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{{Infobox Comedian| name = Chris Rock| image = 6.24.04ChrisRockbyLuigiNovi.jpg| imagesize = 150px| caption = Rock at the New York City premiere of Spike Lee's film,
She Hate Me, on June 24,
2004.],
United States| death_date =| death_place =| medium = stand-up comedy, television, film| active = 1985 - Present| genre = [Satire/
Political satire,
Observational comedy, [race relations,
current events,
American politics, African-American culture,
pop culture,
human sexuality,
marriage, [Bill Cosby, Eddie Murphy,
Woody Allen, Steve Martin, Dick Gregory,
Flip Wilson,Album covers featured in the opening credits of
Chris Rock: Bring the Pain, HBO, 1996.
Sam Kinison, George Carlin, Mort Sahl ],
George Lopez, Christian Finnegan,]
Chris Rock: Bring the Pain Det. Lee Butters in
Lethal Weapon 4 Lance Barton in
Down to Earth (2001 film)Rufus in
Dogma (film)Narrator in
Everybody Hates ChrisCaretaker in
The Longest Yard (2005 film)| signature =| website = www.chrisrock.com| footnotes =| emmyawards =
Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program 1997
Chris Rock: Bring the Pain 1999
The Chris Rock ShowOutstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special 1997
Chris Rock: Bring the Pain]
1998
Roll with the New2000
Bigger & BlackerBest Comedy Album 2006
Never Scared]-->
Christopher Julius Rock III (born February 7, 1965)Note: Reliable sources differ on his year of birth. In his book,
Rock This!, Rock gives his birth date as February 7, 1966. But Rock stated he was 42 years old on his February 2007 appearance on
The Oprah Winfrey Show. is an
United States comedian,
actor, screenwriter, television producer,
film producer and Film director. He was described by The Comedy Zone as the fifth greatest stand-up comedian of all time.{{cite web| url = http://www.comedy-zone.net/standup/comedian/index.htm| title = Stand Up Comedy & Comedians| accessdate = 2006-08-10| publisher = www.comedy-zone.net-->
Early life
Rock was born in Andrews, South Carolina. Shortly after his birth, his parents moved to
Crown Heights, Brooklyn,
New York. A few years later, they moved to the
working-class area of
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn where they settled. His mother, Rosalie (married and maiden names Tingman), was a teacher and social worker with the mentally handicapped, and his father, Julius Rock, was a former truck driver and newspaper deliveryman. Julius died in 1988 after
ulcer surgery. Rock has five younger siblings, Andre, Tony Rock, Brian (a Minister (Christianity)), Kenny, Andi, and a half-sibling, Jordan. Rock has said that he was influenced by the performing style of his paternal grandfather, Allen Rock, a
preacher. His brothers
Tony Rock and Kenny are also in the entertainment business. Kenny Rock at the Internet Movie Database
Early career
Rock began doing stand-up comedy in 1985 in New York City's Catch a Rising Star. Rock slowly rose up the ranks of the comedy circuit in addition to earning bit roles in the film
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka and the TV series
Miami Vice. Upon seeing his act at a nightclub,
Eddie Murphy befriended and mentored the aspiring comic. Murphy gave Rock his first film role in
Beverly Hills Cop II.
Early to mid-1990s
Rock became a cast member of the popular sketch comedy series
Saturday Night Live in 1990. He and other new cast members Chris Farley,
Adam Sandler and
David Spade became known as the
Bad Boys of SNL. In 1991, he released his first comedy album
Born Suspect and won acclaim for his dramatic role as a crack cocaine addict in the film
New Jack City. His tenure on
SNL gave Rock national exposure, but he was rarely used on the show, save for his recurring Nat X character. A frustrated Rock left the show in 1993 and joined the predominately African-American sketch show
In Living Color. But the show was no longer popular and was cancelled months later. Rock then decided to concentrate on a film career. He wrote and starred in the mockumentary
CB4 but the film was not a success. Acting jobs became scarce, and Rock abandoned Hollywood to concentrate on stand-up comedy.
