Yet, one who is far from abandoning comedy is Rock, who will be seen in Robert Zemeckis’ The Witches remake and was tapped to direct the pilot of Kenan Thompson’s upcoming sitcom The Kenan Show.
However, it seems the stand-up icon is turning over a new leaf lately, playing a 1950s mafia leader in Fargo’s fourth season, producing and starring in upcoming Saw reboot Spiral, and appearing in announced sports biopic I Am Maurice.
Despite lasting just three years, Chris Rock’s satirical brilliance on SNL defined him as one of the most (literally) recognizable voices in comedy today, as further evident by his hit semi-autobiographical sitcom Everybody Hates Chris, voicing Marty the Zebra in the Madagascar series, his three feature-length directorial efforts thus far, and much more.