Chris Rock

BIOGRAFIA

Christopher Julius Rock III (n. 7 de febrero de 1965) es un cómico, actor y director de cine estadounidense, ganador de un Emmy y un Grammy. Ha sido descrito por Comedy Central como el quinto mejor cómico monologuista de todos los tiempos. Rock nació en Carolina del Sur. Tras su nacimiento, sus padres se mudaron a Crown Heights, en Brooklyn, Nueva York. Años después se trasladaron a Bedford-Stuyvesant, una zona obrera de Brooklyn, donde fijaron su residencia.[1] Su madre, Rosalie Tingman,[2] ejercía de profesora y de trabajadora social con los enfermos mentales. Julius Rock, su padre, era conductor de camión y repartidor de periódicos.[3] Julius murió en 1989 a causa de una operación de úlcera.[4] Rock tiene cinco hermanos pequeños: Andre, Brian, Kenny, Andi, y su medio hermano Jordan Vida privada: Rock has been married to Malaak Compton since November 23, 1996. She 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 workforce. The couple have two daughters together, Lola Simone (born June 28, 2002) and Zahra Savannah (born May 22, 2004). En noviembre de 2006, el website de noticias de entretenimiento TMZ.com reported that Rock was filing for divorce after nearly ten years of marriage to Malaak. Two weeks later, however, TMZ reported that Rock had not filed divorce papers, and that it appeared that the couple was able to work out their differences and stay together. In response to the reports, Rock released a statement to the press denouncing the reports as "untrue rumors and lies". Most recently, freelance journalist Kali Bowyer has filed a paternity suit against Chris Rock, claiming he is the father of her son in need of hospitalization. Rock’s brother, Tony Rock, is an actor and comedian. Rock currently resides in Alpine, New Jersey. Carrera: Comienzos: Rock comenzó como cómico en 1985 en un club de Nueva York. Poco a poco, fue subiendo posiciones en el ámbito de la comedia y, además, consiguió ganarse un pequeño papel en la película I’m Gonna Git You Sucka, y en la serie Miami Vice. Después de ver su actuación en un club nocturno, Eddie Murphy se convirtió en amigo y mentor del aspirante a cómico. Murphy le dio a Rock su primer papel en Beverly Hills Cop II. Además, Rock realizó una prueba para ser locutor de la MTV. De comienzos a mediados de los años 90: En 1990, Rock entró a formar parte del popular equipo de cómicos de la serie Saturday Night Live. Junto con otros miembros del reparto, como Chris Farley, Adam Sandler y David Spade, comenzaron a ser conocidos como el grupo de los Chicos Malos de SNL. En 1991 lanzó su primer CD, Born Suspect, y se ganó grandes elogios por su papel dramático como adicto al crack, dentro de la película New Jack City. Su permanencia en el SNL le dio fama internacional, aunque apenas aparecía en el espectáculo, a no ser por su papel recurrente como Nat X. Frustrado, Rock dejó el show en 1993 para unirse al reparto de negros americanos de In Living Color. Sin embargo, el show perdió popularidad y fue suspendido meses después. Fue entonces cuando Rock decidió concentrarse en su carrera cinematográfica. Escribió y protagonizó CB4, pero la película fracasó. Sus trabajos como actor se volvieron escasos, y Rock abandonó Hollywood para concentrase en la comedia. También prestó su voz al muñeco "Lil Penny", que era el alter ego de la estrella de baloncesto Penny Hardaway en una serie de anuncios de calzado de la marca Nike. Personajes que interpretaba en SNL: * Nat X, un militante negro que hacía de presentador en el sketch, "The Dark Side" * Kevin Stubbs, participante de un concurso de televisión (concursaba en "Sabra Price is Right" y "The Bensonhurst Dating Game") * Onski, uno de los presentadores de Yo! MTV Raps * Buster Jenkins, un anciano de color que aparecía en Weekend Update * Young Pop, un marinero que aparecía en "Tales From The Barbecue" Personajes imitados en SNL: * Idi Amin * M.C. Hammer * Nipsey Russell * Michael Jackson * Whoopi Goldberg * Luther Campbell * Long Dong Silver * Eddie Murphy, antiguo miembro de SNL. * Flavor Flav * Arsenio Hall * Jaleel White * Todd Bridges Éxitos en la comedia: Empezó en su primer especial de comedia en HBO en 1994 titulado Big Ass Jokes. Pero este era su segundo especial stand-up. En 1996 Bring the Pain, reinventó a Rock como uno de los mejores comediantes en la indutria. Su rutina, donde incluía comentarios de raza en América, provoco grandes controversias. Rock ganó dos Emmy Awards por ese especial. Añadiendo a su popularidad fue su muy publicitado papel como comentarista para el programa de Comedy Central, Politically Incorrect durante las Elecciones Presidenciales de Estados Unidos en 1996 (1996 Presidential elections). Durante este tiempo, Rock también prestó su voz para "Lil’ Penny" en una popular serie de comerciales para Nike donde aparecía la estrella de la NBA Penny Hardaway. Rock later had two more HBO comedy specials: Bigger & Blacker in 1999, and Never Scared in 2004. Articles relating to both specials called Rock "the funniest man in America" in Time and Entertainment Weekly, respectively. HBO also aired his talk show, The Chris Rock Show, which gained critical acclaim for Rock’s interviews with celebrities and politicians. The show won an Emmy for writing. His television work has won him a total of three Emmy Awards and 15 nominations. By the end of the decade, Rock was established as one of the preeminent stand-up comedians and comic minds of his generation. During this time, Rock also translated his comedy into print form in the book Rock This! and released the Grammy Award-winning comedy albums, Roll with the New, Bigger & Blacker and Never Scared. In 2004, Rock was ranked 5th on the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time list by Comedy Central. He is currently working on his fifth HBO special.[1] Carrera cinematográfica: While Rock has acted in movies since 1987 (beginning with a small role in Beverly Hills Cop II), it was not until 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 and Nurse Betty and a starring role in Down to Earth. Rock has also increasingly worked behind the camera, both as a writer and director of Head of State and I Think I Love My Wife. In the fall of 2005, the UPN television network premiered a comedy series called Everybody Hates Chris, based on Rock’s school days, of which he is the executive producer and narrator. The show has garnered both critical and commercial success, and Rock describes it as "honest" and "very working-class, so people can relate."[5] Estilo de su comedia: His comedy typically involves race relations in the United States, politics, music, romance, and class relationships. Though not directly based on it, many of his comedic views are rooted in his teen years; his very strict parents, concerned about the neighborhood schools, had him bused to an almost all-white high school in Bensonhurst (an Italian-ethnic neighborhood of Brooklyn that was known at the time for poor race relations). Rock claims to have been arrested four times: once for vehicular assault on a youth who had robbed him, and three times for traffic violations, including driving without a license and "driving too slow." Rock is uncomfortable with the idea of being seen as a larger than life figure in standup comedy as opposed to some of his héroes like Bill Cosby, Eddie Murphy or Richard Pryor; when pressed for a statement during an interview with Playboy, he hesitated and finally responded: "I talked about race differently. I’ll go that far". Promoción [editar] In the promotion’s early days Chris Rock made an appearance for TNA wrestling in which he was introduced by B. G. James and was hit with a chair and beaten up by wrestlers including Jeff Jarrett. This event was covered in TNA’s "50 greatest moments". Premios de la Academia como presentador: In early 2005, Rock hosted the 77th Academy Awards ceremony. The decision to have Rock host the awards was seen by some as a chance to bring an "edge" to the ceremony and to make it more relevant or appealing to younger audiences. During one segment Rock asked "Who is this guy?" in reference to actor Jude Law seemingly appearing in every movie Rock had seen that year and implied Law was a low-rent Tom Cruise. Nearly two hours later, a defensive Sean Penn took the stage to present and said, "In answer to our host’s question, Jude Law is one of our finest young actors." (At the time, Penn and Law were shooting All the King’s Men.) Videos musicales: Rock’s first music video was for his song "Your Mother’s Got a Big Head" from his álbum 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 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 few people seen lip-synching the song.

