Chris Rock - July 5, 2008 - 8:00 p.m.

Born in South Carolina, but raised in Brooklyn, NY, Chris Rock is the oldest of 6 children. He began doing stand-up comedy in 1985 in New York City's Catch a Rising Star and slowly rose up the ranks of the comedy circuit eventually earning a small role in the TV Series Miami Vice. Shortly after, Eddie Murphy saw Rock's stand-up routine in a New York City nightclub and offered Rock his first film role in Beverly Hills Cop II.

Chris Rock joined the cast of Saturday Night Live in 1990, and along with other new cast members Chris Farley, Adam Sandler, Rob Schneider, and David Spade became known as the Bad Boys of SNL. In 1991, he released his first comedy album Born Suspect and later that year won acclaim for his dramatic role as a crack addict in the film New Jack City. Rock currently plays the voice of his adolescent self in the television comedy series Everybody Hates Chris.

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