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Chris Rock was described by Comedy Central as the fifth largest stand-up comedian of all times, Christopher Julius Rock III is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer and director. Rock was born February 7, 1966 in Andrews, South Carolina. Shortly after his birth his parents moved to Brooklyn, New York and a few years later, they moved to the area's working class in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn where they settled.

Rock began doing stand-up comedy in 1985 in New York City Catch a rising star. Rock slowly climbed the ranks of the comedy circuit in addition to earning bit roles in the film I'm Gonna Git You Sucka and the TV series Miami Vice. Upon seeing his act at a nightclub, Eddie Murphy befriended and mentored the aspiring comic. Murphy gave Rock his first film role in Beverly Hills Cop II. Rock also auditioned to be on MTV as a VJ.

While Rock has acted in movies since 1987 starting with a small role in Beverly Hills Cop II, it took the success of his stand-up act in the late 1990s that Rock began receiving major parts in films. These include roles in Dogma, Beverly Hills Ninja, Lethal Weapon 4, Nurse Betty and a lead role in Down to Earth. Rock has also increasingly worked behind the camera as writer and director of the Head of State and I think I love my wife.

Rock became an actor in the popular sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live in 1990. He and other cast members Chris Farley new Adam Sandler and David Spade became known as the Bad Boys of SNL. In 1991, he released his first album, the first comedy Born suspect and was acclaimed for his dramatic role as a crack addict in the movie New Jack City. His term on SNL Rock national exposure, but it was rarely used on the show, except for his recurring character Nat X

He played in his first HBO comedy special in 1994 titled Big Ass Jokes. But it was his second stand-up special, 1996 bring the pain that reinvented Rock as one of the best actors of the industry. His routine featured comments on race in America, has caused much controversy. Rock won two Emmy Awards for this special. Add to his popularity was his highly publicized role as a commentator for Comedy Central Politically Incorrect during the 1996 presidential elections. Rock also was the voice for the "Lil Penny" puppet who is the alter ego of basketball star Penny Hardaway in a series of Nike ads for 1994-1998, and hosted the 97th MTV Video Music Awards.

Fall 2005, the UPN television network created a comedy series called Everybody Hates Chris, based on the days of Rock School, which he is executive producer and narrator. The show has attracted both critical and commercial success, and Rock describes it as "honest" and "very working class, so that people can identify."

Often, the subject of tabloids, when asked about paparazzi and the other negative aspects of fame, Rock says he accepts the bad with the good: "You can not be happy that fire cooks your food and be crazy, it burns your fingers. "

His comedy typically involves race relations in the United States, politics, the relations between music, romance, and class. Although not directly on this basis, several points of view are rooted comedy in his teens, his strict parents, concerned about the neighborhood schools, were bused to an almost all white high school in Bensonhurst (an Italian neighborhood Ethnic-Brooklyn who was known at the time for poor race relations). Rock says he was arrested four times: once for assault vehicle on a young man who had robbed him, and three times for traffic offenses, including driving without a license and driving too slowly.

Chris made his first stage appearance in the United Kingdom during the Live Earth in July 2007 which was broadcast live on.