Tony Rock
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Tony Rock is an American actor and stand-up comic. He is the younger brother of comedian Chris Rock.
Born in the same hospital as his seven brothers and one sister, Tony was the fourth child to Julius and Rochelle Rock. He grew up on Decatur Street in the Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhood, which was one of the toughest neighborhoods in Brooklyn at the time. Growing up, he loved watching wrestling, telling jokes, and just laughing. He loved to entertain his parents, just like his older brother Chris. He also wanted to grow up to become a comedian.
Tony's first break happened when he traveled to Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Hollywood Reporter picked him as one of the funniest young talents from New York, in 2000. He is also bi-coastal.
In the mid 2000s, Rock hosted a short-lived game show entitled Can You Tell? for Oprah Winfrey's Oh! Oxygen network.
Tony has made many guest appearances, such as being on the Howard Stern Show, and he came to New York with Mark Curry and John Henton to highlight the Apollo Theater. He now stars as Dirk Black on the The CW sitcom All Of Us. Tony also works as a back-up to his brother, Chris Rock.
The character Drew on Everybody Hates Chris is most likely based on him.
"Tony Rock has been known to frequent Chinatown discos and Karaoke bars," he said as a guest on the J.R., Kate and Bubba show on Star 100.7 (WZPT-Pittsburgh) on Thursday March 15th.
