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March 10, 1940

Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris

Gena O'Kelly (28 November 1998 - present) 2 children

Diane Holechek (29 December 1958 - 1989) (divorced) 2 children

Actor:

The Cutter (2005)

Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire (2005) (TV)

Bells of Innocence (2003)

The President's Man: A Line in the Sand (2002) (TV)

Walker, Texas Ranger (196 episodes, 1993-2001)

The President's Man (2000) (TV)

"Martial Law" (1 episode, 2000)

"Sons of Thunder" (4 episodes, 1999)

Logan's War: Bound by Honor (1998) (TV)

Forest Warrior (1996)

Top Dog (1995)

Hellbound (1994)

Walker Texas Ranger 3: Deadly Reunion (1994)

Wind in the Wire (1993) (TV)

Sidekicks (1992)

The Hitman (1991)

Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection (1990)

Hero and the Terror (1988)

Braddock: Missing in Action III (1988)

Firewalker (1986)

The Delta Force (1986)

Invasion U.S.A. (1985)

Code of Silence (1985)

Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985)

Missing in Action (1984)

Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)

Forced Vengeance (1982)

Silent Rage (1982)

An Eye for an Eye (1981)

The Octagon (1980)

A Force of One (1979)

Good Guys Wear Black (1978)

Breaker! Breaker! (1977)

Slaughter in San Francisco (1974)

The Student Teachers (1973)

Meng long guo jiang (1972)

The Wrecking Crew (1969) (uncredited)

Producer:

Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire (2005) (TV) (executive producer)

Birdie and Bogey (2004) (executive producer)

The President's Man: A Line in the Sand (2002) (TV) (executive producer)

The President's Man (2000) (TV) (executive producer)

"Sons of Thunder" (1999) TV series (executive producer) (1999)

Logan's War: Bound by Honor (1998) (TV) (executive producer)

Walker, Texas Ranger (executive producer) (1 episode, 1995-2001)

Sidekicks (1992) (executive producer)

Writer:

Walker, Texas Ranger (5 episodes, 1997-2001)

"Sons of Thunder" (1999) TV series

Logan's War: Bound by Honor (1998) (TV) (story)

Braddock: Missing in Action III (1988) (writer)

Invasion U.S.A. (1985) (screenplay)

Stunts:

A Force of One (1979) (fight choreographer)

Appearances:

"Hannity" (1 episode, 2009)

Mile High: How to Win... and Lose... the White House (2009)

"Larry King Live" (1 episode, 2008)

"Glenn Beck" (1 episode, 2008)

"The Live Desk" (1 episode, 2008)

"The O'Reilly Factor" (1 episode, 2007)

"The Tony Danza Show" (1 episode, 2006)

"The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch" (1 episode, 2006)

"The Contender" (2 episodes, 2005)

"On the Record w/ Greta Van Susteren" (1 episode, 2004)

Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1 episode, 2004)

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)

UFC 46: Supernatural (2004) (TV)

"Yes, Dear" (1 episode, 2003)

2001 ABC World Stunt Awards (2001) (TV)

"CBS Cares" (1 episode, 2001)

"Howard Stern" (5 episodes, 1994-1999)

"The Howard Stern Radio Show" (1 episode, 1999)

The Rosie O'Donnell Show (2 episodes, 1996-1998)

The Immortal Masters (1998)

The Path of the Dragon (1998)

Mystic Origins of the Martial Arts (1998)

Chuck Norris: Private Lesson (1997)

Walker: Behind the Scenes with TV's Toughest Cop (1996) (TV)

Survivor Series (1994) (TV)

WWE: Undertaker - He Buries Them Alive (1994)

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1 episode, 1993)

"The Howard Stern Interview" (1 episode, 1993)

Curse of the Dragon (1993)

"De tú a tú" (1 episode, 1992)

Dying for a Smoke (1992)

"The Howard Stern Show" (1 episode, 1991)

WrestleMania VII (1991) (uncredited)

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge (1990)

Clint, 'The Rookie' & Me (1990) (TV)

Happy Birthday, Bugs!: 50 Looney Years (1990) (TV)

One for the Road (1989) (TV)

The Ultimate Stuntman: A Tribute to Dar Robinson (1987) (TV)

Omnibus: The Last Moguls (1986)

"Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos" (1986) TV series

The Making of 'Lone Wolf McQuade' (1983) (TV)

The Warrior Within (1976)

"Flip" (1 episode, 1973)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1 episode, 1973)

Li Xiao Long di Sheng yu si (1973) (uncredited)

"Room 222" (1 episode, 1970)

BMI Film & TV Awards

1999 Won BMI TV Music Award for: "Walker, Texas Ranger" (1993)

1998 Won BMI TV Music Award for: "Walker, Texas Ranger" (1993)

1997 Won BMI TV Music Award for: "Walker, Texas Ranger" (1993)

Golden Boot Awards

2001 - Golden Boot

Lone Star Film & Television Awards

1997 Won Special Award Texas Legend

ShoWest Convention, USA

1992 - Special Award International Box Office Star of the Year

1982 - Special Award Action Star of the Year

TV Guide Awards

1999 Nominated TV Guide Award Favorite Actor in a Drama for: "Walker, Texas Ranger" (1993)

Walk of Fame

Star on the Walk of Fame Motion Picture At 7030 Hollywood Blvd.