Recurring characters on
SNL
- Nat X, a militant black host of the recurring sketch, "The Dark Side"
- Kevin Stubbs, a game show contestant (he was a contestant on "Sabra Price is Right" and "The Bensonhurst Dating Game")
- Onski, one of the hosts of the Yo! MTV Raps-esque show, "I'm Chillin'" (the cohost, B Fats, was played by Chris Farley)
- Buster Jenkins, an old black man who appears on Weekend Update
- Young Pop, a sailor who uses barbecued meat to save the day on "Tales From The Barbecue".
Celebrity impersonations on SNL
Stand-up success
He starred in his first HBO comedy special in 1994 titled
Big Ass Jokes. But it was his second stand-up special, 1996's
Chris Rock: Bring the Pain, that reinvented Rock as one of the best comedians in the industry. AllMovie.com review His routine, which featured commentaries on race in America, stirred up a great deal of controversy. Rock won two
Emmy Awards for that special. Adding to his popularity was his much-publicized role as a commentator for Comedy Central's
Politically Incorrect during the United States presidential election, 1996 which earned him another Emmy nomination.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200529/awards Rock also was the voice for the "Lil Penny" puppet who was the alter ego to basketball star
Penny Hardaway in a series of
Nike, Inc. shoe commercials from 1994-1998, and hosted the '97 MTV Video Music Awards.
Rock later had two more
HBO comedy specials:
Bigger & Blacker in 1999, and
Never Scared in 2004. Articles relating to both specials called Rock "the funniest man in America" in
Time (magazine) and
Entertainment Weekly, respectively. HBO also aired his talk show,
The Chris Rock Show, which gained critical acclaim for Rock's interviews with celebrities and politicians. The show won an Emmy for writing. His television work has won him a total of three
Emmy Awards and 15 nominations. By the end of the decade, Rock was established as one of the preeminent stand-up comedians and comic minds of his generation.
During this time, Rock also translated his comedy into print form in the book
Rock This! and released the Grammy Award-winning comedy albums,
Roll with the New,
Bigger & Blacker and
Never Scared.
He is currently working on his fifth
HBO special program.
Film career
While Rock has acted in movies since 1987 (beginning with a small role in
Beverly Hills Cop II), it was not until the success of his stand-up act in the late 1990s that Rock began receiving major parts in films. These include roles in
Dogma,
Beverly Hills Ninja,
Lethal Weapon 4 and
Nurse Betty and a starring role in
Down to Earth (2001 film). Rock has also increasingly worked behind the camera, both as a writer and director of
Head of State (movie) and
I Think I Love My Wife. In the fall of 2005, the UPN television network premiered a comedy series called
Everybody Hates Chris, based on Rock's school days, of which he is the executive producer and
narrator. The show has garnered both critical and commercial success, and Rock describes it as "honest" and "very working-class, so people can relate."
Comedic style
His comedy typically involves
race relations in the United States,
politics, music, romance, and
Social class. Though not directly based on it, many of his comedic views are rooted in his teen years; his very strict parents, concerned about the neighborhood schools, had him bused to an almost all-white high school in Bensonhurst (an Italian people-ethnic neighborhood of Brooklyn that was known at the time for poor race relations). Rock claims to have been arrested four times: once for vehicular assault on a youth who had robbed him, and three times for traffic violations, including driving without a license and driving too slowly.
Rock is uncomfortable with the idea of being seen as a larger than life figure in standup comedy as opposed to some of his heroes like Bill Cosby, Eddie Murphy or Richard Pryor; when pressed for a statement during an interview with
Playboy, he hesitated and finally responded: "I talked about race differently. I'll go that far".
Entertainment/wrestling
In the
Professional wrestling promotion's early days Chris Rock made an appearance for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling wrestling in which he was introduced by
Brian Gerard James and was hit with a chair and beaten up by wrestlers including Jeff Jarrett. This event was covered in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's "50 greatest moments".
