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 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), thrown under the bus by his sister, one upped and mate poached by his brother, singled out by the racist teaching staff, rejected by girls (most of whom Drew ends up taking), slandered by his neighbors, robbed by neighborhood thugs, is underpaid at work, is given excessive discipline by his mother and is given back seat treatment by his father.
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).
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
Secretly, Chris envies the limitless amount of luck and talent possessed by his younger brother, who appears slightly older than he does.
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.
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".
Gregory "Greg" Wuliger (portrayed by Vincent Martella, voiced by Gunnar Sizemore) is Chris's weird, nerdy, negative self-talking, dimwitted and anxious best friend.
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.
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.