Chris Rock Bio, Net Worth, Age, Parents, Wife, Children, Family, Height » Ngnews247

American actor, comedian and film producer Chris Rock was born on February 7, 1965 in Andrews, South Carolina, USA.

Rock’s family background was researched in the 2008 episode of Black Lives Matter 2 on PBS. According to DNA tests, he has Cameroonian ancestry, specifically from the Ouldémé people in northern Cameroon.

Locke’s great-great-grandfather, Julius Caesar Tingman, was held as a slave for 21 years before enlisting in the U.S. Army of Color to fight in the American Civil War.

Locke’s maternal grandfather moved to New York City from South Carolina in the 1940s to work as a taxi driver and missionary.

Locke was born in Andrews, South Carolina, USA. He is american.

chris rock age

Locke was born on February 7, 1965 and is 58 years old now.

Chris Rock family and siblings

Rock was born to Rosalie Tingman and Julius Rock, who lived with one parent with six siblings; six brothers and one sister.

Chris Rock height and weight

Rock is 1.78 meters tall and weighs 76 kg.

Chris Rock Education

Locke attended James Madison High School. Locke was sent to schools in Brooklyn neighborhoods with large white populations, where he became the target of taunts and attacks by white children. As Rock got older and the bullying got worse, his parents decided to pull him out of James Madison High School.

He never attended high school, eventually earning a degree in general educational development (GED). Locke has since held various positions at fast food restaurants.

Chris Rock’s career

Rock rose to prominence as a cast member of the NBC sketch comedy series “Saturday Night Live” from 1990 to 1993, after years as a stand-up comedian and small roles in films such as Beverly Hills Cop II.

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During his time at SNL, he appeared in the films New Jacktown, Boomerang and CB4. He also wrote and produced these films. He broke into the mainstream with the second of his five HBO comedy specials, 1996’s critically acclaimed Bring the Pain.

His other HBO comedy specials include Bigger & Blacker (1999), Never Scared (2004), Kill the Messenger (2008) and Chris Rock: Tamborine (2018).

Building on his early background, he wrote, wrote, produced and narrated the sitcom Everybody Hates Chris (2005-2009).

From 1997 to 2000, his talk show “The Chris Rock Show,” which aired on HBO, was praised by critics for his discussions with politicians and celebrities.

Rock has appeared in Nurse Betty (1999), Down to Earth, Tumpty (2001), Heads of State (2003), The Longest Yard (2005), Madagascar films (2005–2012) ) in such films as Think I Love My Wife (2007), Death at a Funeral (2010), Grown Ups (2010) and its sequels Grown Ups 2 (2013), Top Five (2014) and Spiral (2021).

His television roles include Fargo, Comedian and Louie on Cars with Coffee. He made his Broadway debut in 2011 in The Motherfucker with the Hat, written and directed by Stephen Adly Guirgis, for which he won a Drama League Award for Best Performance.

He hosted the 2005 and 2016 Academy Awards, and at the 2022 Academy Awards, he was part of a stage-related event that went down in television history as one of the most infamous moments of all time.

He is known for his work in comedy films, television and theater. He has won multiple awards, including four Primetime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe nomination, three Grammy Awards for Best Comedy Album and four Grammy Awards.

He was ranked fifth on Comedy Central’s list of the 100 greatest stand-up comedians of all time. Additionally, he was ranked fifth on Rolling Stone’s list of the top 50 stand-up comedians of all time.

Chris Rock’s wife and children

Rock is currently unmarried, but is currently in a relationship with Lake Bell. Rock has two children, Lola Simone Rock and Zahra Savannah Rock.

Chris Rock Net Worth

Locke’s net worth is estimated to be around $60 million.

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