Academy Awards host
In early 2005, Rock hosted the
77th Academy Awards ceremony. The decision to have Rock host the awards was seen by some as a chance to bring an "edge" to the ceremony and to make it more relevant or appealing to younger audiences. During one segment Rock asked "Who is this guy?" in reference to actor Jude Law seemingly appearing in every movie Rock had seen that year and implied Law was a low-rent Tom Cruise (he made a joke about filmmakers rushing production and being unable to get the actors they want: "If you want Tom Cruise and all you can get is Jude Law, wait make the film!") . Nearly two hours later, a defensive Sean Penn took the stage to present and said, "In answer to our host's question, Jude Law is one of our finest young actors." (At the time, Penn and Law were shooting
All the King's Men (2006 film).) Law was not the only actor that Rock poked fun at that evening, however -- he turned the joke on himself at one point, saying "if you want
Denzel Washington and all you can get is me, wait!"
Music videos
Rock's first music video was for his song "Your Mother's Got a Big Head" from his album
Born Suspect. Rock also made videos for his songs "Champagne" from
Roll With the New and "No Sex (In the Champagne Room)" from
Bigger & Blacker. Chris Rock also directed and appeared in the music video for the
Red Hot Chili Peppers song "Hump de Bump".
Rock appeared in the Big Daddy Kane music video "Smooth Operator" as a guy getting his hair cut.
He also appeared in
Johnny Cash's "
God's Gonna Cut You Down", one of the many celebrities seen lip-synching the song.
Live Earth controversy
Chris made his first appearance on stage in the UK at the
Live Earth concert, London event 07/07/2007 which was broadcast live on the BBC. Before introducing the Red Hot Chili Peppers Chris called the crowd "motherfuckers". Due to the broadcast being at 5.45pm Chris was immediately cut off and the BBC made several apologies for his use of the word "motherfucker". He also went on in a later interview with Jonathan Ross to use the word "niggers" but was unrepentant in later
NME interviews. "Chris Rock defends Live Earth swearing: Comic is critical of climate change show despite being host"; nme.com;
July 7, 2007.]
Personal life
Rock has been married to Malaak Compton since November 23
1996. She is the
Entrepreneur and board of directors of StyleWorks, a non-profit, full-service
hair salon that provides free services for women leaving welfare (financial aid) and entering the workforce. The couple has two daughters together, Lola Simone (born June 28 2002) and Zahra Savannah (born
May 22 2004).
In November 2006, the entertainment news website TMZ.com reported that Rock was filing for divorce after nearly ten years of marriage to Malaak. Two weeks later, however, TMZ reported that Rock had not filed divorce papers, and that it appeared that the couple had been able to work out their differences and stay together. In response to the reports, Rock released a statement to the press denouncing them as "untrue rumors and lies".
Often the subject of tabloids, when asked about paparazzi and the other negative aspects of celebrity, Rock says he accepts the bad with the good: "You can't be happy that fire cooks your food and be mad it burns your fingertips."
Most recently,
freelance journalist and former actress Kali Bowyer has filed a
paternity suit against Chris Rock, claiming he is the father of her son in need of hospitalization. Paternity Papers Agsinst Comedian/Actor Chris Rock Filed In Bulloch Court Preliminary DNA testing has appeared to clear Rock of this claim. "DNA test clears Chris Rock in paternity case, lawyer says," Associated Press on CNN.com, 7 Aug 2007.
Rock currently resides in
Alpine, New Jersey.
Works
Filmography
{| class="wikitable"|-! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes|-|1987|
Beverly Hills Cop II]|Himself|direct-to-video concert film|Rib Joint Customer||-|1989|
[Who Is Chris Rock?] short film|-|1991|
New Jack City]|Bony T||-|1993|
CB4]|Deke Anthony||-|
Panther (film)|Yuck Mouth||-|1996|Sgt. Bilko (film)
|1st Lt. Oster||-|1997|Beverly Hills Ninja]|Rodney|voice|-|Lethal Weapon 4]|Himself|documentary short|-|Dogma (film)|Rufus||-|2000|Nurse Betty]|Lance Barton|also co-writer|-|AI: Artificial Intelligence]|JB/Radio DJ/Pootie's Father|also producer|-|Osmosis Jones]|Chaka Luther King||-|rowspan="2"|2002|Bad Company (2002 film)|Jake Hayes/Kevin Pope||-|Comedian (film)|Himself|documentary|-|rowspan="2"|2003|Pauly Shore Is Dead]|Mays Gilliam|also director and co-writer|-|rowspan="2"|2004|The N-Word]|Pizza Delivery Guy||-|rowspan="3"|2005|The Aristocrats (film)|Himself|documentary|-|Madagascar (movie)|Marty|voice|-|The Longest Yard (2005 film)|Caretaker||-|rowspan="3"|2007|I Think I Love My Wife]|Mooseblood the Mosquito|voice|-|The Gilmores of Beverly Hills]|Marty|voice|-|2009|41 Dollars (The Scott Hicks Story)|Brad||-|}
Discography
{| class="wikitable"!align="left|Album Information|-|align="left"|Born Suspect
- Released: 1991
- Chart Positions: Did Not Chart
- Last RIAA certification: Gold
- Singles: "Your Mother's Got A Big Head"
|-|align="left"|Roll with the New
- Released: April 8, 1997
- Chart Positions: #93 US, #41 R&B/Hip-Hop
- Last RIAA certification: Platinum
- Singles: "Champagne"
|-|align="left"|Bigger & Blacker
- Released: July 13, 1999
- Chart Positions: #44 US, #26 R&B/Hip-Hop
- Last RIAA certification: Platinum
- Singles: "No Sex", Crazy White Kids"
|-|align="left"|Never Scared
- Released: August 31, 2004
- Chart Positions:
- Last RIAA certification: Platinum
- Singles:
|}
Selected television work
HBO specials
Books
See also
References
External links
- Official website
- Chris Rock's Stand Up Comedy Acts a small video collection
- The Comedy Festival in Las Vegas
- Everybody loves Chris
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[77th Academy Awards
{{Infobox Comedian| name = Chris Rock| image = 6.24.04ChrisRockbyLuigiNovi.jpg| imagesize = 150px| caption = Rock at the New York City premiere of Spike Lee's film, She Hate Me, on June 24, 2004.], United States| death_date =| death_place =| medium = stand-up comedy, television, film| active = 1985 - Present| genre = [Satire/Political satire,
Observational comedy, [race relations, current events, American politics, African-American culture, pop culture, human sexuality, marriage, [Bill Cosby, Eddie Murphy, Woody Allen, Steve Martin, Dick Gregory, Flip Wilson,Album covers featured in the opening credits of Chris Rock: Bring the Pain, HBO, 1996. Sam Kinison, George Carlin, Mort Sahl ], George Lopez, Christian Finnegan,]
Chris Rock: Bring the Pain
Det. Lee Butters in Lethal Weapon 4
Lance Barton in Down to Earth (2001 film)
Rufus in Dogma (film)
Narrator
in Everybody Hates Chris
Caretaker in The Longest Yard (2005 film)| signature =| website = www.chrisrock.com| footnotes =| emmyawards =Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program
1997 Chris Rock: Bring the Pain
1999 The Chris Rock Show
Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special
1997 Chris Rock: Bring the Pain]
1998 Roll with the New
2000 Bigger & Blacker
Best Comedy Album
2006 Never Scared]-->
Christopher Julius Rock III (born February 7, 1965)Note: Reliable sources differ on his year of birth. In his book, Rock This!, Rock gives his birth date as February 7, 1966. But Rock stated he was 42 years old on his February 2007 appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show. is an United States comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer and Film director. He was described by The Comedy Zone as the fifth greatest stand-up comedian of all time.{{cite web| url = http://www.comedy-zone.net/standup/comedian/index.htm| title = Stand Up Comedy & Comedians| accessdate = 2006-08-10| publisher = www.comedy-zone.net-->
Early life
Rock was born in Andrews, South Carolina. Shortly after his birth, his parents moved to Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York. A few years later, they moved to the working-class area of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn where they settled. His mother, Rosalie (married and maiden names Tingman), was a teacher and social worker with the mentally handicapped, and his father, Julius Rock, was a former truck driver and newspaper deliveryman. Julius died in 1988 after ulcer surgery. Rock has five younger siblings, Andre, Tony Rock, Brian (a Minister (Christianity)), Kenny, Andi, and a half-sibling, Jordan. Rock has said that he was influenced by the performing style of his paternal grandfather, Allen Rock, a preacher. His brothers Tony Rock and Kenny are also in the entertainment business. Kenny Rock at the Internet Movie Database
Early career
Rock began doing stand-up comedy in 1985 in New York City's Catch a Rising Star. Rock slowly rose up the ranks of the comedy circuit in addition to earning bit roles in the film I'm Gonna Git You Sucka and the TV series Miami Vice. Upon seeing his act at a nightclub, Eddie Murphy befriended and mentored the aspiring comic. Murphy gave Rock his first film role in Beverly Hills Cop II.