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Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris (born March 10, 1940) is an American martial artist and actor. After serving in the United States Air Force, he began his rise to fame as a martial artist and has since founded his own school, Chun Kuk Do.


Norris appeared in a number of action films, such as Way of the Dragon in which he starred alongside Bruce Lee and was The Cannon Group's leading star in the 1980s. He next played the starring role in the television series Walker, Texas Ranger from 1993 to 2001. As a result of his "tough guy" image, an Internet phenomenon began in 2005 known as Chuck Norris facts, ascribing various implausible feats of strength to Norris.


Norris is a devout Christian and politically conservative. He has written several books on Christianity and donated to a number of Republican candidates and causes. In 2007 and 2008, he campaigned for former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, who was running for the Republican nomination for President in 2008. Norris also writes a column for the conservative website WorldNetDaily.


Norris was born in Ryan, Oklahoma, the son of Wilma and Ray Norris, who was a mechanic, bus driver, and truck driver. Norris' paternal grandfather (an immigrant) and maternal grandmother were of Irish descent, while his paternal grandmother and maternal grandfather were Cherokee Native Americans. Norris was named after Carlos Berry, his father's minister. He has two younger brothers, Wieland (deceased) and Aaron (a Hollywood producer). When Norris was sixteen, his parents divorced, and he later relocated to Prairie Village, Kansas, and then to Torrance, California, with his mother and brothers.


Norris describes his childhood as downbeat. He was nonathletic, shy, and scholastically mediocre. Other children taunted him about his mixed ethnicity, and Norris daydreamed about beating up his tormentors. Norris mentioned in his autobiography that his father had a very serious problem with drinking and "wasn't there" a lot for him growing up. Norris admitted that he loved his father but did not like him. However, he professed that he only felt pity for the man because "that was just how he was, and he missed so much."


He joined the United States Air Force as an Air Policeman (AP) in 1958 and was sent to Osan Air Base, South Korea. It was there that Norris acquired the nickname Chuck and began his training in Tang Soo Do (tangsudo), an interest that led to black belts in that art and the founding of the Chun Kuk Do ("Universal Way") form. He created the education associations United Fighting Arts Federation and "KickStart" (formerly "Kick Drugs Out of America"), a middle school and high school–based program intended to give at-risk children a focus point in life through the martial arts. When he returned to the United States, he continued to act as an AP at March Air Force Base, California. Norris was discharged in August 1962. He worked for the Northrop Corporation and opened a chain of karate schools including a storefront school in his then-hometown of Torrance on Hawthorne Boulevard. Norris' official website lists celebrity clients at the schools; among them Steve McQueen, Chad McQueen, Bob Barker, Priscilla Presley, Donny Osmond and Marie Osmond.


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Whatever luck I had, I made. I was never a natural athlete, but I paid my dues in sweat and concentration and took the time necessary to learn karate and become world champion.

6-time World Karate Champion; among those he faced for this title are fellow actors Joe Lewis and Steve Sanders.

He has a 10th degree black belt in Tang Soo Do, and also an 8th degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do...that is, the Korean (or traditional) styles of each.

His father Ray was killed in a car accident, shortly after cancer surgery. Part of Ray's throat and chin were removed; a tube was inserted in his trachea to help him breathe. Ray was thrown out of his car in the wreck, and the tube came out. Ray suffocated on the ground because no one at the accident site was aware of the tube.


As a child, his idol and favorite actor was John Wayne

Enjoys playing golf and participates in many celebrity golfing events.

Was the initial choice for the character of Red Forman on the Fox sitcom "That '70s Show" (1998), but was still filming "Walker, Texas Ranger" (1993), so he had to turn it down.

Served in the U.S. Air Force.

Was to appear in Delta Force 3: The Killing Game (1991), but he withdrew following the helicopter crash during the making of Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection (1990).

Was offered the role of Steiner in Game of Death (1978), but turned it down.

Had a hip replacement in 2009.

Salary

An Eye for an Eye (1981) $250,000

A Force of One (1979) $125,000

Good Guys Wear Black (1978) $40,000

Breaker! Breaker! (1977) $10,000