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A Short Biography of Chris Rock

Author Name:

Chris Rock

Born As:

Christopher Julius Rock III.

Other Names:

Born:

07 Feb 1965

Died:





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Comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer and director                          
Selected Works:

Books:
Rock This! - 1997

Tours:
Bring the Pain (1996)
Bigger & Blacker (1999)
Black Ambition (2003–2004)
No Apologies (2007–2008)

Television:
Uptown Comedy Express - 1987
Miami Vice - 1987
Saturday Night Live - 1990–1993
In Living Color - 1993–1994
Big Ass Jokes - 1994
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - 1995
The Moxy Show - 1996–1998
Martin - 1996
Homicide: Life on the Street - 1996
Bring the Pain - 1996
Politically Incorrect - 1996
MTV Music Video Awards - 1997
The Chris Rock Show - 1997–2000
King of the Hill - 1998
MTV Music Video Awards - 1999
Bigger & Blacker -1999
MTV Music Video Awards - 2003
77th Academy Awards - 2004
Never Scared - 2004
Everybody Hates Chris - 2005–2009
Kill the Messenger - 2008.                          
Mother Rosalie Tingman
Father Julius Rock
Wife Malaak Compton-Rock, two daughters.                          
Voted in the US as the 5th greatest stand-up comedian of all time by Comedy Central.

Voted in the UK as the 9th greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups in 2007, and again in the updated 2010 list as the 8th greatest stand-up comic.                          
Chris Rock's great-great-grandfather Julius Caesar Tingman was a slave for 21 years before serving as part of the United States Colored Troops until 1866. Tingman fought in the American Civil War. During the 1940s, Rock's grandfather Alan Rock moved from South Carolina to New York City to become a taxicab driver and preacher.