
Christopher Julius Rock was born in Andrews, South Carolina and raised in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York. He is the son of Rosalie (Tingman), a teacher and social worker for the mentally handicapped, and Julius Rock, a truck driver and newspaper deliveryman, whose own father was a preacher.Rock has been in stand-up comedy for several decades. He made his big screen debut in Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) and spent three years on the cast of Saturday Night Live (1975). He does commercials for 1-800 Collect and Nike and covered the presidential campaign for the show Politically Incorrect (1993). He lives in Alpine, New Jersey.
Won 4 Primetime Emmys. Another 13 wins & 58 nominations.
The Late Late Show with James Corden | Unknown | 2015-03-23 |
Broad City | Unknown | 2014-01-22 |
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Unknown | 2014-02-17 |
Fargo | Loy Cannon 10 episodes, 2020 | 2014-04-15 |
Real Husbands of Hollywood | Unknown | 2013-01-15 |
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee | Unknown | 2012-07-19 |
Inside Comedy | Unknown | 2012-01-01 |
Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell | Unknown | 2012-08-09 |
A.N.T. Farm | Unknown | 2011-05-06 |
Louie | Unknown | 2010-06-29 |
Tosh.0 | Unknown | 2009-06-04 |
The Wendy Williams Show | Unknown | 2008-05-14 |
Chelsea Lately | Unknown | 2007-07-01 |
The Graham Norton Show | Unknown | 2007-02-22 |
Diners, Drive-ins and Dives | Unknown | 2006-11-04 |
Everybody Hates Chris | Narrator / ... 88 episodes, 2005-2009 | 2005-09-22 |
Chappelle's Show | Unknown | 2003-01-22 |
Real Time with Bill Maher | Unknown | 2003-02-21 |
The Bernie Mac Show | Unknown | 2001-11-07 |
The Hughleys | Unknown | 1998-09-22 |
The Chris Rock Show | Self - Host / ... 38 episodes, 1997-2000 | 1997-02-07 |
King of the Hill | Unknown | 1997-01-12 |
The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
Behind the Music | Unknown | 1997-08-17 |
The Daily Show | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
Mr. Show with Bob and David | Unknown | 1995-11-03 |
Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-06-12 |
Homicide: Life on the Street | Unknown | 1993-01-31 |
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Martin | Unknown | 1992-08-27 |
In Living Color | Unknown | 1990-04-15 |
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Unknown | 1990-09-10 |
The Oprah Winfrey Show | Unknown | 1986 |
American Masters | Unknown | 1986-06-22 |
Miami Vice | Unknown | 1984-09-16 |
Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |