Christopher Julius "Chris" Rock III (born February 7, 1965) is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer and director. He was voted in the US as the 5th greatest stand-up comedian of all time by Comedy Central. He was also 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. He is also known for his roles in Dogma, Beverly Hills Ninja, Lethal Weapon 4, Nurse Betty, The Longest Yard, Bad Company, and a starring role in Down to Earth. 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. In the fall of 2005, the UPN television network premiered a comedy series called Everybody Hates Chris, 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. 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 2010 he starred alongside Adam Sandler in Grown-ups and with fellow comedian/actor Martin Lawrence in the remake of the British film Death at a Funeral. Rock has been married to Malaak Compton-Rock since November 23, 1996. They have two daughters together, Lola Simone and Zahra Savannah.
Movie | Rustin | Roy Wilkins | 2023-11-03 |
Movie | Adam Sandler: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize | Self | 2023-03-26 |
Movie | PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie | Kitty (voice) | 2023-09-21 |
Series | George Carlin's American Dream | Self | 2022-05-20 |
Movie | Dirty Daddy: The Bob Saget Tribute | Self | 2022-06-10 |
Movie | Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert | Self | 2022-09-03 |
Movie | Look at Me | Adam | 2022-08-31 |
Movie | Amsterdam | Milton King | 2022-09-27 |
Movie | The One and Only Dick Gregory | Self | 2021-06-19 |
Movie | Spiral: From the Book of Saw | Detective Zeke Banks | 2021-05-12 |
Movie | Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) | Self | 2021-07-02 |
Movie | 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self | 2021-11-20 |
Movie | This Is Stand-Up | Self | 2020-04-12 |
Movie | Feeding America Comedy Festival | Self | 2020-05-10 |
Series | The Comedy Store | Self | 2020-10-04 |
Movie | Roald Dahl's The Witches | Older Hero (voice) | 2020-10-26 |
Series | Desus & Mero | Self | 2019-02-21 |
Movie | Dolemite Is My Name | Bobby Vale | 2019-10-04 |
Movie | Nobody's Fool | Lawrence | 2018-10-31 |
Movie | Chris Rock: Tamborine | Self | 2018-02-14 |
Movie | The Week Of | Kirby Cordice | 2018-04-27 |
Movie | Dying Laughing | Himself | 2017-02-24 |
Movie | Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs | Self | 2017-11-18 |
Movie | Sandy Wexler | Testimonial | 2017-04-14 |
Movie | The Last Laugh | Self | 2016-04-18 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special | Self | 2015-02-15 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special | Self | 2015-02-15 |
Series | Empire | Frank Gathers | 2015-01-07 |
Movie | Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - Live | Self | 2015-12-20 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special | Self | 2015-02-15 |
Series | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Himself | 2015-03-23 |
Movie | A Very Murray Christmas | Chris Rock | 2015-12-04 |
Movie | Eddie Murphy: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize | Self | 2015-11-23 |
Movie | Live from New York! | Self | 2015-04-15 |
Movie | Dancing in the Light: The Janet Collins Story | Narrator | 2015-03-30 |
Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | 2014-02-17 |
Series | Fargo | Loy Cannon | 2014-04-15 |
Movie | Eat Drink Laugh: The Story of The Comic Strip | Self | 2014-04-14 |
Movie | Top Five | Andre | 2014-12-12 |
Movie | Madly Madagascar | Marty (voice) | 2013-01-29 |
Movie | Grown Ups 2 | Kurt McKenzie | 2013-07-11 |
Movie | One Direction: This Is Us | Self | 2013-08-28 |
Movie | What to Expect When You're Expecting | Vic | 2012-05-17 |
Series | The Eric Andre Show | Director | 2012-05-20 |
Movie | 2 Days in New York | Mingus | 2012-03-28 |
