Akil Simmons

Actor

Date of birth : 03/27/1977

City of birth : Alton, Illinois, USA

Akil Simmons was born and raised in a small town in southern Illinois. He graduated from Alton High School in 1995. He attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois State University and SIUE. First exposure to filmmaking came when he observed the feature film The Big Brass Ring (1999) being shot in his hometown.