Chris Rock
Highest Rated: 100% Chris Rock: Tamborine (2018)
Lowest Rated: 7% Grown Ups 2 (2013)
Birthday: Feb 7, 1965
Birthplace: Andrews, South Carolina, USA
South Carolina-born African American comedian Chris Rock grew up in Brooklyn and projected a marked aptitude for comedy early in life. Rock traveled the New York club circuit during his adolescence, so aggressively and persistently that he established himself as a seasoned veteran by his late teens. He happened to be performing at the New York Comedy Strip c. 1984, when his break arrived in the form of an audience visit by one Eddie Murphy. Deeply impressed with the then eighteen-year-old rising star, Murphy cast him in his forthcoming Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), as a parking valet. It hardly constituted a breakout performance, but the role and newfound connection with Eddie Murphy helped Rock land a couple of small supporting roles, and eventually a spot on NBC's hallowed Saturday Night Live, from 1990-93. During his SNL stint, Rock also periodically guest-starred in fellow comedian Keenan Ivory Wayans' African American sketch comedy series In Living Color. In 1991, Rock broke from comedy in favor of a more dramatic role, and his performance as a surprisingly innocent crack addict-cum-informant in Mario Van Peebles' New Jack City attracted a substantial amount of favorable attention; Roger Ebert praised Rock as "effortlessly authentic and convincing."One could argue with some foundation that the role in New Jack City is indicative of Rock's driving force (i.e., the politics of modern society and race within the contextual framework of American culture). Although Rock employs comedic delivery, many of his favorite topics are quite grave, and Rock's ability to confront these issues, cloaked in ribald humor, helped launch his career during the late '90s. While his 1993 screenwriting debut, on Tamra Davis's CB4: The Movie, received lukewarm reviews at best, Rock established himself as a household name after his scathing HBO comedy special Bring the Pain (1996) earned him two Emmy awards and a significantly larger fan base. The same year, he received a third Emmy for his work as a writer and correspondent for Comedy Central's Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher. Then, in 1997, the successes of Rock's stand-up, his contributions to Saturday Night Live and In Living Color, his film roleass, and his work on Bring the Pain collectively inspired HBO to sign Rock for a sketch comedy series, The Chris Rock Show, that ran from 1997 to 2000. The program borrowed the formats of Saturday Night Live and In Living Color, yet it upped the vulgarity, volatility, and presence of hot-button contemporary issues - in addition to the intelligence. In addition to Rock, the program featured a cast of up-and-coming African American comics, such as Wanda Sykes and Mario Joyner. The program ran to sensational reviews. Rock's film career expanded throughout the late '90s, and the young comic won particular notice for his role as a hot-headed law enforcement agent in 1998's Lethal Weapon 4 opposite Danny Glover and Mel Gibson, and later for Kevin Smith's irreverent Dogma(1999), as a bitter apostle of Jesus. He also published a book titled Rock This! with much success. Though Dogma received mixed reviews, in 1999 Rock mounted his second HBO comedy special, Bigger & Blacker, which found the comedian addressing topics from gun control to Bill Clinton and proper parenting techniques. In late 2000, Rock played an obnoxious hitman equipped with an incredibly inventive string of obscenities in Neil La Bute's controversial black comedy Nurse Betty, alongside Renee Zellweger and Morgan Freeman.In 2001, Rock put his screenwriting abilities to the test in Down to Earth, a remake of 1941's Here Comes Mr. Jordan, and again in Pootie Tang, a feature spin-off of one of the characters from The Chris Rock Show. In 2001, Rock voiced one of the characters in Steven Spielberg's A.I.: Artificial Intelligence and another in Osmosis Jones, and rejoined Kevin Smith for a cameo in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. In 2002, Rock was one of several comedians featured in Christian Ch
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | The Witches | Actor | — | 2020 |
| No Score Yet | Spiral | Ezekiel "Zeke" Banks | — | 2020 |
| No Score Yet | Spiral | Screenwriter Executive Producer Det. Zeke Banks | — | 2020 |
| 97% | Dolemite Is My Name | Daddy Fatts | — | 2019 |
| 27% | The Week Of | Actor | — | 2018 |
