Chris Rock

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.

Born:

Feb 7, 1965 In Andrews, South Carolina, USA

Movie/TV Credits:

36

First Appeared:

In the series Saturday Night Live 1975-10-11

Latest Project:

Series The Late Late Show with James Corden 2015-03-23

Won 4 Primetime Emmys. Another 13 wins & 58 nominations.