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**Christopher Julius Rock** (born February 7, 1965) is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and director.

After working as a stand-up comedian and appearing in supporting film roles, Rock came to wider prominence as a cast member of *Saturday Night Live* in the early 1990s. He went on to more prominent film appearances, with starring roles in *Down to Earth* (2001), *Head of State* (2003), *The Longest Yard* (2005), the *Madagascar* film series (2005–2012), *Grown Ups* (2010), its sequel *Grown Ups 2* (2013), *Top Five* (2014), and a series of acclaimed stand-up specials for HBO. He developed, wrote, and narrated the sitcom *Everybody Hates Chris* (2005–2009), which was based on his early life.

Rock hosted the Academy Awards twice, in 2005 and in 2016. He has won four Emmy Awards and three Grammy Awards. He was voted the fifth-greatest stand-up comedian in a poll conducted by Comedy Central. He was also voted in the United Kingdom as the ninth-greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's *100 Greatest Stand-Ups* in 2007, and again in the updated 2010 list as the eighth-greatest stand-up comic.

## Early life

Christopher Julius Rock was born in Andrews, South Carolina on February 7, 1965. Shortly after his birth, his parents moved to the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. A few years later, they relocated and settled in the working class area of Bedford–Stuyvesant. His mother, Rosalie (*née* Tingman), was a teacher and social worker for the mentally handicapped; his father, Julius Rock, was a truck driver and newspaper deliveryman. Julius died in 1988 after ulcer surgery. Rock's younger brothers Tony, Kenny, and Jordan are also in the entertainment business. His older half-brother, Charles, died in 2006 after a long struggle with alcoholism. Rock has said that he was influenced by the performing style of his paternal grandfather, Allen Rock, a preacher.

Rock's family history was profiled on the PBS series *African American Lives 2* in 2008. A DNA test showed that he is of Cameroonian descent, specifically from the Udeme people of northern Cameroon. Rock's great-great-grandfather, Julius Caesar Tingman, was a slave for 21 years before serving in the American Civil War as part of the United States Colored Troops. During the 1940s, Rock's paternal grandfather moved from South Carolina to New York City to become a taxicab driver and preacher.

Rock was bused to schools in predominately white neighborhoods of Brooklyn, where he endured bullying and beatings from white students. As he got older, the bullying became worse and Rock's parents pulled him out of James Madison High School. He dropped out of high school altogether, but he later earned a GED. Rock then worked menial jobs at various fast-food restaurants.

## Career

### Early career

Rock began doing stand-up comedy in 1984 in New York City's Catch a Rising Star. He 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*.

### *Saturday Night Live*

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, Rob Schneider 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 role as a crack addict in the film *New Jack City*. His tenure on *SNL* gave Rock national exposure.

### Standup success

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With plans to leave *Saturday Night Live* after the 1992–93 season, Rock was effectively "fired" from the show. Beginning that fall, he appeared in six episodes of the predominantly African-American sketch show *In Living Color* as a special guest star. The show was canceled a month after he arrived. Rock then wrote and starred in the low-budget comedy *CB4*, which made $18 million against its budget of $6 million.

Rock starred in his first HBO comedy special in 1994 titled *Big Ass Jokes* as part of *HBO Comedy Half-Hour*. His second special, 1996's *Bring the Pain*, made Rock one of the most acclaimed and commercially successful comedians in the industry. Rock won two Emmy Awards for the special and gained large critical acclaim. The most well-known and controversial piece of the special was "N\*\*gas vs. Black People". Adding to his popularity was his much-publicized role as a commentator for Comedy Central's *Politically Incorrect* during the 1996 Presidential elections, for which he earned another Emmy nomination. 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 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* and *Entertainment Weekly*. 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.Template:Citation needed 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*.

Rock's fifth HBO special, *Kill the Messenger*, premiered on September 27, 2008, and won him another Emmy for outstanding writing for a variety or music program.

On October 30, 2016, Netflix announced that they would be releasing two new stand-up comedy specials from Rock, with Rock being paid $40 million per special. The first special, *Chris Rock: Tamborine*, was released on Netflix on February 14, 2018. It was filmed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The specials marked the comedian's first concert specials released in 10 years.

