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Chris Rock

Chris Rock was born February 7, 1966, in Andrews, South Carolina. Raised in the neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, New York, Chris always knew he was cut out to be a comedian, and took his talent to the New York comedy club circuit after dropping out of high school. Who better to discover a young aspiring comedian than Eddie Murphy, who caught Rock's act at a club and was so impressed that he cast him in Murphy's 1987 Beverly Hills Cop II, in his film debut as a parking valet. His early roles include 1988's I'm Gonna Git You Sucka and an episode of Miami Vice, before appearing in 1991's New Jack City, 1992's Boomerang (also an Eddie Murphy film), and starring in 1993's CB4, a parody of the gangsta rap world. In the early '90s, Rock received the coveted part of any comedian's career, as a cast member and writer on Saturday Night Live. With three years of SNL experience under his belt, Rock was cast in the comedies Sgt. Bilko, Beverly Hills Ninja, as well as 1998's Doctor Dolittle and the 4th installment of the Lethal Weapon series. In 1996, he was also a correspondent and writer for "Indecision 1996," on the then Comedy Central show, Politically Incorrect. While Rock wasn't achieving great cinematic success, he was scoring big with his own stand-up comedy... Next

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