Chris Rock

Chris Rock

Acting

Born February 7, 1965 · Andrews, South Carolina, USA

10 films as director · Active 1997–2026

Christopher Julius "Chris" Rock III (born February 7, 1965) is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, producer, and director. He was voted in the US as the 5th greatest stand-up comedian of all ti…

Known for

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

1989

The Daily Show

The Daily Show

1996

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

Late Show with David Letterman

Late Show with David Letterman

1993

Late Show with David Letterman

Late Show with David Letterman

1993

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

1975

Directed(10)

Misty Green

2026Misty Green

Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo

2015Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo★ 5.9

Top Five

2014Top Five★ 6.1

I Think I Love My Wife

2007I Think I Love My Wife★ 5.3

Head of State

2003Head of State★ 5.6

—Co-Parenting

Acting(207)

2026Misty GreenJordan

2026AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Eddie MurphySelf

2026Goodnight LambyCopernipus (voice)

2026Funny AF with Kevin HartSelf - Judge

2025Being EddieSelf

2025In Whose Name?Self

2024The TrainerChris Rock

2024Everybody Still Hates ChrisNarrator (voice)

2023Kevin Hart & Chris Rock: Headliners OnlySelf

2023Albert Brooks: Defending My LifeSelf

2023RustinRoy Wilkins

2023PAW Patrol: The Mighty MovieKitty (voice)

2023Chris Rock: Road To Live SpecialSelf

2023Chris Rock: Selective OutrageSelf

2022AmsterdamMilton King

2022Taylor Hawkins Tribute ConcertSelf

2022Look at MeAdam

2022Dirty Daddy: The Bob Saget TributeSelf

2022Biography: Bobby BrownSelf (archive footage)

2022Chris Rock: One Man ShowSelf

2022George Carlin's American DreamSelf

2022The KardashiansSelf

20212021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction CeremonySelf

2021Hart to HeartSelf

2021Stoner CatsHamilton

2021Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)Self - Artist

2021The One and Only Dick GregorySelf

2021Spiral: From the Book of SawDetective Zeke Banks

2021Everybody Loves Chris Rockself

2020Roald Dahl's The WitchesOlder Hero (voice)

2020The Comedy StoreSelf

2020Feeding America Comedy FestivalSelf

2020This Is Stand-UpSelf

2020Thanks a MillionSelf

2019Dolemite Is My NameBobby Vale

2019Desus & MeroSelf - Illustrious Guest

2018Nobody's FoolLawrence

2018Kanye West Album Listening, May 31, 2018 - Jackson Hole, WyomingSelf - Announcer

2018The Week OfKirby Cordice

2018Chris Rock: TamborineSelf

2017Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism ProgramsSelf

2017Sandy WexlerTestimonial

2017Dying LaughingSelf

2016The Last LaughSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

2015Taylor Swift: The 1989 World Tour - LiveSelf - Special Guest

2015A Very Murray ChristmasChris Rock

2015The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSelf - Guest

2015Darkskin MansonSelf (archive footage)

2015Live from New York!Self

2015Dancing in the Light: The Janet Collins StoryNarrator

2015The Late Late Show with James CordenSelf

2015EmpireFrank Gathers

2014Variety Studio: Actors on ActorsSelf

2014Top FiveAndre Allen

2014The Approval MatrixSelf - Special Guest

2014FargoLoy Cannon

2014Eat Drink Laugh: The Story of The Comic StripSelf

2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf - Guest

2014Broad CitySelf (voice)

2013One Direction: This Is UsSelf

2013Grown Ups 2Kurt McKenzie

2013Madly MadagascarMarty (voice)

201212-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy ReliefSelf

2012Eddie Murphy: One Night OnlySelf

2012Dreamworks: Holiday ClassicsMarty (voice)

2012Nantucket Film Festival's Comedy RoundtableSelf - Panelist

2012Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a PimpSelf

2012Comedians in Cars Getting CoffeeSelf

2012Vanilla Ice ArchiveSelf (archive footage)

2012Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon'Self

2012Madagascar 3: Europe's Most WantedMarty (voice)

2012The Eric Andre ShowDirector

2012What to Expect When You're ExpectingVic

20122 Days in New YorkMingus

2012Brooklyn BohemeSelf

2012I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie MacSelf

2012Inside ComedySelf

2011Woody Allen: A DocumentarySelf

2011A.N.T. FarmChris Rock

2011Talking FunnySelf

2010Baseball: The Tenth InningSelf

2010Baseball: The Tenth InningSelf

2010Grown UpsKurt McKenzie

2010Death at a FuneralAaron

2010Back From Hell: A Tribute to Sam KinisonSelf

2009Merry MadagascarMarty (voice)

2009Good HairSelf

2009The Jay Leno ShowSelf

2009Live from Studio FiveSelf

2009Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of AmericaSelf - Comedian

2009Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black ComedySelf

2008Madagascar: Escape 2 AfricaMarty / Additional Zebras (voice)

