List of Everybody Hates Chris characters

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This is a list of the main characters in the Emmy-nominated TV series Everybody Hates Chris and the animated reboot Everybody Still Hates Chris . The fictional family is loosely based upon that of actor/comedian Chris Rock.

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Main characters

Chris Rock

Chris Rock
Everybody Hates Chris and Everybody Still Hates Chris character
First appearance"Everybody Hates the Pilot" (2005)
Created by Chris Rock
Ali LeRoi
Portrayed by Tyler James Williams
Voiced byTim Johnson Jr. (Everybody Still Hates Chris)
In-universe information
NicknameLittle Dude from Across the Street, Chrissy The Black, DJ Chrissy Chris, Juicy Fruit, Mr. Cool, Swish, Short Bus, That Black Kid
GenderMale
OccupationGrocery store clerk, football team manager, student
RelativesJulius (father),
Rochelle Rock(mother),
Drew (brother),
Tonya Rock (sister)

Christopher Julius "Chris" Rock III (played by Tyler James Williams and voiced by Tim Johnson Jr.), is the ambitious, normal, responsible, intelligent, and kind-hearted, but troubled, unlucky, unpopular, untalented, nonathletic, underachieving, hapless, awkward, nerdy, vulnerable and put-upon eldest child and protagonist of the series. He wishes he was more like his younger brother, Drew (handsome, lucky, talented - or anything positive). Regardless of whether Chris possesses any positive traits, he's certainly never treated as if he does (being disliked by the opposite race or the opposite gender, unlike his siblings). He tries hard to fit in with his peers and make his family proud, but often finds himself a victim of circumstance due to his desperate methods of doing such. Chris is bullied during his time at Corleone (with little protection obtained from teachers or faculty members), frequently blackmailed and thrown under the bus by his sister, one upped and mate poached by his brother, singled out by the racist teaching staff, rejected and sometimes friendzoned by girls (most of whom Drew ends up taking), robbed by neighborhood thugs, is underpaid at work, is given excessive discipline by his mother and is given back seat treatment by his father. As the eldest child, he is often put in charge of his younger siblings, but they usually disobey him and he usually has to take the blame for them. Next to all this, Chris is the butt of the last jokes in almost every episode. People just seem to hate him for inexplicable reasons. His luck does improve as the series progresses. One of his talents is playing Asteroids and the other is calling basketball games. As he gets older, Chris becomes interested in stand-up comedy and begins telling jokes in school and upon starting high school at Tattaglia, he is far less often bullied or antagonized by anyone but Joey Caruso and his friends. At the end of the series – after being told that he has to repeat the tenth grade for constantly being late for school – he drops out and gets his GED, though his narrator dropped out due to bullying. He later grows up to be a rich and famous comedian.

Julius Rock

Julius Rock
Everybody Hates Chris and Everybody Still Hates Chris character
First appearance"Everybody Hates the Pilot" (2005)
Created by Chris Rock
Ali LeRoi
Portrayed by Terry Crews
Voiced byTerry Crews
In-universe information
NicknameHerc, Big Man
GenderMale
OccupationNewspaper delivery man, security guard, cab driver, fish packager
SpouseRochelle (wife)
ChildrenChris (son),
Drew (son),
Tonya (daughter)
RelativesLouis (brother)
Ryan (brother)
Pete (brother),
Gene (father-in-law, deceased),
Maxine (mother-in-law),
Mike (brother-in-law),
Charlotte (sister-in-law)

Julius Rock (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. 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' 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 Manderin but cannot speak it due to the fact that when he communicates with Mr. Fong, (who speaks in Manderin 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.

