Chris Rock Trivia
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Birth Name: Chris Rock
Date of birth: 7 February 1965
Place of birth: Andrews, South Carolina, USA
Nickname: Chris
Height: 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
Spouse: Malaak Compton-Rock (23 November 1996 – present) 2 children
- Discovered by Eddie Murphy
- Has written a book, “Rock This”, and released two comedy albums
- Daughter, Lola Simone, born 28 June 2002 in New York City.
- Brother of Tony Rock
- 12 March 2003: Received star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- Was voted the funniest person in America by Entertainment Weekly.
- His wife, Malaak Compton-Rock, was featured in “Redbook Magazine” as one of the winners of the 2002 Mothers & Shakers Awards. Malaak is the founder and executive director of StyleWorks, a non-profit, full-service salon that provides free services for women leaving welfare and entering the work force.
- Chosen as #5 in Comedy Central’s 100 Greatest Stand-Ups of All Time (April 2004).
- Second daughter, Zahra Savannah born 22 May 2004.
- Enjoys a wide range of music such as Jay-Z, Red Hot Chili Peppers, DMX, Boy George, Elvis Costello, Eminem and Smashing Pumpkins.
- Shares a birthday with Ashton Kutcher.
- In 1993 Paramount offered him the role of Lamont Sanford in a purposed film update of Sanford and Son. He called the idea “insane” and because of his affection for the late Redd Foxx lobbied to have the production halted. It was.
- Hosted the 77th Annual Academy Awards on February 27th, 2005 and despite concerns over the content of his monologue he mostly 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 spots at the box office the following weeks, knocking down the last installment of Star Wars, Revenge of the Sith. And both becoming a member of the 100 million dollar club.
- Points to Eddie Murphy as his role model and inspiration for taking up comedy and acting.
- Rock’s first music video was for his song “Your Mother’s Got a Big Head” from his album Born Suspect. Rock also made videos for his songs “Champagne” from Roll With the New and “No Sex (In the Champagne Room)” from Bigger & Blacker. Chris Rock also directed and appeared in the music video for the Red Hot Chili Peppers song “Hump de Bump”.
- Rock’s fifth HBO special, Kill the Messenger, premiered on September 27, 2008, and won him another Emmy for outstanding writing for a variety or music program.
- Rock appeared in the Big Daddy Kane music video “Smooth Operator” as a guy getting his hair cut.
- He also appeared in Johnny Cash’s “God’s Gonna Cut You Down”, one of the many celebrities seen lip-synching the song.
- In 2008, Rock’s family history was profiled on the PBS series African American Lives 2. A DNA test showed that he is descended from the Udeme people of northern Cameroon and that he is 20% Caucasian
- Following the release of his first documentary, 2009′s Good Hair, Rock is working on a documentary about debt called Credit is the Devil.