2008Chris Rock: Kill the MessengerSelf

2008The Wendy Williams Show

2008You Don't Mess with the ZohanTaxi Driver

2008The Black List: Volume OneSelf

2007Bee MovieMooseblood (voice)

2007Keeping Up with the KardashiansSelf

2007Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles ProjectSelf

2007Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a LensSelf

2007Saturday Night Live in the '90s: Pop Culture NationSelf

2007Diners, Drive-Ins and DivesSelf

2007Jerry Seinfeld: The Comedian AwardSelf

2007I Think I Love My WifeRichard Cooper

2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf

2006TNA: The 50 Greatest MomentsSelf

2006Kings of Comedy USASelf (archive footage)

2006The One ShowSelf

2006The N WordSelf

2005The Reichen ShowSelf - Guest

2005Everybody Hates ChrisNarrator (voice)

2005RomanekianSelf

2005Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf CoastSelf - Presenter

2005The AristocratsSelf

2005Weekends at the D.L.

2005The Longest YardCaretaker

2005MadagascarMarty (voice)

2004The Best of So Graham NortonSelf (archive footage)

2004PaparazziPizza Delivery Guy

2004Chris Rock: Never ScaredSelf

2004Before They Were Kings: Vol. 1Self

2003Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!!Self

2003Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris FarleyVarious (archive footage) (uncredited)

2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf

2003The Very Best of America's Funniest ComediansSelf (archive footage)

2003Head of StateMays Gilliam

2003Pauly Shore Is DeadChris Rock

2003Real Time with Bill MaherSelf

2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self - Guest

2002ComedianSelf

2002Bowling for ColumbineSelf

2002Judge Not: In Defense of DogmaSelf

2002Bad CompanyJake Hayes / Kevin Pope

2002NBC 75th Anniversary SpecialSelf

2001The Bernie Mac ShowChris Rock

2001America | A Tribute to HeroesSelf

2001Jay and Silent Bob Strike BackChaka Luther King

2001Osmosis JonesOsmosis Jones (voice)

2001Best of the Chris Rock Show: Volume 2

2001A.I. Artificial IntelligenceComedian (voice)

2001Pootie TangJB / Radio DJ / Pootie's Father

2001Def Comedy Jam: All Stars 2Chris Rock

2001Laughing Out Loud: America's Funniest ComediansSelf (archive footage)

2001Down to EarthLance Barton

2000Disappearing ActsTV Entertainer

2000Def Comedy Jam, Vol. 7

2000DAGChris Rock (uncredited)

2000Nurse BettyWesley

2000Whatever Happened to Micheal Ray?Narrator

1999Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris RockSelf (archive footage)

1999Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary SpecialSelf

1999Best of the Chris Rock Show: Volume 1

1999Teen Choice AwardsSelf

1999Chris Rock: Bigger & BlackerSelf

1999Jackie's Back!Chris Rock

1999Mark Twain PrizeSelf

1999Torrance RisesSelf

1998Kids Are PunnySelf (voice)

1998Bad Boys of Saturday Night LiveSelf / Various (archive footage)

1998Lethal Weapon 4Det.Lee Butters

1998Doctor DolittleRodney (voice)

1998Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!Self

1998Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil HartmanSelf / Various Characters

1997The ViewSelf

1997Beverly Hills NinjaJoey

1997King of the HillRoger 'Booda' Sack (voice)

1996The Daily ShowSelf

1996The Rosie O'Donnell ShowSelf - Guest

1996Chris Rock: Bring the PainSelf

1996Sgt. BilkoLieutenant Oster

1995Mr. Show with Bob and DavidSelf

1995The ImmortalsDeke

1995PantherYuck Mouth

1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildWoody (voice)

1994BaseballSelf

1994Inside the Actors StudioSelf

1994Chris Rock: Big Ass JokesSelf

1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest

1993Late Show with David LettermanSelf - Top 10 Presenter

1993CB4Albert / MC Gusto

1993Homicide: Life on the StreetCarver Dooley

1992MartinValentino Watson

1992BoomerangBony T

1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1991New Jack CityPookie

1990The Fresh Prince of Bel-AirMaurice / Jasmine

1990In Living ColorVarious

1990Slammin' Rap Video Magazine Vol. 1Self

1989The SimpsonsChris Rock (voice)

1988I'm Gonna Git You SuckaRib Joint Customer

1988LIVE with Kelly and MarkSelf

1988Comedy's Dirtiest DozenSelf

1987Beverly Hills Cop IIParking Valet

1987Uptown Comedy Express

1986American MastersSelf

1985Krush GroovePerson Standing Next to Club Phone During Fight (uncredited)

1984Miami ViceCarson

1984MTV Video Music AwardsSelf - Host

1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Various Characters

196860 MinutesSelf

1956Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter

1953The OscarsSelf

Grown Ups 3Kurt McKenzie