| 100% | Chris Rock: Tamborine | Actor Screenwriter | — | 2018 |
| 89% | Dying Laughing | Actor | — | 2017 |
| 71% | A Very Murray Christmas | Actor | — | 2015 |
| 52% | Live From New York! | Actor | — | 2015 |
| 90% | Amy Schumer: Live From the Apollo | Director | — | 2015 |
| 86% | Top Five | Andre Allen Screenwriter Director | $17.1M | 2014 |
| 67% | 12-12-12 | Actor | — | 2013 |
| 64% | Iceberg Slim: Portrait Of A Pimp | Actor | — | 2013 |
| 7% | Grown Ups 2 | Kurt McKenzie | $127.5M | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | Brooklyn Boheme | Actor | — | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | Madly Madagascar | Marty | — | 2013 |
| 66% | 2 Days in New York | Mingus | $0.6M | 2012 |
| 79% | Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted | Marty | $216.4M | 2012 |
| 23% | What to Expect When You're Expecting | Vic | $41.2M | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | I Ain't Scared Of You: A Tribute To Bernie Mac | Actor | — | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | Bring Your 'A' Game | Actor | — | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | Tumor, It's In The System | Actor | — | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | Talking Funny | Actor | — | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | Dreamworks Holiday Classics | Actor | — | 2011 |
| 90% | Woody Allen: A Documentary | Actor | — | 2011 |
| 10% | Grown Ups | Kurt McKenzie | $162.1M | 2010 |
| 42% | Death at a Funeral | Aaron Producer | $16.1M | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | Merry Madagascar | Actor | — | 2009 |
| 95% | Good Hair | Actor Screenwriter Producer | $4.1M | 2009 |
| 64% | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | Marty | $180M | 2008 |
| 100% | Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger - London, New York, Johannesburg | Actor | — | 2008 |
| 37% | You Don't Mess With the Zohan | Cabdriver | $100.1M | 2008 |
| 80% | Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | Actor | — | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | The Black List: Volume One | Actor | — | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | Comic Relief: The Greatest...and The Latest | Actor | — | 2008 |
| No Score Yet | Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business Of America | Actor | — | 2008 |
| 50% | Bee Movie | Mooseblood | $126.6M | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | Black Men: The Truth | Actor | — | 2007 |
| 19% | I Think I Love My Wife | Screenwriter Richard Cooper Producer Director | $12.5M | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | African American Lives 2 | Actor | — | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | African American Lives | Actor | — | 2006 |
| 79% | The Aristocrats | Actor | $6.2M | 2005 |
| 31% | The Longest Yard | Caretaker | $158M | 2005 |
| 54% | Madagascar | Marty | $193.2M | 2005 |
| 17% | Paparazzi | Pizza Delivery Guy | $15.6M | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | The N-Word | Actor | — | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | Chris Rock: Never Scared | Actor | — | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | Richard Pryor - I Ain't Dead Yet #%$#@!! Uncensored | Actor | — | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | Straight Tripping | Actor | — | 2003 |
| 30% | Head of State | Screenwriter Director Mays Gilliam Producer | $37.8M | 2003 |
| 57% | Pauly Shore Is Dead | Himself | — | 2003 |
| 77% | Comedian | Himself | $2.7M | 2002 |
| 10% | Bad Company | Jake Hayes/Kevin Pope Jake Hayes | $30.2M | 2002 |
| 52% | Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back | Chaka Luther King | $29.9M | 2001 |
| 55% | Osmosis Jones | Osmosis Jones | $12.4M | 2001 |
| 27% | Pootie Tang | Producer Pootie's Father | $2.9M | 2001 |
| 74% | A.I. Artificial Intelligence | Comedian | — | 2001 |
| 20% | Down to Earth | Screenwriter Executive Producer Lance Barton | $63.1M | 2001 |
| 83% | Nurse Betty | Wesley | — | 2000 |
| 67% | Dogma | Rufus | — | 1999 |
| 86% | Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker | Actor | — | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | Best of Chris Rock | Director Actor | — | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Rock | Actor | — | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | Saturday Night Live - Game Show Parodies | Actor | — | 1999 |
| 53% | Lethal Weapon 4 | Lee Butters | — | 1998 |
| 42% | Dr. Dolittle | Rodney | — | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | Sesame Street - Elmopalooza! | Actor | — | 1998 |
