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chris rock is an american stand-up
comedian actor director producer and
writer he was voted the fifth greatest
stand-up comedian in a poll conducted by
comedy central he was also voted in the
united kingdom 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 hosted the academy awards
twice in 2005 and in 2016. he's won four
emmy awards and three grammy awards
chris rock has an estimated net worth of
58 million us dollars
about chris rock's early life
christopher julius rock was born on
february 7 1965 in andrews south
carolina his mother rosalie rock who was
born in 1945
was a teacher and social worker for the
mentally handicapped his father julius
rock was a truck driver and newspaper
delivery man julius rock died in 1988
after ulcer surgery after chris rock's
birth his parents moved to the crown
heights neighborhood of brooklyn new
york a few years later they relocated
and settled in the working class area of
bedford stewasan
chris rock is one of the eight rock
siblings he's the oldest of julius and
rosalie rock's seven children six boys
and one girl chris rock had an older
paternal half-brother charles liddell
rock who died in 2006 after a long
struggle with alcoholism chris rock's
younger brothers tony rock who was born
in 1974 kenny rock who was born in 1979
and jordan rock are also in the
entertainment business chris rock's
family history was profiled on the pbs
series african american lives 2 in 2008
a dna test showed that he is of
cameroonian descent specifically from
the udema people of northern cameroon
chris rock's great great grandfather
julius caesar tingman was a slave for 21
years before serving in the american
civil war as part of the united states
colored troops
during the 1940s chris rock's paternal
grandfather moved from south carolina to
new york city to become a taxi cab
driver and preacher chris rock was bused
to schools in predominantly white
neighborhoods of brooklyn where he
endured bullying and beatings from white
students as he got older the bullying
became worse and chris rock's parents
pulled him out of james madison high
school he dropped out of high school
altogether but he later earned a ged he
then worked menial jobs at various fast
food restaurants chris rock is 5 feet 10
inches tall or 1.78 meters tall about
chris rock's personal life
chris rock married malak compton rock on
november 23 1996 the lock compton rock
is the founder and executive director of
style works a non-profit full-service
hair salon that provides free services
for women leaving welfare and entering
the workforce the couple lived in alpine
new jersey with their two daughters lola
simone who was born in 2002 and zara
savannah who was born in 2004. in
december 2014 chris rock filed for
divorce from a lock compton rock chris
rock admitted to infidelity in the
marriage as well as struggling with a
pornography addiction the divorce was
finalized on august 22 2016.
chris rock was among hundreds of artists
whose material was destroyed in the 2008
universal fire on august 20th 2019 chris
rock along with several other
celebrities invested in a funding round
for lowell herb company a california
cannabis brand he's known to be a
dedicated cannabis consumer on september
18 2020 chris rock publicly revealed
that he was diagnosed with a non-verbal
learning disorder about chris rock's
career
chris rock began doing stand-up comedy
in 1984 in new york city's catch a
rising star he slowly rose up the ranks
of the comedy circuit in addition to
earning bit roles in films like i'm
going to get you sucka and the tv series
miami vice upon seeing his act in a
nightclub eddie murphy befriended and
mentored the aspiring comic eddie murphy
gave chris rock his first film role in
beverly hills cop2 after working as a
stand-up comedian and appearing and
supporting film roles chris rock came to
a wider prominence as a cast member of
saturday night live in the early 1990s
he and other new cast members chris
farley adam sandler rob schneider and
david spade became known as the bad boys
of saturday night live in 1991 chris
rock released his first comedy album
born suspect and won acclaim for his
role as a crack addict in the film new
jack city he went on to more prominent
film appearances with starring roles in
down to earth in 2001 head of state in
2003 the longest yard in 2005 the
madagascar film series from 2005 to 2012
grown-ups in 2010 its sequel grown-ups 2
in 2013 top 5 in 2014 and a series of
acclaimed stand-up specials for hbo he
developed wrote and narrated the sitcom
everybody hates chris from
2005-2009 which was based on his early
life
chris rock hosted the academy awards
twice in 2005 and in 2016.
he's also hosted saturday night live
three times in 1996 2014 and 2020. chris
rock has won four emmy awards and three
grammy awards he was voted the fifth
greatest stand-up comedian in the poll
conducted by comedy central he was also
voted in the united kingdom 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 comet about chris
rock's real estate in 1994 while working
on saturday night live chris rock bought
a home in brooklyn new york he lived
there for two years before moving to the
suburbs with his new wife malach compton
rock he proceeded to rent the brooklyn
property for eight thousand five hundred
dollars per month until 2017 when he put
the home on the market for 3.3 million
dollars
after the divorce malach compton rock
continued living in the family's 13 000
square foot mansion in alpine new jersey
which they bought in 2001 for 3.1
million dollars
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