Movie | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | Marty (voice) | 2012-06-06 |
Movie | I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac | Self | 2012-02-19 |
Movie | Brooklyn Boheme | Himself | 2012-02-27 |
Movie | 12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief | Self | 2012-12-12 |
Movie | Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon' | Self | 2012-07-04 |
Movie | Eddie Murphy: One Night Only | Self | 2012-11-14 |
Movie | Nantucket Film Festival's Comedy Roundtable | Self - Panelist | 2012-09-27 |
Series | Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee | Himself | 2012-07-19 |
Movie | Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp | Himself | 2012-09-08 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live Backstage | Self | 2011-02-20 |
Movie | Talking Funny | Himself | 2011-04-22 |
Movie | Woody Allen: A Documentary | Self | 2011-11-20 |
Series | A.N.T. Farm | Himself | 2011-05-06 |
Movie | Back From Hell: A Tribute to Sam Kinison | Self | 2010-02-06 |
Movie | Death at a Funeral | Aaron | 2010-04-15 |
Movie | Baseball: The Tenth Inning | Self | 2010-09-28 |
Movie | Grown Ups | Kurt McKenzie | 2010-06-24 |
Series | Louie | Chris Rock | 2010-06-29 |
Series | Live from Studio Five | Unknown | 2009-09-14 |
Movie | Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy | Self | 2009-01-01 |
Movie | Good Hair | Himself | 2009-10-09 |
Movie | Merry Madagascar | Marty (voice) | 2009-11-16 |
Movie | The Black List: Volume One | Himself | 2008-01-22 |
Movie | You Don't Mess with the Zohan | Taxi Driver | 2008-06-05 |
Movie | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | Marty / Additional Zebras (voice) | 2008-10-30 |
Movie | Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger | Himself | 2008-09-27 |
Series | The Wendy Williams Show | Unknown | 2008-07-14 |
Movie | I Think I Love My Wife | Richard Cooper | 2007-03-07 |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007-02-22 |
Movie | Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens | Self | 2007-05-19 |
Movie | Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | Self | 2007-10-13 |
Movie | Bee Movie | Mooseblood (voice) | 2007-10-28 |
Series | Keeping Up with the Kardashians | Self | 2007-10-14 |
Movie | The N Word | Himself | 2006-01-16 |
Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
Movie | TNA: The 50 Greatest Moments | Himself | 2006-11-21 |
Movie | Kings of Comedy USA | Self (archive footage) | 2006-10-23 |
Series | Weekends at the D.L. | Unknown | 2005-07-29 |
Movie | The Longest Yard | Caretaker | 2005-05-27 |
Movie | The Aristocrats | Self | 2005-07-29 |
Series | Dreamworks Happy Holidays from Madagascar | 2005-04-01 | |
Movie | Madagascar | Marty (voice) | 2005-05-25 |
Series | DreamWorks Happy Holidays from Madagascar | Marty (voice) | 2005-10-07 |
Movie | A Concert for Hurricane Relief | Presenter | 2005-09-02 |
Series | The Reichen Show | Unknown | 2005-11-11 |
Series | Everybody Hates Chris | Narrator (voice) | 2005-09-22 |
Movie | Romanekian | Himself | 2005-09-13 |
Movie | Before They Were Kings: Vol. 1 | Himself | 2004-01-18 |
Movie | Paparazzi | Pizza Delivery Guy | 2004-09-03 |
Movie | Chris Rock: Never Scared | Chris Rock | 2004-04-17 |
Series | Real Time with Bill Maher | Self | 2003-02-21 |
Movie | Pauly Shore Is Dead | Chris Rock | 2003-03-11 |
Movie | Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! | Self | 2003-01-01 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley | Various (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2003-10-26 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
Movie | The Very Best of America's Funniest Comedians | Self (archive footage) | 2003-05-13 |
Movie | Head of State | Mays Gilliam | 2003-03-28 |
Movie | Bad Company | Jake Hayes / Kevin Pope | 2002-06-07 |
Movie | NBC 75th Anniversary Special | Self | 2002-05-05 |