| 14% | Beverly Hills Ninja | Joey | — | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | Chris Rock: Bring the Pain | Actor | — | 1996 |
| 31% | Sgt. Bilko | Lt. Oster | — | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | The Immortals | Deke Anthony | — | 1995 |
| 27% | Panther | Drinker No. 1 | — | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | Chris Rock: Big Ass Jokes | Actor | — | 1994 |
| 54% | So I Married an Axe Murderer | Actor | — | 1993 |
| 35% | Coneheads | Actor | — | 1993 |
| 55% | CB4 | Producer Screenwriter Albert | — | 1993 |
| 44% | Boomerang | Bony T | — | 1992 |
| 77% | New Jack City | Pookie | — | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | Uptown Comedy Express | Actor | — | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | Comedy's Dirtiest Dozen | Actor | — | 1988 |
| 64% | I'm Gonna Git You Sucka | Rib Joint Customer | — | 1988 |
| 43% | Beverly Hills Cop II | Playboy Mansion Valet | — | 1987 |
TV
| Credit | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 100% |
The Rundown With Robin Thede 2017-2018 |
Executive Producer |
2018 2017 |
| No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2014 |
Guest |
2018 2017 2014 |
| No Score Yet |
Jimmy Kimmel Live 2003 |
Guest |
2018 2012 |
| No Score Yet |
The Wendy Williams Show 2008 |
Guest |
2017 2014 |
| No Score Yet |
The Graham Norton Show 2007 |
Guest |
2017 2012 |
| 45% |
The Academy Awards 1978 |
2016 2005 |
|
| No Score Yet |
Charlie Rose 2013-2017 |
Guest |
2015 |
| 84% |
Empire 2015 |
Frank Gathers |
2015 |
| No Score Yet |
The Eric Andre Show 2012-2016 |
Guest |
2015 |
| 79% |
The Jim Gaffigan Show 2015-2016 |
2015 |
|
| No Score Yet |
Chelsea Lately 2007-2014 |
Guest |
2014 |
| No Score Yet |
Sunday Morning 2011-2018 |
Appearing |
2014 |
| No Score Yet |
The View 1997 |
Guest |
2014 |
| No Score Yet |
Saturday Night Live 1975 |
Performer Guest Host |
2014 2005 1996 1993 1992 1991 1990 |
| No Score Yet |
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 2007 |
Guest |
2013 |
| No Score Yet |
Real Husbands of Hollywood 2013-2016 |
2013 |
|
| No Score Yet |
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee 2012-2019 |
Appearing |
2013 2012 |
| No Score Yet |
Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell 2012-2013 |
Guest Executive Producer Producer |
2013 2012 |
| No Score Yet |
Inside Comedy 2012-2015 |
Guest |
2012 |
| No Score Yet |
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart 1999-2015 |
Guest |
2012 |
| 94% |
Louie 2010-2015 |
Himself |
2012 2011 |
| No Score Yet |
Lopez Tonight 2009-2011 |
Guest |
2010 |
| No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno 1992-2014 |
Guest |
2010 |
| 33% |
The Wanda Sykes Show 2009-2010 |
Guest |
2010 |
| No Score Yet |
Real Time with Bill Maher 2003 |
Panelist Guest |
2010 2007 2005 |
| 31% |
The Jay Leno Show 2009-2010 |
Guest |
2009 |
| No Score Yet |
The Mo'Nique Show 2009-2011 |
Guest |
2009 |
| 95% |
Everybody Hates Chris 2005-2009 |
Voice Executive Producer Creator Narrator Director Mr. Abbott |
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 |
| No Score Yet |
The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2003 |
Guest |
2005 |
| No Score Yet |
The Bernie Mac Show 2001-2006 |
Himself |
2003 |
| No Score Yet |
The Chris Rock Show 1997-2000 |
Host Appearing |
2000 1999 1998 1997 |
| No Score Yet |
King of the Hill 1997-2010 |
Voice |
1998 |
| 91% |
Homicide: Life on the Street 1993-1999 |
Carvey Dooley |
1996 |
| No Score Yet |
Martin 1992-1997 |
Himself |
1996 |
| No Score Yet |
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 1990-1996 |
Maurice/Jasmine Maurice Perry |
1995 |
| No Score Yet |
In Living Color 1990-1994 |
Performer |
1994 1993 |
| No Score Yet |
Miami Vice 1984-1990 |
Phil Carson |
1987 |
| 96% |
Fargo 2014-2017 |
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| No Score Yet |
The Hughleys 1998-2002 |
Executive Producer |
QUOTES FROM Chris Rock CHARACTERS
Andre Allen says: It's Hammy Time!
Jay says: Yo man, tell me something about me.
Rufus says: You masturbate more than anyone on the planet.
Jay says: Aw fuck, everyone knows that. Tell me something nobody knows.
Rufus says: When you do it, you're thinking about guys.
Silent Bob says: !!!!
Jay says: Dude, not all the time.
Andre Allen says: Hammy the Beer?
Marty the Zebra says: Oh sugar honey ice tea!
Lee Butters says: Look at this badge, bitch! Check out the gun!
Pookie says: Scottie, help me - I'm gonna die!
Marty the Zebra says: When a zebra's in the zone, leave him alone!
