The following is the filmography of American stand-up comedian and actor Chris Rock.

Rock started his career as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1990 to 1993 alongside Adam Sandler, David Spade, and Chris Farley. He also starred on In Living Color from 1993 to 1994 and The Chris Rock Show from 1997 to 2000. During this time Rock gained stardom as a stand-up comedian releasing several comedy albums including Born Suspect (1991), Roll with the New (1997), and Bigger & Blacker (1999). He started his film career with minor film roles such as Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)[1] before appearing in Lethal Weapon 4 (1998), Dogma (1999), and Nurse Betty (2000).

In 2001, Rock wrote, executive produced and starred in Down to Earth (2001), and starred in and produced Pootie Tang (2001). For both of these projects he collaborated with Louis C.K. In 2003, he made his directorial debut with the political satire Head of State (2003), followed by his films as a director I Think I Love My Wife (2007) and Top Five (2014). He also starred in the comedies Death at a Funeral (2010),[1] Grown Ups (2010), its 2013 sequel, and Dolemite Is My Name (2019). He has also appeared in the Netflix films starring Adam Sandler Sandy Wexler (2017) and The Week Of (2018).

Rock has also made appearances in a variety of television shows including Louie (2011–2012), Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee (2013), Broad City (2015), Empire (2015), and Fargo (2020). He also appeared as himself in the documentaries The N-Word (2004), The Aristocrats (2005), and Good Hair (2009). He also is known for his vocal performances as titular protagonist of Osmosis Jones (2001), Marty the Zebra in DreamWorks Animation's Madagascar film franchise (2005–2012) and as Mooseblood in Jerry Seinfeld's Bee Movie (2007).

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1985 Krush Groove Person Standing Next to Club Phone During Fight Uncredited
1987 Beverly Hills Cop II Playboy Mansion Valet [1]
1988 Comedy's Dirtiest Dozen Himself Direct-to-video concert film
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka Rib Joint Customer
1989 Who Is Chris Rock? Himself Documentary short
1991 New Jack City Pookie
1992 Boomerang Bony T
1993 CB4 Albert Brown / M.C. Gusto Also writer and co-producer
1995 The Immortals Deke Anthony
Panther Yuck Mouth
1996 Sgt. Bilko 1st Lt. Oster
1997 Beverly Hills Ninja Joey Washington
1998 Dr. Dolittle Rodney Voice
Lethal Weapon 4 Detective Lee Butters
1999 Torrance Rises Himself Documentary short
Dogma Rufus
Jackie's Back Himself Documentary; cameo
2000 Nurse Betty Wesley
2001 Down to Earth Lance Barton Also writer and executive producer
A.I. Artificial Intelligence Mecha Comedian Voice; cameo
Pootie Tang JB / Radio DJ / Pootie's Father Also producer
Osmosis Jones Osmosis Jones Voice
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Chaka Luther King
2002 Bad Company Jake Hayes / Kevin Pope / Michael Turner [1]
Comedian Himself Documentary
2003 Pauly Shore Is Dead Cameo
Head of State Mays Gilliam Also director, producer and writer[1]
2004 The N-Word Himself Documentary
Paparazzi Pizza Delivery Guy Cameo
2005 The Aristocrats Himself Documentary
Madagascar Marty Voice
The Longest Yard James "Caretaker" Farrell
2007 I Think I Love My Wife Richard Marcus Cooper Also director, producer and writer[1]
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project Himself Documentary
Bee Movie Mooseblood the Mosquito Voice
2008 You Don't Mess with the Zohan Taxi Driver Cameo
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa Marty and other zebras Voice
2009 Good Hair Himself Documentary; also producer
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy Documentary
2010 Death at a Funeral Aaron Also producer
Grown Ups Kurt McKenzie
2012 2 Days in New York Mingus Robinson
What to Expect When You're Expecting Vic
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted Marty Voice
2013 Madly Madagascar Voice; short film
Grown Ups 2 Kurt McKenzie
2014 Top Five Andre Allen Also director and writer[1]
2015 A Very Murray Christmas Himself
2017 Sandy Wexler
2018 The Week Of Kirby Cordice
Nobody's Fool Lawrence Cameo
2019 Dolemite Is My Name Bobby Vale
2020 The Witches Older Hero Mouse / Narrator Voice
2021 Bad Trip Cop Deleted scene[2]
Spiral Detective Zeke Banks Also executive producer
The One and Only Dick Gregory Himself Documentary
2022 Amsterdam Milton King
2023 Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie Cat Rubble Voice; cameo
Rustin Roy Wilkins
2025 Being Eddie Himself Documentary
2026 Lorne
TBA Misty Green † Also director, producer and writer