Rochelle

Rochelle
Everybody Hates Chris and Everybody Still Hates Chris character
First appearance"Everybody Hates the Pilot" (2005)
Created by Chris Rock
Ali LeRoi
Portrayed by Tichina Arnold
Voiced byTichina Arnold
In-universe information
NicknameChelle
GenderFemale
OccupationSecretary, beautician, waitress, realtor, store worker, shoe saleswoman, cosmetics saleswoman
SpouseJulius (husband)
ChildrenChris (son),
Drew (son),
Tonya (daughter)
RelativesMichael (brother),
Gene (father, deceased),
Maxine (mother),
Charlotte (sister),
Mousey (aunt),
Louis (brother-in-law),
Ryan (brother-in-law),
Pete (brother-in-law)

Rochelle (played by Tichina Arnold) is Julius' hot headed, ghetto snobbish, sometimes entitled, very humorously cheeky wife and is the strict, displinarian, but loving mother of Chris, Tonya, and Drew. She is a self-centered woman who frequently becomes apprehensive over things that often have nothing to do with the current subject matter (such as her kids having babies or selling drugs). She is noted for the saucy comebacks that she uses to put a stop to any complaints that her children might have. She uses the comebacks to ensure that they do not end up performing a crime or great misdeed of some sort; she also fears that they may wind up as street criminals or teenage parents. The narrator describes her as a "Ghetto Snob", likely because of her cautious behavior towards the way her family is perceived in public. She shares loving moments with her children. She also has a passion for chocolate Turtles, which often calm her, and experiences symptoms of withdrawal whenever she must sacrifice them for whatever reason. She is also noted for getting a job, and then quitting whenever she has a problem with it. Rochelle's famous catchphrase that refers to this running gag is: "I don't need this, my man has two jobs!" This expresses her reliance on Julius's two jobs as an excuse to resign and be comfortable at home. She is very judgmental towards Julius when it comes to their marriage. This can be seen in the episodes where she starts to think that Julius will leave her for a white woman or finds something which leads her to believe that Julius is having an affair. She sometimes disagrees to Julius' methods about being cheap, like when they celebrated Kwanzaa instead of Christmas. Julius believes that this method is an effective way to save money for more important things rather than materialistic items. There are times where Rochelle understands Julius's behavior, like in the episode where he got a second job in order to earn more money for the family. However, Rochelle eventually developed second thoughts about the situation, for she believed that Julius was actually throwing money away. From the last part of the second season and the whole of third season, she worked at the New York Department of Records. In the final season of the series, Rochelle works as a beautician at Nessa's Beauty Salon, where in previous seasons she would often get her hair done. She also gossips with her friend and owner of the salon, Vanessa (Jackee Harry) and the other workers. Another running gag about her is that she regularly threatens her children with impossible physical damages but never hits them. The only times she disciplines her children is when she tells them “we need to talk” and takes them to their room.

Drew

Drew
Everybody Hates Chris and Everybody Still Hates Chris character
First appearance"Everybody Hates the Pilot" (2005)
Created by Chris Rock
Ali LeRoi
Portrayed by Tequan Richmond
Voiced byTerrence Little Gardenhigh (Everybody Still Hates Chris)
In-universe information
NicknameMy Baby Boy
GenderMale
OccupationStudent, grocery store clerk, traffic boy
RelativesJulius (father),
Tonya (sister),
Rochelle (mother),
Chris (brother)

Drew (played by Tequan Richmond, voiced by Terrence Little Gardenhigh) is Chris's popular, lucky, talented, athletic, female-attracting, academic, and handsome younger brother. As opposed to the malicious rejection and harassment Chris receives from his peers, Drew is idolized above all of his classmates. His supreme charm earned him a multitude of girlfriends in the past. Secretly, Chris envies the limitless amount of luck and talent possessed by his younger brother, who appears slightly older than he does. Drew's height as opposed to that of Chris provides his elder brother with a number of disadvantages. Incredibly, Drew looks up to Chris and envies all the responsibility and trust their parents give him. Highly athletic, Drew loves hockey and idolizes Wayne Gretzky. He is also shown to be interested in magic and karate. Drew also has the talent of copying things he sees off of television, especially karate movies. He becomes more responsible and more hardworking as the series progresses. "Wasn't me" is a familiar catchphrase of his, often to get himself out of any possible trouble he is sure he had nothing to do with. In one episode, the narrator even claims that this was his first phrase as a baby. This was first introduced in the Pilot episode.