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::Trabajos:: Filmografía: Year Title Role Notes 1987 Beverly Hills Cop II Playboy Mansion Valet 1988 Comedys Dirtiest Dozen Himself direct-to-video concert film Im Gonna Git You Sucka Rib Joint Customer 1989 Who Is Chris Rock? Himself documentary short 1991 New Jack City Pookie 1992 Boomerang Bony T 1993 CB4 Albert/MC Gusto also co-writer 1995 The Immortals Deke Anthony Panther Yuck Mouth 1996 Sgt. Bilko 1st Lt. Oster 1997 Beverly Hills Ninja Joey 1998 Dr. Dolittle Rodney voice Lethal Weapon 4 Detective Lee Butters 1999 Torrance Rises Himself documentary short Dogma Rufus 2000 Nurse Betty Wesley 2001 Down to Earth Lance Barton also co-writer AI: Artificial Intelligence Comedian voice Pootie Tang JB/Radio DJ/Pooties Father also producer Osmosis Jones Osmosis Jones voice Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Chaka Luther King 2002 Bad Company Jake Hayes/Kevin Pope Comedian Himself documentary 2003 Pauly Shore Is Dead Himself Head of State Mays Gilliam also director and co-writer 2004 The N-Word Himself documentary Paparazzi Pizza Delivery Guy 2005 The Aristocrats Himself documentary Madagascar Marty voice The Longest Yard Caretaker 2007 I Think I Love My Wife Richard Cooper also director and co-writer Bee Movie Mooseblood the Mosquito voice 2008 Madagascar 2 Marty voice 2009 41 Dollars (The Scott Hicks Story) Brad Una selección de su trabajo televisivo: * 1987 Miami Vice (episode "Missing Hours") * 1990-1993 Saturday Night Live (cast member) * 1993-1994 In Living Color (recurring) * 1995 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (episode "Get a Job") * 1996-1998 The Moxy Show (voice) (uncredited) * 1996 Martin (episode "The Love Jones Connection") * 1996 Homicide: Life on the Street (episode "Requiem for Adena") * 1996 Politically Incorrect (correspondent) * 1997 MTV Video Music Awards (host) * 1997-2000 The Chris Rock Show (cast member, writer) * 1998 King of the Hill (episode "Traffic Jam") * 1999 MTV Video Music Awards (host) * 2003 MTV Video Music Awards (host) * 2004 77th Academy Awards (host) * 2004-Present Everybody Hates Chris (narrator, creator) Especiales de la HBO: * Uptown Comedy Express (1987) * Big Ass Jokes (1994) * Bring the Pain (1996) * Bigger & Blacker (1999) * Never Scared (2004) Discografía: * Born Suspect (1991) Atlantic * Roll With the New (1997) DreamWorks * Bigger & Blacker (1999) DreamWorks * Never Scared (2005) Geffen Libros: * Rock This! (Hyperion Books, 1997) - ISBN 0786862890 Véase también: * Niggas vs. Black People, one of Rocks most famous and controversial bits. * Bad Boys of SNL

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