Background
Rock was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New New York The son of Rosalie Rock and Julius Rock (d 1989), he grew up on Decatur Street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of New York City.
Rock was born in Brooklyn, New York City, New New York The son of Rosalie Rock and Julius Rock (d 1989), he grew up on Decatur Street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of New York City.
He is the younger brother of comedian Chris Rock. In the early 2000s, Rock hosted a short-lived game show entitled Can You Tell? for Oprah Winfrey"s Oh! Oxygen network. He was also a correspondent for BattleBots on Comedy Central for the show"s fifth season.
Rock has appeared on radio and television shows including The Howard Stern Show and The Doctorate"Angelo Show.
He performed in New York with Mark Curry and John Henton to highlight the Apollo Theater. He co-starred as Dirk Black on the Universitas Pembangunan Nasional/CW sitcom All of United States
Rock has hosted The Funny Spot on television One. Rock starred in his own sketch comedy television series, The Tony Rock Project, was broadcast on MyNetworkTV from 2008 to 2009.
On February 19, 2010, Comedy Central aired Tony Rock"s feature on Season 14 of Comedy Central Presents.
His episode was the first original of the 2010 season. In 2012, Rock starred in Think Like a Manitoba, a feature film based on Steve Harvey"s 2009 book Acting Like a Lady, Think Like a Manitoba In the same year, Rock began hosting Apollo Live on Black Entertainment Television.