Tonya

Tonya
Everybody Hates Chris and Everybody Still Hates Chris character
First appearance"Everybody Hates the Pilot" (2005)
Created by Chris Rock
Ali LeRoi
Portrayed by Imani Hakim
Voiced by Ozioma Akagha
In-universe information
GenderFemale
OccupationStudent
FamilyJulius (father),
Rochelle (mother),
Drew (brother),
Chris (brother)

Tonya (played by Imani Hakim, voiced by Ozioma Akagha) is Chris and Drew's spoiled, smart mouthed, shrewd, whiney, bratty and obnoxious younger sister who is based on Chris' Rock's real sister, Andi Rock. She enjoys getting her brothers in trouble by whining to her parents about things they never actually did, and Julius and Rochelle always believe her. However, in the third and fourth seasons, she tends to hold a soft spot for Drew and Chris (when Chris got thrown out of the house, she admitted she doesn't want him gone and she and Drew try to rethink Chris's and her mother's decisions) by charging money to keep her mouth shut if they do something wrong (particularly to Chris), and sometimes hangs around Drew. Billy Ocean is her favorite entertainer (though later on she adopts a fondness for Danny Glover), and telling by the way Tonya believes that he originally was responsible for the invention of the Moonwalk instead of Michael Jackson, she might not like to believe what she does not want to believe. Julius cares for Tonya and is usually the parent apt to give her what she wants, whereas Rochelle is normally not afraid to not provide Tonya with one of her desires if it is for something she is unwilling to give to her daughter, and worries that one mistake in raising her will be linked to her being pregnant one day, and she "ain't raisin' no babies". She is usually given nice gifts from the neighborhood kids; for example, James (one of her admirers) bought her a car in one episode.

Greg

Greg Wulliger
Everybody Hates Chris and Everybody Still Hates Chris character
First appearance"Everybody Hates the Pilot" (2005)
Created by Chris Rock
Ali LeRoi
Portrayed by Vincent Martella
Voiced byGunnar Sizemore (Everybody Still Hates Chris)
In-universe information
GenderMale
OccupationStudent
RelativesArt Wuliger (father)

Gregory "Greg" Wuliger (portrayed by Vincent Martella, voiced by Gunnar Sizemore) is Chris's weird, nerdy, negative self-talking, dimwitted and anxious best friend. He is one of the only kids at Corleone Junior High who doesn't hate Chris. He himself is almost as unpopular as Chris. Chris always comes to Greg for advice, even though Greg is usually terrible at coming up with solutions. Despite being Chris' best and only friend, Greg is always quick to abandon Chris when bullies come in order to save himself and also has disagreements with him from time to time. On top of being a good student, Greg also has a series of odd quirks (such as going to bed dressed as different superheroes and dressing as a car racer after learning Chris bought a car), but considers himself cool and nice. He has a book about almost everything in his locker. He is an only child and is of Italian and Swedish descent. His mother married his father because she lost a bet but ran off with his uncle Patrick Wuliger. After graduating from Corleone, Greg got a scholarship when he went to the Bronx Academy, whereas Chris went to Tattaglia in Season 4, but got kicked out due to poor grades after he adopted a tougher image. He later transferred to Tattaglia and the two continue their friendship. Although his father was seen in one episode his mother is never actually seen. Throughout the series, multiple relatives care for him - his father, grandmother, mother and aunt. Greg’s catchphrase is "You're so in there". He was absent from only two episodes in the entire series and only was reduced to a cameo appearance in one episode. In the series finale Caruso subjects Greg to bullying for the rest of his school life.

The Narrator

Chris Rock as The Narrator (voice), a sarcastic older Chris looking back at his youth, like that of The Wonder Years . His narration is often the opposite of what other characters say. The Narrator also mentions his disdain for then-president George W. Bush and by the singers Bobby Brown and Michael Jackson as he frequently says sarcastic things about them. For instance in one episode the narrator talks how Greg has gone from bad to worse like "America under Bush". He also states things like "who do you have to break up with to end up with Bobby Brown?" He also states that Bobby Brown perhaps dislikes him back, such as when he thinks Bobby Brown changed the channel after watching one of the situations of the show.

Recurring characters

Bed-Stuy residents

Corleone Junior High School/Tattaglia High School staff and students

Chris' extended family

Others