Julius Rock

Julius Rock

Christopher Julius Rock II (played by Terry Crews), based on Chris Rock's father, is Rochelle's cheap, frugal, worrisome, levelheaded, and devoted husband and the father of Chris, Tonya, and Drew. Julius loves sports having been seen watching bowling, baseball, golf, football, and basketball. He admitted that it always killed him that Chris was no good at sports after being excited when he heard that Chris was on the basketball team. He is known for his extreme cheapness and taking the easy way out when it comes to purchasing essential items for his family (such as by using food-stamps and buying store-brands). Julius's cheapness is also exhibited by how he uses duct tape to fix anything and everything broken in the house. He has even been shown to memorize the price of nearly every object in his family's possession, shouting it out loud when such an item has been wasted or ruined. Two of his most famous character attributes are bargaining his way out of having to pay full price for an item and mentioning how much an item costs. He coddles Tonya and is more likely than his wife to give her what she wants, and will react with a lecture every time one of his children considers quitting or asks him about receiving money. Said lectures having been known to last for hours on end and encourage his kids to avoid bringing up such subjects around him. Julius is also shown to be a workaholic, accepting any job offer he receives. It's implied that Julius can understand Mandarin but cannot speak it due to the fact that when he communicates with Mr. Fong, (who speaks in Mandarin towards him) he is able to respond back. Whenever Chris has a problem, he goes to Julius, who gives him advice in a confusing manner. Once, Chris remarked that even though he didn't understand what his father said, it made him feel better anyway. He dies in 1988.