Early to mid-1990s
Rock became a cast member of the popular sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live in 1990. He and other new cast members Chris Farley, Adam Sandler and David Spade became known as the Bad Boys of SNL. In 1991, he released his first comedy album Born Suspect and won acclaim for his dramatic role as a crack cocaine addict in the film New Jack City. His tenure on SNL gave Rock national exposure, but he was rarely used on the show, save for his recurring Nat X character. A frustrated Rock left the show in 1993 and joined the predominately African-American sketch show In Living Color. But the show was no longer popular and was cancelled months later. Rock then decided to concentrate on a film career. He wrote and starred in the mockumentary CB4 but the film was not a success. Acting jobs became scarce, and Rock abandoned Hollywood to concentrate on stand-up comedy.
Recurring characters on SNL
- Nat X, a militant black host of the recurring sketch, "The Dark Side"
- Kevin Stubbs, a game show contestant (he was a contestant on "Sabra Price is Right" and "The Bensonhurst Dating Game")
- Onski, one of the hosts of the Yo! MTV Raps-esque show, "I'm Chillin'" (the cohost, B Fats, was played by Chris Farley)
- Buster Jenkins, an old black man who appears on Weekend Update
- Young Pop, a sailor who uses barbecued meat to save the day on "Tales From The Barbecue".
Celebrity impersonations on SNL
Stand-up success
He starred in his first HBO comedy special in 1994 titled Big Ass Jokes. But it was his second stand-up special, 1996's Chris Rock: Bring the Pain, that reinvented Rock as one of the best comedians in the industry. AllMovie.com review His routine, which featured commentaries on race in America, stirred up a great deal of controversy. Rock won two Emmy Awards for that special. Adding to his popularity was his much-publicized role as a commentator for Comedy Central's Politically Incorrect during the United States presidential election, 1996 which earned him another Emmy nomination.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200529/awards Rock also was the voice for the "Lil Penny" puppet who was the alter ego to basketball star Penny Hardaway in a series of Nike, Inc. shoe commercials from 1994-1998, and hosted the '97 MTV Video Music Awards.
Rock later had two more HBO comedy specials: Bigger & Blacker in 1999, and Never Scared in 2004. Articles relating to both specials called Rock "the funniest man in America" in Time (magazine) and Entertainment Weekly, respectively. HBO also aired his talk show, The Chris Rock Show, which gained critical acclaim for Rock's interviews with celebrities and politicians. The show won an Emmy for writing. His television work has won him a total of three Emmy Awards and 15 nominations. By the end of the decade, Rock was established as one of the preeminent stand-up comedians and comic minds of his generation.
During this time, Rock also translated his comedy into print form in the book Rock This! and released the Grammy Award-winning comedy albums, Roll with the New, Bigger & Blacker and Never Scared.
He is currently working on his fifth HBO special program.
Film career
While Rock has acted in movies since 1987 (beginning with a small role in Beverly Hills Cop II), it was not until the success of his stand-up act in the late 1990s that Rock began receiving major parts in films. These include roles in Dogma, Beverly Hills Ninja, Lethal Weapon 4 and Nurse Betty and a starring role in Down to Earth (2001 film). Rock has also increasingly worked behind the camera, both as a writer and director of Head of State (movie) and I Think I Love My Wife. In the fall of 2005, the UPN television network premiered a comedy series called Everybody Hates Chris, based on Rock's school days, of which he is the executive producer and narrator. The show has garnered both critical and commercial success, and Rock describes it as "honest" and "very working-class, so people can relate."
