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