Movie | Bowling for Columbine | Self | 2002-10-09 |
Movie | Comedian | Self | 2002-10-11 |
Movie | Pootie Tang | JB / Radio DJ / Pootie's Father | 2001-06-29 |
Movie | Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma | Self | 2001-01-01 |
Movie | A.I. Artificial Intelligence | Comedian (voice) | 2001-06-29 |
Movie | Down to Earth | Lance Barton | 2001-02-16 |
Movie | Laughing Out Loud: America's Funniest Comedians | Self (archive footage) | 2001-03-20 |
Movie | Best of the Chris Rock Show: Volume 2 | 2001-08-01 | |
Series | The Bernie Mac Show | Unknown | 2001-11-14 |
Movie | America: A Tribute to Heroes | Self | 2001-09-21 |
Movie | Osmosis Jones | Osmosis Jones (voice) | 2001-08-10 |
Movie | Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back | Chaka Luther King | 2001-08-22 |
Movie | Whatever Happened to Micheal Ray? | Narrator | 2000-02-16 |
Movie | Nurse Betty | Wesley | 2000-08-30 |
Movie | Def Comedy Jam, Vol. 7 | 2000-11-28 | |
Series | DAG | Unknown | 2000-11-14 |
Movie | Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker | Himself | 1999-07-10 |
Movie | Best of the Chris Rock Show: Volume 1 | 1999-08-31 | |
Movie | Jackie's Back! | Chris Rock | 1999-06-14 |
Movie | Torrance Rises | Self | 1999-01-01 |
Series | Rove | Himself | 1999-09-22 |
Movie | Dogma | Rufus | 1999-11-12 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Rock | Himself | 1999-12-10 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special | Self | 1999-09-25 |
Movie | Doctor Dolittle | Rodney (voice) | 1998-06-26 |
Movie | Sesame Street: Elmopalooza! | Self | 1998-02-20 |
Movie | Lethal Weapon 4 | Det.Lee Butters | 1998-07-10 |
Movie | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman | Self / Various Characters | 1998-01-01 |
Movie | Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes | Self (archive footage) | 1998-08-18 |
Movie | Kids Are Punny | 1998-12-06 | |
Movie | Bad Boys of Saturday Night Live | Self / Various (archive footage) | 1998-09-26 |
Movie | Beverly Hills Ninja | Joey | 1997-01-17 |
Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
Movie | Chris Rock: Bring the Pain | Himself | 1996-06-01 |
Movie | Sgt. Bilko | 1st Lt. Oster | 1996-03-29 |
Series | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Unknown | 1996-06-10 |
Series | The Daily Show | Himself | 1996-07-22 |
Series | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Woody (voice) | 1995-03-12 |
Movie | Panther | Yuck Mouth | 1995-05-03 |
Movie | The Immortals | Deke | 1995-10-05 |
Movie | Chris Rock: Big Ass Jokes | Himself | 1994-06-16 |
Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-08-14 |
Series | Baseball | Self | 1994-09-18 |
Series | Homicide: Life on the Street | Unknown | 1993-01-31 |
Movie | CB4 | Albert / MC Gusto | 1993-03-12 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Series | Martin | Unknown | 1992-08-27 |
Movie | Boomerang | Bony T | 1992-06-30 |
Movie | New Jack City | Pookie | 1991-03-08 |
Series | In Living Color | 1990-04-15 | |
Series | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Maurice / Jasmine | 1990-09-10 |
Series | The Simpsons | Unknown | 1989-12-17 |
Movie | I'm Gonna Git You Sucka | Rib Joint Customer | 1988-11-10 |
Movie | Comedy's Dirtiest Dozen | Himself | 1988-06-12 |
Series | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Unknown | 1988-09-05 |
Movie | Uptown Comedy Express | 1987-05-09 | |
Movie | Beverly Hills Cop II | Parking Valet (Playboy Mansion) | 1987-05-18 |
Series | American Masters | Self | 1986-06-23 |
Movie | Krush Groove | Person Standing Next to Club Phone During Fight (uncredited) | 1985-10-25 |
Series | MTV Video Music Awards | Himself - Host | 1984-09-14 |
Series | Miami Vice | Unknown | 1984-09-16 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Self | 1975-10-11 |
Series | The Oscars | Himself | 1953-03-19 |