Description:
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.
Birthday
February 7, 1965
Born In
Andrews, South Carolina, USA
Alternative names
Tremendous
Height
178 cm
Spouse/Ex-
Malaak Compton November 23, 1996 - August 23, 2016 (divorced)
Parents
Julius Rock
Children
Lola Simone Rock
Trivia
Points to Eddie Murphy as his role model and inspiration for taking up
comedy and acting.
Quotes
Don't exercise much. It's not really funny. Jim Carrey looks like he's
in pretty good shape, but traditionally, funny guys have never been buff. Why do people do yoga? It clears their minds. I embrace the clutter in my head. I like it. What funny guy's got it all together?
Nickname
Chrissy
Salaries
$2,000,000
Trademarks
High-pitched voice
