Date of
Birth: 7 February 1965 , Andrews, South Carolina ,
USA
Birth Name:
Christopher Julius Rock III
Nicknames:
Chrissy
Height: 5'
10" (1.78 m)
Chris Rock
was raised in Bedford-Stuyvesant, which is in Brooklyn , New York .
He has been in stand-up joke for over twelve years. He completed his large
screen debut in Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) and exhausted three years on the
cast of Saturday Night Live (1975). He does commercials for 1-800 Collect and
Nike and enclosed the presidential campaign for the show Politically Incorrect
(1993). He now live in Alpine, New Jersey .
His
high-pitched release
Extremely
angry whilst doing place up Walks up and down the phase Shouts a lot
His Goatee
Jokes about
Racism and black stereotypes
Discovered
by Eddie Murphy.
Has written
a book, "Rock This," and free two comedy albums.
Daughter,
Lola Simone, born 28 June 2002 in New
York City .
Older
brother of Tony Rock, Kenny Rock, and Jordan Rock.
12 March
2003: conventional star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Was voted
the funniest being in America
by amusement Weekly.
His wife,
Malaak Compton, was featured in "Redbook Magazine" as one of the
winners of the 2002 Mothers & Shakers Awards. Malaak is the creator and
executive director of StyleWorks, a nonprofit, full-service shop that provides
free armed forces for women leaving welfare and toward the inside the work
force.
Second
daughter, Zahra Savannah, born 22 May 2004.
Enjoys a
wide choice of music such as Jay-Z, Red Hot Chili Peppers, DMX, Boy
George,Elvis Costello, Eminem, and Smashing Pumpkins.
In 1993, Paramount obtainable him
the role of Lamont Sanford in a purposed film inform of Sanford and Son (1972).
He called the idea "insane" and, since of his love for the late Redd
Foxx, lobbied to have the manufacture halted. It was.
Hosted the
The 77th Annual Academy Awards (2005) on February 27, 2005, and, in spite of
concerns over the happy of his monologue, he more often than not kept it clean.
Has the rare distinction of being in two movies that opened on the same day in
the U.S. :The Longest Yard
(2005) and Madagascar
(2005) (May 27, 2005). Both of them stayed at the two top acne at the box
office the next weeks, knocking down the last installment of the Star Wars
saga, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005). Both became members
of the $100 million club.