Chris Rock
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The ThumbScore for Chris Rock (70.2%) is the average audience approval rating across 24 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Chris's films are well-received by everyday viewers.
Christopher Julius Rock (born February 7, 1965) is an American comedian, actor, and filmmaker. He first gained prominence for his stand-up routines in the 1980s in which he tackled subjects including race relations, human sexuality, and observational comedy. His success branched off into productions in film, television, and on-stage, having received multiple accolades including three Grammy Awards for Best Comedy Album, four Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Golden Globe Award nomination. Rock was ranked No. 5 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time.
He also ranked No. 5 on Rolling Stone's list of the 50 Best Stand-Up Comics of All Time. After years working as a stand-up comedian and appearing in minor film roles including Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), Rock gained prominence as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 1990 to 1993. While at SNL, he appeared in the films New Jack City (1991) and Boomerang (1992). In 1993, he appeared in CB4, which he also wrote and produced. He reached mainstream stardom with Bring the Pain in 1996.
Chris Rock has appeared on numerous albums, including Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Method Man's Tical 2000, Prince Paul's A Prince Among Thieves, Ice Cube's War and Peace Vol. 2, Ludacris's Theater of the Mind, Busta Rhymes's Extinction Level Event 2, and Ol' Dirty Bastard's second studio album. Chris Rock: Big Ass Jokes (released on HBO, 1994) Chris Rock: Bring the Pain (released on HBO, 1996) Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker (released on HBO, 1999) Chris Rock: Never Scared (released on HBO, 2004) Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger (released on HBO, 2008) Chris Rock: Tamborine (released on Netflix 2018) Chris Rock: Selective Outrage (released on Netflix 2023)
Rock This! (Hyperion Books, 1997) – ISBN 0-7868-6289-0
Born 1965-02-07 in Andrews, South Carolina, USA.
On ThumbScore, Chris Rock appears in 26 films with an average audience score of 70.2%, most frequently in the Comedy genre.