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1987 Miami Vice Carson Episode: "Missing Hours"
1990–1993 Saturday Night Live Various 59 episodes
1993–1994 In Living Color 6 episodes
1994 HBO Comedy Half-Hour Himself Stand-up comedy special
1995 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Maurice / Jasmine Episode: "Get a Job"
1996–1998 The Moxy Show Flea Voice; uncredited
1996 Martin Valentino Watson Episode: "The Love Jones Connection"
Homicide: Life on the Street Carver Episode: "Requiem for Adena"
1996 Billboard Music Awards Himself Host; television special
Chris Rock: Bring the Pain Stand-up comedy special
Politically Incorrect Guest star; commentator for 1996 United States presidential election
1996–2024 Saturday Night Live Host; 4 episodes
1997 1997 MTV Video Music Awards Host; television special
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Woody Voice; episode: "Pinocchio"
1997–2000 The Chris Rock Show Himself Host (37 episodes); also creator, writer and executive producer
1997–2004 Howard Stern 6 episodes; guest star
1998 King of the Hill Roger "Booda" Sack Voice; episode: "Traffic Jam"
Mr. Show with Bob and David Himself Episode: "Eat Rotten Fruit from a Shitty Tree"
1999 Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker Stand-up comedy special
1999 MTV Video Music Awards Host; television special
2000 DAG Episode: "Pilot"
2003 2003 MTV Video Music Awards Host; television special
The Bernie Mac Show Episode: "Pink Gold"
2004 Chris Rock: Never Scared Stand-up comedy special
2005 77th Academy Awards Host; television special
2005–2009 Everybody Hates Chris Narrator (Himself) / Mr. Abbott 88 episodes; also creator, writer and executive producer
2008 Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger Himself Stand-up comedy special
2009 Merry Madagascar Marty Voice; television special
2011–2012 Louie Himself 2 episodes
2012 Tosh.0 Episode: "How to Draw Guy"
2013 A.N.T. Farm Episode: "Animal HusbANTry"
Real Husbands of Hollywood Episode: "Rock, Paper, Stealers"
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee Episode: "Kids Need Bullying"
2014 BET Awards 2014 Host; television special
2015 Broad City Voice; episode: "Mochalatta Chills"
Empire Frank Gathers Episode: "The Devils Are Here"
The Jim Gaffigan Show Himself Episode: "The Bible Story"
Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo none Stand-up comedy special; director
The Eric Andre Show Himself Episode: "Bird Up!"
2016 88th Academy Awards Host; television special
2018 Chris Rock: Tamborine Stand-up comedy special
Kevin Can Wait Dennis Episode: "A Band Done"
2020 Fargo Loy Cannon 10 episodes
The Comedy Store Himself Documentary miniseries
2022 94th Academy Awards Presenter of Best Documentary Feature award; further information: Chris Rock–Will Smith slapping incident
2023 Chris Rock: Selective Outrage Livestreamed stand-up comedy special
2024 Everybody Still Hates Chris Narrator (Himself) / Pookie Voice; also executive producer
2025 The Simpsons Himself Episode: "Abe League of Their Moe"

As executive producer

Year Title Notes
1998–2002 The Hughleys 89 episodes
2012–2013 Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell 64 episodes
2017–2018 The Rundown with Robin Thede 24 episodes

Music videos

Year Title Role Artist
1989 "Turn It Out (Go Base)" Award Presenter Rob Base
1989 "Smooth Operator" Himself Big Daddy Kane
1997 "Champagne" Chris Rock
1999 "No Sex (In the Champagne Room)" feat. Gerald Levert
2007 "Hump de Bump" Himself Red Hot Chili Peppers; also director
2015 "Bitch I'm Madonna" Madonna
2019 "Old Town Road" Sheriff Lil Nas X

Theatre

Year Title Role Venue
2011 The Motherfucker with the Hat Ralph D. Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, Broadway

See also

References

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Rock_filmography