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- NAME: Chris Rock
- OCCUPATION: Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Comedian, Director, Producer
- BIRTH DATE: February 07, 1965 (Age: 48)
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Andrews, South Carolina
- ZODIAC SIGN: Aquarius
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Former Saturday Night Live castmember Chris Rock has appeared in such films as Bad Company and is the creator of the television show Everybody Hates Chris.
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Richard Pryor - Comedy Pioneer
Actress-Director Rain Pryor talks about how her father Richard Pryor was a comedy pioneer with his raw stand-up performances and honest critiques of race.
Eddie Murphy - Helping Fellow Comics
Chris Rock talks about being encouraged and helped by Eddie Murphy.
Richard Pryor - Comedic Influences
Actress-Director Rain Pryor talks about her father Richard Pryor's comedic influences including Charlie Chaplin, Jackie Gleason and Bill Cosby and the comedians who have been inspired by him like Eddie Murphy, Chris Rock and Steve Harvey.
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Everybody Hates Chris
In 2005, Rock debuted a sitcom on The CW Television Network called Everybody Hates Chris, a spoof on the perennially popular Everybody Loves Raymond. The show was inspired by Rock's teenage years growing up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of New York City. The show quickly became the second most watched comedy on the network.
In 1996, Rock married Malaak Compton, a public relations executive. They have two daughters together: Lola Simone and Zahra Savannah.
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