Earlier this year, Rock served as the host of the 88th Annual Academy Awards, which came following criticism of the Academy for having failed to nominate any actors of color for the second year in a row. var googletag = googletag || {}; googletag.cmd = googletag.cmd || []; googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.defineOutOfPageSlot('/30981161/TheWrapRemnantOOP', 'div-gpt-ad-1470167200293-0').addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest(); googletag.enableServices(); }); googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1470167200293-0'); }); Rock?s other recent credits include a guest role on Fox?s musical drama ?Empire,? as well as an appearance in Bill Murray?s Netflix special ?A Very Murray Christmas? and Amy Schumer?s HBO stand-up special ?Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo,? for which he received an Outstanding Director for a Variety Special nomination at this year?s Emmys.