Comedic style
His comedy typically involves race relations in the United States, politics, music, romance, and Social class. Though not directly based on it, many of his comedic views are rooted in his teen years; his very strict parents, concerned about the neighborhood schools, had him bused to an almost all-white high school in Bensonhurst (an Italian people-ethnic neighborhood of Brooklyn that was known at the time for poor race relations). Rock claims to have been arrested four times: once for vehicular assault on a youth who had robbed him, and three times for traffic violations, including driving without a license and driving too slowly.
Rock is uncomfortable with the idea of being seen as a larger than life figure in standup comedy as opposed to some of his heroes like Bill Cosby, Eddie Murphy or Richard Pryor; when pressed for a statement during an interview with Playboy, he hesitated and finally responded: "I talked about race differently. I'll go that far".
Entertainment/wrestling
In the Professional wrestling promotion's early days Chris Rock made an appearance for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling wrestling in which he was introduced by Brian Gerard James and was hit with a chair and beaten up by wrestlers including Jeff Jarrett. This event was covered in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's "50 greatest moments".
Academy Awards host
In early 2005, Rock hosted the 77th Academy Awards ceremony. The decision to have Rock host the awards was seen by some as a chance to bring an "edge" to the ceremony and to make it more relevant or appealing to younger audiences. During one segment Rock asked "Who is this guy?" in reference to actor Jude Law seemingly appearing in every movie Rock had seen that year and implied Law was a low-rent Tom Cruise (he made a joke about filmmakers rushing production and being unable to get the actors they want: "If you want Tom Cruise and all you can get is Jude Law, wait make the film!") . Nearly two hours later, a defensive Sean Penn took the stage to present and said, "In answer to our host's question, Jude Law is one of our finest young actors." (At the time, Penn and Law were shooting All the King's Men (2006 film).) Law was not the only actor that Rock poked fun at that evening, however -- he turned the joke on himself at one point, saying "if you want Denzel Washington and all you can get is me, wait!"
Music videos
Rock's first music video was for his song "Your Mother's Got a Big Head" from his album Born Suspect. Rock also made videos for his songs "Champagne" from Roll With the New and "No Sex (In the Champagne Room)" from Bigger & Blacker. Chris Rock also directed and appeared in the music video for the Red Hot Chili Peppers song "Hump de Bump".
Rock appeared in the Big Daddy Kane music video "Smooth Operator" as a guy getting his hair cut.
He also appeared in Johnny Cash's "God's Gonna Cut You Down", one of the many celebrities seen lip-synching the song.
Live Earth controversy
Chris made his first appearance on stage in the UK at the Live Earth concert, London event 07/07/2007 which was broadcast live on the BBC. Before introducing the Red Hot Chili Peppers Chris called the crowd "motherfuckers". Due to the broadcast being at 5.45pm Chris was immediately cut off and the BBC made several apologies for his use of the word "motherfucker". He also went on in a later interview with Jonathan Ross to use the word "niggers" but was unrepentant in later NME interviews. "Chris Rock defends Live Earth swearing: Comic is critical of climate change show despite being host"; nme.com; July 7, 2007.]
Personal life
Rock has been married to Malaak Compton since November 23 1996. She is the Entrepreneur and board of directors of StyleWorks, a non-profit, full-service hair salon that provides free services for women leaving welfare (financial aid) and entering the workforce. The couple has two daughters together, Lola Simone (born June 28 2002) and Zahra Savannah (born May 22 2004).
In November 2006, the entertainment news website TMZ.com reported that Rock was filing for divorce after nearly ten years of marriage to Malaak. Two weeks later, however, TMZ reported that Rock had not filed divorce papers, and that it appeared that the couple had been able to work out their differences and stay together. In response to the reports, Rock released a statement to the press denouncing them as "untrue rumors and lies".