Kurt McKenzie says: I see that ass is still growing. Got a little Kardashian in there.
Kurt McKenzie says: You got toe.
Kurt McKenzie says: How in the world's anybody supposed to get some sleep knowing they're under the same roof as Toe-be Bryant over here?
Deanne McKenzie says: How about I take you out for a date night every Thursday?
Kurt McKenzie says: Well, Thursday night is Grey's Anatomy, but any other night would be great.
Alex the Lion says: Marty!
Marty the Zebra says: Alex!
Alex the Lion says: Mar-
Marty the Zebra says: Alex?
Alex the Lion says: (angry) MARTY!
Alex the Lion says: [angry] MARTY!
Marty the Zebra says: Oh suger honey ice tea!
Melman the Giraffe says: I just counted twenty six invade health violations
Melman the Giraffe says: I just counted twenty six invade health violations.
Marty the Zebra says: I don't know, this place is crack a liking
Marty the Zebra says: I don't know, this place is crack a liking.
Melman the Giraffe says: Twenty seven!
King Julien says: Welcome to Madagascar.
Marty the Zebra says: Mada-who-ah?
King Julien says: No. Not who-ah. As-car.
Mason says: [To Marty] He said lets have some fun and take out the dam.
Mason says: [to Marty] He said lets have some fun and take out the dam.
Marty says: Skipper, Alex wants to take out the dam!
Skipper says: Alright, but its his funeral.
Marty says: You call that laying low!
Marty says: You call this laying low?
Vic says: You want to adopt? How about you adopt some new friends?
Marty says: Just call me Marty-o Andretti!
Alex says: No! You're Sucky-o Andretti!
Mingus says: I'm on Facebook!
Mingus says: They're doing something freaky with my toothbrush!
Marty the Zebra says: [Melman presents Marty with a gift-wrapped thermometer] Aw a thermometer!Thanks!I love it Melman, I love it! [he puts it in his mouth and poses]
Melman the Giraffe says: I really wanted to give you a personal present. Do you know that was my first rectal thermometer?
Marty the Zebra says: Motherf... [Marty spits it out and retches]
Marty the Zebra says: [doing armpit farts] Yeah! You don't see that on Animal Planet.
Marty the Zebra says: Did you ever think that there might be more to life than steak, Alex?
Alex the Lion says: [to his steak] He didn't mean that, baby. No, no, no.
Osmosis Jones says: We were so poor, we lived off peanut butter and cellulite sandwiches! You ever try to blow-dry your hair with a fart?
Drix says: OK, I get it. You were poor.
Osmosis Jones says: You bet I was! You ever try to make a snowman out of toilet paper cling-ons? Now that's poor!
Drix says: OK, please, you're going to make me vomit!
Osmosis Jones says: Vomit? We couldn't afford no vomit; that's for rich folk.
Drix says: Excuse me while I wipe my eyes.
Osmosis Jones says: Oh, you wanna talk about wiping?
The Mayor says: NO!
Mingus says: Would your dad ever key a car?
Marion says: I'm going to be 38, I'm fat, I'm a pain in the ass.
Mingus says: But you're French...
Marty the Zebra says: Excuse me, you're biting my butt!
Alex the Lion says: No I'm not.
Marty the Zebra says: Yes you are!
Marty says: I'm like a candy cane in a black and white movie.
Marty says: Dat dat dat datta dat dat circus afro circus afro circus afro crircus poka dot poka dot afro
Marty says: Dat dat dat datta dat dat circus afro circus afro circus afro crircus poka dot poka dot afro.
Alex says: Really?
Marty says: It's the fuzz! What are we gonna do?
Rufus says: Oh did that suck, Con-Air?...Con-shit.
Mays Gilliam says: FIRE!!!!!!
Mays Gilliam says: FIRE!
Falling Man says: Aaaaaaaargh!
Caretaker says: In six months he's going to look like Beyonce.
Marcus Higgins says: Kurt: He calls it maize because it sounds mystical Rob: It's great Marcus: It's a-maize-ing
Kurt McKenzie says: He calls it maize because it sounds mystical.
Rob Hilliard says: It's great.
Lenny Feder says: It's a-maize-ing.
Aaron says: "You've got Jackie Chan in there!"
Aaron says: You've got Jackie Chan in there!
Mourner #1 says: "Ahh shit"
Mourner #1 says: Ahh shit!
Aaron says: "You can't turn up here with the wrong bodies, it's not burger king you can't mess up ma' order!"
Aaron says: You can't turn up here with the wrong bodies! This isn't Burger King. You can't just mess up my order!