Chris Rock Biography (1966-)

Born February 7, 1966, in Jamestown (some sources cite Georgetown), SC; son of Julius (a truck driver) and Rose (a schoolteacher) Rock; brother of Tony Rock (a standup comic); married Malaak Compton (a public relations executive),November 23, 1996; children: Lola Simone. Addresses: Agent: Eddy Yablans, International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA90211.; Manager: ML Management Associates, Inc., 1740 Broadway, 15th Floor,New York, NY 10019.; Publicist: Baker Winokur Ryder, 9100 Wilshire Blvd., Sixth Floor West, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Comedian, actor, writer, producer

Birth Details

February 7, 1966

Jamestown, South Carolina, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Cast member, Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's SaturdayNight, Saturday Night, SNL, and SNL 25), NBC, 1990-1993
• Cast member, In Living Color, Fox, 1993-1994
• Host, The Chris Rock Show, HBO, 1997-2000
• Specials
• Uptown Comedy Express (also known as On Location), HBO, 1987
• First Person with Maria Shriver, NBC, 1990
• Saturday Night Live Goes Commercial, NBC, 1991
• Saturday Night Live: All the Best for Mother's Day, NBC, 1992
• Why Bother Voting?, PBS, 1992
• The Second Annual Saturday Night Live Mother's Day Special, NBC, 1993
• "Chris Rock--Big Ass Jokes," HBO Comedy Half-Hour, HBO, 1994
• Def Comedy Jam Primetime, 1994
• Met Life Presents the Apollo Theatre Hall of Fame, NBC, 1994
• Comic Relief VII, HBO, 1995
• Correspondent, "Indecision '96: The Democratic National Convention," Politically Incorrect, Comedy Central, 1996
• Correspondent, "Indecision '96: The Republican National Convention," Politically Incorrect, Comedy Central, 1996
• Voice, How Do You Spell God?, HBO, 1996
• Catch a Rising Star 50th Anniversary--Give or Take 26 Years, CBS,1996
• Chris Rock: Bring the Pain, HBO, 1996
• A Gift of Song, TNT, 1997
• Multiple roles, The Bad Boys of Saturday Night Live (also known asSaturday Night Live: Bad Boys), NBC, 1998
• Multiple roles, Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley, NBC, 1998
• Multiple roles, Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman, NBC, 1998
• Elmopalooza!, ABC, 1998
• Comic Relief VIII, HBO, 1998
• Kids Are Punny (also known as Rosie O'Donnell's Kids Are Punny), HBO, 1998
• Multiple roles, Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Rock, NBC,1999
• Best of Chris Rock, 1999
• Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker, HBO, 1999
• Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary, NBC, 1999
• Narrator, Whatever Happened to Micheal Ray?, TNT, 2000
• America: A Tribute to Heroes, ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, UPN, and The WB,2001
• Inside TV Land: African Americans in Television, TV Land, 2002
• Episodic
• Carson, "Missing Hours," Miami Vice, NBC, 1985
• Maurice/Jasmine, "Get a Job," The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, NBC, 1995
• Carver, "Requiem for Adena," Homicide: Life on the Street (also known as Homicide and H: LOTS), NBC, 1996
• Guest, The Rodman World Tour, MTV, 1996
• Guest host, Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's Saturday Night, Saturday Night, SNL, and SNL 25), NBC, 1996
• Valentino Watson and himself, "The Love Jones Connection," Martin,Fox, 1996
• The Tonight Show, NBC, 1996
• Voice of Woody, "Pinocchio," Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for EveryChild (animated), HBO, c. 1997
• Voice of Roger "Buddha" Sack, "Traffic Jam," King of the Hill (animated), Fox, 1998
• The Howard Stern Show, E! Entertainment Television, 1999
• Himself, The Remarkable Journey, c. 2000
• The Big Schmooze, Comedy Channel, 2001
• Rove Live, 10 Network, 2001
• The Late Show with David Letterman, CBS, 2002
• Also appeared in episodes of other series.
• Awards Presentations
• Presenter, MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 1993
• Host, The 1996 Billboard Music Awards, 1996
• Host, The 1997 MTV Video Music Awards, MTV, 1997
• Presenter, The 19th Annual CableACE Awards, 1997
• The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, 1997
• Presenter, The 50th Annual Emmy Awards, 1998
• Presenter, The 40th Annual Grammy Awards, 1998
• Presenter, The 1998 Essence Awards, 1998
• Presenter, The 1998 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 1998
• The 1998 MTV Video Music Awards, MTV, 1998
