiss
2000
The Rainbow
2019
Rock n Roll Meltdown
1988
Not On the Heep: The Heavy Metal Saga of Lee Kerslake
2023
When KISS Ruled the World
2004
Kiss: Live at Rock Am Ring
2010
Kiss: X-Treme Close Up
1992
Kiss: São Paulo, 1994
1994
The Paul Lynde Halloween Special
1976
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
2014
Kiss My Ass: The Video
1994
Satan’s Top 40
2001
![Kiss [1984] Quebec '84 poster](/api/images/tmdb/w342/fChx3iVKJFBtRJ34fwOgM5FtrlD.jpg)
Kiss [1984] Quebec '84
1984
Cum On Feel The Noize
2017
KISS: Asylum Tour New York
1985
![Kiss [1983] Ao Vivo poster](/api/images/tmdb/w342/nXu1KEHHPbDUJqvIS5lGfdp4saz.jpg)
Kiss [1983] Ao Vivo
1983
KISS: Unauthorized
2005
KISS Live in Largo 20/12/77
KISS 2020 Goodbye
2020
![Kiss [1976] Dressed For Cobo poster](/api/images/tmdb/w342/kPewRoRDAllMnoicqg5eZZdLfX.jpg)
Kiss [1976] Dressed For Cobo
1976
KISS: Happy Halloween 1998
Kissology: The Ultimate KISS Collection Vol. 3 (1992-2000)
2007
Rock Camp: The Movie
2021
KISS: Live in Las Vegas
2002
Kiss - Live in Nurburgring
2012
![Kiss [1983] If It Is Too Loud, You Are Too Old poster](/api/images/tmdb/w342/6OqV8LApSokCYLk4kF1Yur6kqem.jpg)
Kiss [1983] If It Is Too Loud, You Are Too Old
1983
Kiss [1977] The 2nd Summit
1977
Satan’s Top Forty
2001
KISS Rok' N Rosemont!
2023
KISS Frontmen: Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley
2022
Larger Than Life
2018
Året var 1976
2025
KISS - THE LOST ALIVE 2 MOVIE
2009
Extract: Mike Judge's Secret Recipe
2009
Kissology: The Ultimate KISS Collection Vol. 1 (1974-1977)
2006
Kiss - Rock And Roll All Night
2006
Kiss - Hellfest 2023
2023
![Kiss [1997] Toledo poster](/api/images/tmdb/w342/a5iBBNTN2NW0erpkOOHz0rou7OE.jpg)
Kiss [1997] Toledo
1997
Hard 'N Heavy Volume 4
1989
Kiss - Winterland Or Hell
1975
Kiss: Live At Coventry
1973
Kiss - (Alive Tour) Cobo Hall Detroit, MI January 25,
1976
The Kiss Monster World Tour: Live from Europe
2013
Creem: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine
2019
KISS : The Videos 1975-1998
2002
KISS Loves You
2004
KISS Kruise IV
2014
Kiss: Destroyer - 45th Anniversary Super Deluxe
2021
Kiss [1980] 1980 TV Compilation
1980
Kiss [2006] VH1 Hanging With Gene & Paul
2006
Kiss: VH1 Rock Honors 2006
2006
![Kiss [1983] Essen 1983 poster](/api/images/tmdb/w342/7zFrRbYIBTBgQPQojnwCgi2Jqyy.jpg)
Kiss [1983] Essen 1983
1983
![Kiss [1979] The Return Of Kiss poster](/api/images/tmdb/w342/93GWICf7U9jVxbKSDnkZaYnF1Of.jpg)
Kiss [1979] The Return Of Kiss
1979
Kiss Exposed
1987
Kiss [2000] Arte TV Special
2000
Kiss [1979] The 1979 TV Collection
1979
KISS: Reun1ting In Louisville
1996
The Vinnie Vincent Collection
2017
Kiss [1996] Irvine
1996
![Kiss [1979] A Visual Evolution 1973 - 1979 poster](/api/images/tmdb/w342/qzRe0dKqzEO8P12d5PmwsuzOSyG.jpg)
Kiss [1979] A Visual Evolution 1973 - 1979
1979
KISS: Crazy Nights
1988
![Kiss [1992] The Palace '92 poster](/api/images/tmdb/w342/cuSq9bI7TFtlu4jJlPdtN8vhvgz.jpg)
Kiss [1992] The Palace '92
1992
Kiss [1983] Creatures Of The Night 20th Anniversary Media Collection
1983
Kiss: Satanik Kreatures - Interviews
2006
![Kiss [1975] Midnight Special poster](/api/images/tmdb/w342/9K8fmttgwRbRsHbp4bryvq1rONH.jpg)
Kiss [1975] Midnight Special
1975
Kiss [1982] Videos From The Elder
1982
![Kiss [1974] Nothin' To Lose poster](/api/images/tmdb/w342/bqerjTkvWSyjdEBFD87JE5hBXsH.jpg)
Kiss [1974] Nothin' To Lose
1974
![Kiss [1987] A Night At The Spectrum poster](/api/images/tmdb/w342/6mVe12BLdLWZaM8YYLQhLtf5Dl9.jpg)
Kiss [1987] A Night At The Spectrum
1987
![Kiss [1977] Live at Cobo Hall Detroit poster](/api/images/tmdb/w342/iSIvqdyUXERjsZ76B9BIi4qoADg.jpg)
Kiss [1977] Live at Cobo Hall Detroit
1977
Kissology: The Ultimate KISS Collection Vol. 2 (1978-1991)
2007
Kiss Live at Budokan 1988
2008
Kiss - Live In Japan - Udo Music Festival
2006
KISS - Konfidential & X-Treme Close Up
2001
KISS Live: Hotter than Hell 1975
1975
Kiss [2013] Sydney
2013
Kiss [1988] A Crazy Night With Kiss
1988
Kiss: The Elder Media Collection
1981
Kiss [2012] New Orleans Live Webcast
2012
![Kiss [1995] Alive 1995 poster](/api/images/tmdb/w342/pJYlUaZaMKRTw4w8S1O5UPSwLGg.jpg)
Kiss [1995] Alive 1995
1995
Kiss: The Ultimate Kissology Volume I
![Kiss [1976] Detroit 1976 poster](/api/images/tmdb/w342/kU6sarFHXojXsmLYUiHdqlN6Csc.jpg)
Kiss [1976] Detroit 1976
1976
Kiss: End of the Road Tour - Vancouver 2019
2019
Kiss [1997] The Peter Criss Project
1997
The Best of KISS: 20th Century Masters
2004
KISS: End of the Road Cincinnati
2023
Kiss: The Ultimate Kissology Volume II
![Kiss [1980] Sydney Australia poster](/api/images/tmdb/w342/w7mCfbmlEULSKF07QQOPH6Of5g2.jpg)
Kiss [1980] Sydney Australia
1980
Kiss [1983] Madrid 1983
1983
Kiss: The Second Coming
1998
Kiss: Rock the Nation Live
2005
Kiss [2014] Charlotte 40th Anniversary
2014
KISS: Live in Buenos Aires
2009
KISS: End of the Road
2023
Kiss [2013] Monster in Prague
2013
Truth About Rock
1989
Kiss [2012] Buenos Aires Rock City
2012
![Kiss [2006] Rising Sun poster](/api/images/tmdb/w342/fddkIlvpBHXx7pyY6Zr1QkVOKl5.jpg)
Kiss [2006] Rising Sun
2006
Full Circle - Last Exit Rock'n'Roll
2019
KIiss [1976] TV Collection 1974-1976
1976