Often the subject of tabloids, when asked about paparazzi and the other negative aspects of celebrity, Rock says he accepts the bad with the good: "You can't be happy that fire cooks your food and be mad it burns your fingertips."
Most recently, freelance journalist and former actress Kali Bowyer has filed a paternity suit against Chris Rock, claiming he is the father of her son in need of hospitalization. Paternity Papers Agsinst Comedian/Actor Chris Rock Filed In Bulloch Court Preliminary DNA testing has appeared to clear Rock of this claim. "DNA test clears Chris Rock in paternity case, lawyer says," Associated Press on CNN.com, 7 Aug 2007.
Rock currently resides in Alpine, New Jersey.
Works
Filmography
{| class="wikitable"|-! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes|-|1987|Beverly Hills Cop II]|Himself|direct-to-video concert film|Rib Joint Customer||-|1989|[Who Is Chris Rock?] short film|-|1991|New Jack City]|Bony T||-|1993|CB4]|Deke Anthony||-|Panther (film)|Yuck Mouth||-|1996|Sgt. Bilko (film)|1st Lt. Oster||-|1997|Beverly Hills Ninja]|Rodney|voice|-|Lethal Weapon 4]|Himself|documentary short|-|Dogma (film)|Rufus||-|2000|Nurse Betty]|Lance Barton|also co-writer|-|AI: Artificial Intelligence]|JB/Radio DJ/Pootie's Father|also producer|-|Osmosis Jones]|Chaka Luther King||-|rowspan="2"|2002|Bad Company (2002 film)|Jake Hayes/Kevin Pope||-|Comedian (film)|Himself|documentary|-|rowspan="2"|2003|Pauly Shore Is Dead]|Mays Gilliam|also director and co-writer|-|rowspan="2"|2004|The N-Word]|Pizza Delivery Guy||-|rowspan="3"|2005|The Aristocrats (film)|Himself|documentary|-|Madagascar (movie)|Marty|voice|-|The Longest Yard (2005 film)|Caretaker||-|rowspan="3"|2007|I Think I Love My Wife]|Mooseblood the Mosquito|voice|-|The Gilmores of Beverly Hills]|Marty|voice|-|2009|41 Dollars (The Scott Hicks Story)|Brad||-|}
Discography
{| class="wikitable"!align="left|Album Information|-|align="left"|Born Suspect
- Released: 1991
- Chart Positions: Did Not Chart
- Last RIAA certification: Gold
- Singles: "Your Mother's Got A Big Head"
|-|align="left"|Roll with the New
- Released: April 8, 1997
- Chart Positions: #93 US, #41 R&B/Hip-Hop
- Last RIAA certification: Platinum
- Singles: "Champagne"
|-|align="left"|Bigger & Blacker
|-|align="left"|Never Scared
- Released: August 31, 2004
- Chart Positions:
- Last RIAA certification: Platinum
- Singles:
|}
Selected television work
HBO specials
Books
- Rock This! (Hyperion Books, 1997) - ISBN 0786862890
See also
References
External links
- Official website
- Chris Rock's Stand Up Comedy Acts a small video collection
- The Comedy Festival in Las Vegas
- Everybody loves Chris
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[77th Academy Awards
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Chris Rock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Christopher Julius Rock III [5] (born February 7, 1965) [6] [7] is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer and director.
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Overview. Date of Birth: 7 February 1965, Andrews, South Carolina, USA more. Mini Biography: Chris Rock was raised in Bedford-Stuyvesant, which is in Brooklyn... more
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Chris Rock: The funniest man in America? | Film | The ...
His savage send-ups of black culture have won him Emmys, Grammys, film roles - and the wrath of Bill Cosby. Kathy Sweeney meets Chris Rock, the 'funniest man in America'
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Voice Online :: Chris Rock to tour the UK
American comic sensation Chris Rock visits the UK early next year on his first official tour to these shores.Rock will performs at venues in London, Manchester, and Birmingham.
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HBO's Special Event page for Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger contains special features, video, interviews and information.
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