- Is named the funniest man in America by Entertainment Weekly. (March 12, 2004)
- Rock turned down the chance to host the Academy Awards twice because he didn't think he was old enough -- Rock was thrilled to be asked to take charge of the Oscars, but insists he's better suited to the MTV Video Music Awards, which he hosts next week. (August 21, 2003)
- Host the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards
- Rock, going Commander in Chief today in the new big-screener HEAD OF STATE, has blasted the Internet maven over an online report Thursday that said Rock's studio bosses had strongly urged the funnyman to refrain from making un-funny remarks about President Bush and the war in Iraq. (March 29, 2003)
- Rock is among a selection of celebrities who are set to have their voices removed from New York taxicabs -- The recorded announcements, advising passengers to buckle their seatbelts since 1996, will be eliminated in the next few months by the Taxicab And Limousine Commission, after a survey revealed that customers largely ignored them. (February 18, 2003)
- Became one of the brightest lights in late '90s, winning wide respect for his dead-on observations of politics and modern society, with particular emphasis on issues confronting African-American communities.
- Discovered by Eddie Murphy
- Has written a book, Rock This, and released two comedy albums
- Many of the comedy routines used in DOWN TO EARTH (2001) were on Chris Rock's Bigger and Blacker album.
- In JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK (2001), Rock plays Chaka luther king... Cha-ka was the name of the little cave boy in land of the lost.
- Scenes involving Christopher McDonald as a racist, red-neck truck driver who sells porno to Rock and Morgan Freeman was cut from the final film.
- After launching his career on the stand-up circuit, Rock hit it big on Saturday Night Live. He was Emmy'd for his HBO series, THE CHRIS ROCK SHOW, which ran five years before he left for a movie career.
- Nominated for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series at Emmy Awards for The Chris Rock Show (2001)
- Nominated for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program at Emmy Awards for The Chris Rock Show (2001)
- Nominated for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program at Emmy Awards for Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker (2000)
- Nominated for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series at Emmy Awards for The Chris Rock Show (2000)
- Nominated for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special at Emmy Awards for Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker (2000)
- Nominated for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program at Emmy Awards for Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker (2000)
- Nominated for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program at Emmy Awards for The Chris Rock Show (2000)
- Nominated for Best Comedic Performance at MTV Movie Awards for LETHAL WEAPON 4 (1999)
- Nominated for Best Breakthrough Male Performance at MTV Movie Awards for LETHAL WEAPON 4 (1999)
- Nominated for Outstanding Performance in a Variety or Music Program at Emmy Awards for The Chris Rock Show (1999)
- Nominated for Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program at Emmy Awards for The Chris Rock Show (1998)
- Nominated for Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program at Emmy Awards for Politically Incorrect (1997)
Quotes- "Once he found out I wasn't crazy, he was comfortable." [on Nurse Betty costar Morgan Freeman]
- "I love music. Music is the soundtrack to the crappy movie that is my life."
- "Women are like the police, they could have all the evidence in the world but they still want the confession."
- Don't exercise much. It's not really funny.[Jim] Carrey looks like he's in pretty good shape, but traditionally, funny guys have never been buff. Why do people do yoga? It clears their minds. I embrace the clutter in my head. I like it. What funny guy's got it all together?
- "Charlie Brown is the one person I identify with. C.B. is such a loser. He wasn't even the star of his own Halloween special."
Awards- ShoWest Convention: Special Award - Comedy Star of the Year (2001)
- American Comedy Awards: Funniest Male Performer in a TV Special (Leading or Supporting) Network, Cable or Syndication, Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker (2000)
- Blockbuster Entertainment Awards: Favorite Supporting Actor - Action/Adventure, LETHAL WEAPON 4 (1999)
- Emmy Awards: Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program, The Chris Rock Show (1999)
- Emmy Awards: Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special, Chris Rock: Bring the Pain (1997)
- Emmy Awards: Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program, Chris Rock: Bring the Pain (1997)
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