### Film star

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It was not until the success of his stand-up act in the late 1990s that Rock began receiving leading man status in films. Though he started off with supporting roles in films such as *Dogma*, *Beverly Hills Ninja*, *Lethal Weapon 4*, and *Nurse Betty*, he went on to star in films like *The Longest Yard*, *Bad Company*, and *Down to Earth*. Some of his 2010s film appearances include *Death at a Funeral*, *Grown Ups*, and *2 Days in New York*.

Rock has also increasingly worked behind the camera, both as a writer and director of *Head of State* and *I Think I Love My Wife* (both in which he played the lead role). Additionally, he has done voice work in the *Madagascar* animated film franchise, voicing the eccentric zebra Marty.

Following the release of his first documentary, 2009's *Good Hair*, Rock is working on a documentary about debt called *Credit Is the Devil*.

in 2014, Rock wrote, directed and starred in the critically acclaimed film *Top Five*, which critics have drawn comparison to Woody Allen's *Stardust Memories.* The film is a social commentary on fame and society.

### Television producer

In the fall of 2005, the UPN television network premiered a comedy series called *Everybody Hates Chris*, loosely based on Rock's school days, of which he is the executive producer and narrator. The show has garnered both critical and ratings success. The series was nominated for a 2006 Golden Globe for Best TV Series (Musical or Comedy), a 2006 People's Choice Award for Favorite New Television Comedy, and two 2006 Emmy Awards for costuming and cinematography.Template:Citation needed He produced the series *Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell*, which premiered in August 2012.

### Academy Awards

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. Jokingly, Rock opened by saying *"Welcome to the 77th and LAST Academy Awards!"* 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 when unable to get the actors they want: "If you want Tom Cruise and all you can get is Jude Law, wait [to make the film]!"). Subsequently, an angry 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*.) Law was not the only actor that Rock roasted 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!" Older Oscar officials were reportedly displeased with Rock's performance, which did not elevate ratings for the ceremony. Rock was also criticized for referring to the Oscars as "idiotic", and asserting that heterosexual men do not watch them, in an interview prior to Oscar night.

On October 21, 2015 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Rock would host the 88th Academy Awards. When the subsequent acting nominations turned out to include no racial minorities, Rock was called upon to join a boycott of the ceremony. Rock declined however, stating at the ceremony that it would have accomplished little since the show would have proceeded anyway, with him simply replaced. Instead, Rock spoke of his concerns about the lack of diversity in AMPAS at various times during the show, closing by saying "Black Lives Matter."

### 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*.

He directed and appeared in the music video for the Red Hot Chili Peppers song "Hump de Bump", and has simply appeared in several videos, including the Big Daddy Kane music video "Smooth Operator" as a guy getting his hair cut, one of the many celebrities seen lip-synching in Johnny Cash's "God's Gonna Cut You Down", a cameo in Madonna's "Bitch I'm Madonna", and as a Wild West sheriff chasing down an 1889 cowboy version of Lil Nas X in "Old Town Road".

### Stage plays

In 2011, Rock appeared on Broadway in Stephen Adly Guirgis' play *The Motherfucker with the Hat* with Bobby Cannavale and Annabella Sciorra. Rock was nominated for a Drama League Award. In an interview with Vibe Magazine, Rock stated that he chose to do Broadway because he wanted more people to see him "really act. Sometimes when you do comedy, that can be a little formulaic, and it's hard for really good directors to see that you can act."

## Comedic style and views

Rock's subject matter typically involves family, politics, romance, music, celebrities, and race relations in the United States. Though not strictly autobiographical, much of his comic standpoint seems rooted in his teenage experience; his strict parents, concerned about the inadequacies of the local school system, arranged to have the adolescent Rock bused to a nearly all-white high school in Bensonhurst (an Italian-ethnic neighborhood of Brooklyn known at the time for poor race relations). In his memoir *Rock This*, he recalls, "My parents assumed I'd get a better education in a better neighborhood. What I actually got was a worse education in a worse neighborhood. And a whole bunch of ass-whippings."

