Chris Rock
Stand-up comedian

Chris Rock

Who Chris Rock is

Stand-up comedian, actor, writer, producer and director who was a Saturday Night Live cast member from 1990 to 1993, in a career spanning more than three decades. His 2023 Netflix special Selective Outrage was Netflix's first global live-streamed event of its kind and earned major awards recognition.

At a glance

Born
1965
Style
Social satire, Observational, Political, Race, Class, Relationships, American culture, Argument and rhythm, Social precision
Came up through
Saturday Night Live and Def Comedy Jam
Stand-up specials
Selective Outrage
On screen
Saturday Night Live, Rustin, Misty Green and 12 more
WTF with Marc Maron
Episode 557
Official site
chrisrock.com ↗

On stage

No dated show on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now — their own site has their dates: chrisrock.com ↗.

Lineups belong to the rooms and the comedians, and can change; each listing has the last word. Their nights on the Comedy Calendar →

Specials, shows and podcasts

Stand-up specials

On screen

Where they got their start

Came up the same way

Other comedians in SUCDb who came through Saturday Night Live and Def Comedy Jam:

The Launching Pads: the shows the comedians came through →

Comedians like Chris Rock

Each linked to them by something on the record — a stage they both came through, a bill, a show, a style or a home town.

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Their stand-up

Chris Rock’s voice emerged from New York clubs and became unmistakable through pace, repetition and direct social analysis. His landmark specials helped define the scale and urgency of modern arena-ready stand-up.

Film, television, writing and directing widened his reach, but the stand-up grammar remains recognizable: isolate a contradiction, state it plainly and pressure-test it in front of an audience.

Career timeline

  1. 1965Born
  2. 1990Saturday Night Live (cast member, 1990–1993) On screen
  3. 1991New Jack City (Pookie, 1991) On screen
  4. 1997The Chris Rock Show (host; creator, HBO, 1997–2000) On screen
  5. 1998Lethal Weapon 4 (Detective Lee Butters, 1998) On screen
  6. 1999Dogma (Rufus, 1999) On screen
  7. 2005Everybody Hates Chris (narrator; creator, UPN, 2005–2009) On screen
  8. 2005Madagascar (Marty, voice, 2005; sequels 2008 and 2012) On screen
  9. 2005The Longest Yard (James "Caretaker" Farrell, 2005) On screen
  10. 2005Academy Awards (host, 2005 and 2016) On screen
  11. 2010Grown Ups (Kurt McKenzie, 2010; sequel 2013) On screen
  12. 2013Grown Ups 2 (Kurt McKenzie, 2013) On screen
  13. 2020Fargo (Loy Cannon, FX, 2020) On screen

Questions about Chris Rock

Where is Chris Rock performing next?

No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now; their own site has their dates: chrisrock.com ↗.

What stand-up specials have they released?

Selective Outrage.

What TV shows and films are they in?

Saturday Night Live, Rustin, Misty Green, Top Five, Everybody Hates Chris and Madagascar, among 15 credits.

Where did they get their start?

Saturday Night Live (cast member) and Def Comedy Jam (stand-up).

When were they born?

In 1965.

Have they been on WTF with Marc Maron?

Yes — episode 557.

Who are some comedians like them?

Adam Sandler (also in Grown Ups), Colin Quinn (also in Grown Ups), David Spade (also in Grown Ups), J. B. Smoove (also in Top Five) and George Carlin (also in Dogma).

The full SUCDb record

The full record — the career in order, the specials and credits, and the sources for each — is on SUCDb, with a button to add them to your D.O.C., your twelve.

Their SUCDb record →Their own site ↗

Sources

Updated 5 October 2026 · the record checked 25 September 2026