• Host, MTV Video Music Awards, MTV, 1999
• Host, MTV Video Music Awards, MTV, 2000
• Other
• Himself, Jackie's Back! (movie; also known as Jackie's Back: Portrait of a Diva), Lifetime, 1999
• DAG (pilot), NBC, 2000
• Television Work
• Executive Producer; Series
• (With others) The Chris Rock Show, HBO, 1997-2000
• The Hughleys, ABC, 1998-2000, UPN, 2000-
• Executive Producer; Specials
• "Chris Rock--Big Ass Jokes," HBO Comedy Half-Hour, HBO, 1994
• Chris Rock: Bring the Pain, HBO, 1996
• (With others) Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker, HBO, 1999
• Producer; Specials
• Best of Chris Rock, 1999
• Film Appearances
• Parking valet at Playboy mansion, Beverly Hills Cop II, Paramount,1987
• Himself, Comedy's Dirtiest Dozen, 1988
• Rib joint customer, I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1988
• Pookie, New Jack City, Warner Bros., 1991
• Bony T, Boomerang, Paramount, 1992
• Albert, CB4, Universal, 1993
• Deke Anthony, The Immortals, Hallmark Home Entertainment, 1995
• Yuck Mouth, Panther, Gramercy, 1995
• First Lieutenant Oster, Sgt. Bilko (also known as Sergeant Bilko), Universal, 1996
• Joey, Beverly Hills Ninja, TriStar, 1997
• Detective sergeant Lee Butters, Lethal Weapon 4 (also known as Lethal 4), Warner Bros., 1998
• Voice of Rodney (the guinea pig), Doctor Dolittle (also known as Dr. Dolittle), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
• Rufus (the thirteenth apostle), Dogma (also known as Bearclaw), Miramax, 1999
• Wesley, Nurse Betty, USA Films, 2000
• (In archive footage) Bamboozled, New Line Cinema, 2000
• (In archive footage) Me, Myself & Irene, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2000
• Chaka Luther King (director of Bluntman & Chronic), Jay andSilent Bob Strike Back, Miramax/Dimension, 2001
• Charles Wellington III, Joe Guy, and Lance Bartin, Down to Earth,Paramount, 2001
• J. B., Pootie's father, and radio song announcer, Pootie Tang, Paramount, 2001
• Voice of comedic Mecha, Artificial Intelligence: AI (also known asA.I. Artificial Intelligence), Warner Bros., 2001
• Voice of Osmosis Jones, Osmosis Jones (animated), Warner Bros., 2001
• Himself, You'll Never Wiez in This Town Again, Dimension Films, 2002
• Jake Hayes and Kevin Pope, Bad Company, Buena Vista, 2002
• Film Work
• Executive Producer
• Down to Earth, Paramount, 2001
• Producer
• (With Nelson George) CB4, Universal, 1993
• Pootie Tang, Paramount, 2001
• Radio Appearances
• Episodic
• The Howard Stern Show, 1999
• RECORDINGS
• Albums
• (Contributor) Hydravion, Hydravion, Sonet, 1978
• Born Suspect (comedy), Atlantic, 1992
• Roll with the New (comedy), DreamWorks, 1997
• Bigger & Blacker (comedy), DreamWorks, 1999
• Videos
• Kevin Stubbs, Saturday Night Live: Game Show Parodies, 1998
• WRITINGS
• Teleplays
• with Others; Series
• Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's Saturday Night, Saturday Night, SNL, and SNL 25), NBC, between 1990 and 1993
• The Chris Rock Show, HBO, 1997-2000
• Specials
• "Chris Rock--Big Ass Jokes," HBO Comedy Half-Hour, HBO, 1994
• Chris Rock: Bring the Pain, HBO, 1996
• "Indecision '96: The Democratic National Convention," Politically Incorrect, Comedy Central, 1996
• "Indecision '96: The Republican National Convention," Politically Incorrect, Comedy Central, 1996
• Best of Chris Rock, 1999
• Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker, HBO, 1999
• Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Rock, NBC, 1999
• Screenplays
• with Others
• Comedy's Dirtiest Dozen, 1988
• (Author of story) CB4, Universal, 1993
• Down to Earth (based on the film Here Comes Mr. Jordan), Paramount, 2001
• Pootie Tang, Paramount, 2001
• Lyrics
• Soundtracks
• CB4, MCA, 1993
• Humor
• Rock This!, Hyperion, 1997

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

• Who's Who among African Americans, 14th edition, Gale, 2001

• Ebony, October, 1999, p. 162
• Entertainment Weekly, December 26, 1997, p. 20; September 11, 1998, p. 48
• Essence, September, 2001, p. 28
• Genesis, March, 1998, pp. 17-19, 120-21
• Jet, December 8, 1997, p. 62; October 8, 2001, p. 52
• Parade, August 29, 1999, pp. 4-6
• People Weekly, December 29, 1997, p. 129
• Premiere, October, 1998; March, 2001, pp. 94-97
• Rolling Stone, October 2, 1997, pp. 38-42, 64-65
• Time, July 20, 1998, pp. 56-58
• TV Guide, January 9, 1999, pp. 36-39; July 10, 1999, pp. 14-23