The comedian has also expressed discomfort with the notion that success in stand-up comedy—or, indeed, in any aspect of the entertainment industry—should oblige him to serve as a role model. In this position, he finds himself feuding with one of his comic idols, Bill Cosby. Cosby has criticized Rock both explicitly—for his N\*\*gas vs. Black People routine—and implicitly, for use of the word "n\*\*ger." Rock has not wavered from a position explored in his 1996 *Roll With The New* show, and reiterated in his 1997 memoir: "Why does the public expect entertainers to behave better than everybody else? It's ridiculous...Of course, this is just for black entertainers. You don't see anyone telling Jerry Seinfeld he's a good role model. Because everyone expects whites to behave themselves...Nowadays, you've got to be an entertainer and a leader. It's too much." Often the subject of tabloids, when asked about paparazzi and the other negative aspects of fame, 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."

At the London Live Earth concert on July 7, 2007, which was broadcast live on the BBC, before introducing the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rock called the crowd "motherfuckers" and said "shit", after a brief pause he said he was joking. Due to the broadcast being at 5:45 pm Rock was immediately cut off, and the BBC made several apologies for his use of the word "motherfucker."

Chris Rock has been an avid fan of the New York Mets baseball team since childhood. He famously complained that his team "had no money" during a 2011 interview with David Letterman.

Rock is a Democrat, who has expressed support for Barack Obama, Al Gore and Hillary Clinton. During a 2008 rant on his *Kill the Messenger* tour, Rock labelled George W. Bush as "the worst President ever."

At the 84th Academy Awards Rock made a joke about the lack of challenges in voice acting, sparking the fury of Maurice LaMarche and Tara Strong.

## Influences

Rock's comedy influences are Bill Cosby, Redd Foxx, Dick Gregory, Flip Wilson, Richard Pryor, Steve Martin, Pigmeat Markham, Woody Allen, Eddie Murphy, Sam Kinison, George Carlin, Mort Sahl, and Rodney Dangerfield.

Comedians who have claimed Rock as an influence are Dave Chappelle, Christian Finnegan, George Lopez, Kevin Hart, and Trevor Noah.

## Personal life

Rock married Malaak Compton-Rock on November 23, 1996. Compton-Rock is the founder and executive director of StyleWorks, a non-profit, full-service salon that provides free services for women leaving welfare and entering the workforce. The couple lived in Alpine, New Jersey with their two daughters, Lola Simone (born 2002) and Zahra Savannah (born 2004). In December 2014, Rock announced that he had filed for divorce from Compton-Rock. Rock admitted to infidelity in the marriage, as well as struggling with a porn addiction. The divorce was finalized on August 22, 2016.

Rock is an outspoken critic of racial profiling and often speaks of the "everyday racism" he claims to experience, despite being famous. In a 2013 episode of *Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee* with Jerry Seinfeld, Rock and Seinfeld are pulled over by the police for speeding while Seinfeld was driving. In the episode Rock admits to Seinfeld that "If you weren't here, I'd be scared. Yeah, I'm famous – still black." In 2015, Rock was pulled over three times in the first three months of the year. Each time Rock posted a selfie of the incident, without further comment as to the reason for the stops or whether he was issued a citation.

On June 25, 2019, *The New York Times Magazine* listed Chris Rock among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire. On August 20, 2019, Rock, along with several other celebrities, invested in a funding round for Lowell Herb Co, a California cannabis brand. He is known to be "a dedicated cannabis consumer".

## Discography

### Comedy Albums

* *Born Suspect* (Atlantic Records, 1991)
* *Roll with the New*, (DreamWorks Records, 1997)
* *Bigger & Blacker*, (DreamWorks Records, 1999)
* *Never Scared*, (DreamWorks Records/Geffen Records, 2004)
* *Tamborine* (Netflix Studios, LLC., 2018)

### Standup Specials

* *Chris Rock: Big Ass Jokes* (released on HBO, 1994)
* *Chris Rock: Bring the Pain* (released on HBO, 1996)
* *Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker* (released on HBO, 1999)
* *Chris Rock: Never Scared* (released on HBO, 2004)
* *Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger* (released on HBO, 2008)
* *Chris Rock: Tamborine* (released on Netflix 2018)

## Awards and Nominations

*Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Chris Rock*
## Bibliography

* *Rock This!* (Hyperion Books, 1997) – Template:ISBN

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