Chris Rock
American comedian
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| 2024 | Rock was announced as the director of an English language adaptation of Thomas Vinterberg's Another Round. |
| November 2024 | Rock is set to debut his film Misty Green at the American Film Market, which he wrote and will direct. |
| 2023 | Rock was announced as the director for a Martin Luther King Jr. biopic, with Steven Spielberg producing, based on Jonathan Eig's biography King: A Life. |
| 2023 | Confirmed being single in his Netflix special. |
| March 4 2023 | Rock released his Netflix special Chris Rock: Selective Outrage, addressing the Will Smith slap, which was Netflix's first live event, streamed from the Hippodrome Theatre in Baltimore, Maryland. The special received three Primetime Emmy Award nominations. |
| July 7 2022 | Reports emerged that Rock had started dating actress, screenwriter, and director Lake Bell. |
| March 2022 | During a stand-up performance in Boston, Rock publicly stated that Will Smith had not reached out to him personally and they had not spoken since the Academy Awards incident. |
| March 2022 | During the 94th Academy Awards ceremony, Chris Rock presented the award for Best Documentary Feature and made a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith's shaved head, comparing her to G.I. Jane. Will Smith subsequently walked on stage and slapped Rock in response to the joke. |
| 2021 | Rock starred in the horror film Spiral, a reboot of the Saw franchise. |
| 2021 | Rock released an extended and re-edited version of Tamborine called 'Total Blackout: The Tamborine Extended Cut', which added 30 minutes of additional content and was directed by Rock without involvement from Bo Burnham. |
| September 19 2021 | Rock announced on Twitter that he had tested positive for COVID-19 and strongly advocated for vaccination. |
| May 2021 | Rock voiced opposition to cancel culture, arguing that it has made comedy 'boring' and 'unfunny', and emphasized the importance of artists having the right to fail. |
| 2020 | Chris Rock portrayed Loy Cannon in the fourth season of the FX crime anthology series Fargo. |
| September 18 2020 | Rock disclosed that he was diagnosed with a non-verbal learning disorder, a neurological condition affecting his understanding of non-verbal social cues. |
| 2019 | Briefly appeared in the comedy film 'Dolemite Is My Name', starring Eddie Murphy, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. |
| August 20 2019 | Rock invested in a funding round for Lowell Herb Co, a California cannabis brand, alongside several other celebrities. |
| February 14 2018 | Released first Netflix stand-up special 'Chris Rock: Tamborine' on Netflix, filmed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and directed by Bo Burnham, earning a Grammy Award nomination for Best Comedy Album. |
| 2017 | Appeared in the comedy film 'Sandy Wexler', part of his ongoing collaboration with Netflix for comedy content. |
| 2017 | During his Total Blackout Tour, Rock publicly discussed his evolving spiritual perspective, stating he was 'trying to get a little bit of religion' and humorously noting he wanted to 'find God before God finds me'. |
| 2016 | Released the Netflix comedy special 'Total Blackout', further expanding his stand-up comedy repertoire and digital media presence. |
| 2016 | Hosts the Academy Awards for the second time. |
| October 30 2016 | Netflix announced two new stand-up comedy specials, paying Rock $40 million per special. |
| August 22 2016 | Rock's divorce from Malaak Compton-Rock was finalized. |
| February 2016 | Rock hosted the 88th Academy Awards ceremony, addressing the lack of racial diversity in Hollywood nominations by speaking about the issue during the show and notably stating 'Black Lives Matter'. |
| 2015 | Attended the Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special, paying tribute to Eddie Murphy. Appeared in Sofia Coppola's Netflix Christmas musical special 'A Very Murray Christmas', singing 'Do You Hear What I Hear?' with Bill Murray. |
| 2015 | Attended the Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special and paid tribute to Eddie Murphy. |
| 2015 | Rock was pulled over three times in the first three months of the year, documenting each stop with a selfie highlighting ongoing racial profiling experiences. |
| October 21 2015 | Chris Rock was announced as the host of the 88th Academy Awards by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. |
| 2014 | Scripted, directed, and starred in the film 'Top Five', which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and received critical acclaim for its social commentary. |
| December 2014 | Rock filed for divorce from Malaak Compton-Rock, admitting to infidelity and struggling with a pornography addiction. |
| 2013 | Featured in an episode of 'Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee' with Jerry Seinfeld, discussing experiences of racial profiling as a famous Black man. |
| 2013 | Reunited with the cast of 'Grown Ups' for the sequel film. |
| 2012 | Starred in the ensemble romantic comedy 'What to Expect When You're Expecting' alongside Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, and others, earning a Teen Choice Award nomination. |
| 2012 | Rock settled a lawsuit alleging sexual abuse, though he denied the allegations and was not criminally charged. |
| August 2012 | Premiered his produced series 'Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell' and starred in two films: 'What to Expect When You're Expecting' and '2 Days in New York', the latter premiering at the Sundance Film Festival. |
| August 2012 | Produced the TV series 'Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell', which premiered on his own production company, Chris Rock Enterprises. |
| 2011 | Appeared on David Letterman's show and discussed his lifelong support of the New York Mets baseball team, complaining about the team's financial limitations. |
| 2011 | Makes his Broadway theater debut in The Motherfucker with the Hat. |
| 2010 | Appeared in the summer comedy 'Grown Ups' alongside Adam Sandler, Kevin James, David Spade, and Maya Rudolph. |
| 2010 | Starred in the black comedy film 'Death at a Funeral', a remake of the British comedy, featuring an ensemble cast including Peter Dinklage, Martin Lawrence, and Kevin Hart. |
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