Chuck Norris

At 84 years old, Chuck Norris has this physical status:

Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris (born March 10, 1940) is an American martial artist, actor, film director, and screenwriter.

Norris earned numerous martial arts championships and later developed Chun Ku K Do, a division of the United States Air Force.

Norris, a black belt in Tang Soo Do, Brazilian jiu jitsu and Judo, is a black belt.

Norris, a Hollywood actress who was trained in martial arts, left just shy of graduating.

Norris went on to appear in a small role in the spy film The Wrecking Crew (1969).

Bruce Lee, a friend and fellow actor, invited him to be one of the main villains of Way of the Dragon (1972).

Early life

Norris was born in Ryan, Oklahoma, on March 10, 1940, to Wilma (née Scarberry), and Ray Dee Norris, a World War II Army soldier, a bus mechanic, and truck driver. Norris has claimed that he has roots in Ireland and Cherokee roots. Norris was named after Carlos Berry, his father's minister, died. He was the oldest of three brothers, with Wieland and Aaron being the youngest two being the youngest. Norris' parents divorced when he was 16 years old, and he and his family migrated to Prairie Village, Kansas, and then Torrance, California, with his mother and brothers.

Norris has referred to his childhood as a downbeat boy. He was an athlete, shy, and scholastically mediocre. Ray's father, Ray, served as an auto mechanic occasionally and went on binges of alcohol that lasted for months at a time. Norris developed a crippling introversion that lasted for his entire childhood, embarrassed by his father's behavior and the family's financial ruin.

Personal life

Norris married Dianne Kay Holechek (born 1941) in December 1958, when he was 18 and Dianne was 17 years old. They met in 1956 at a high school in Torrance, California. Mike, their first child, was born in 1962. Dina, his daughter, was born in 1963 of an extramarital affair. Eric is the son who married his wife in 1964. Norris and Holechek divorced in 1989 after splitting in 1988 during the filming of The Delta Force 2.

On November 28, 1998, he married Gena O'Kelley, 23 years Norris' junior, who was born on November 28, 1998. O'Kelley had two children from his previous marriage. On August 30, 2001, she gave twins.

Norris told Entertainment Tonight's Mary Hart that he did not know his illegitimate daughter from a previous marriage until she was 26, although she discovered he was her father when she was 16. He first met her after she sent a letter in informing him of their marriage in 1990, one year after Norris' divorce from his first wife Dianne Holechek.

Norris has thirteen grandchildren as of 2017.

Norris, a vocal Christian, is the author of several Christian-themed books. When Norris reviewed Ben Stein's Expulsion for Townhall.com on April 22, 2008, he expressed his support for the intelligent design movement.

Norris, a Republican and outspoken conservative, is a Republican and outspoken conservative. Norris is a columnist for the far-right WorldNetDaily.

Norris, a teen from Iraq, visited US troops in 2007.

Norris was one of the first members of show business to endorse the California Prosex marriage ban, and he chastised activists for "interfering" with the political process and the double standard, which he said in condemning African Americans who had voted in favour of the measure by a wide margin.

Norris published an article on Ammoland.com on June 26, 2012, in which he accused the Obama administration of paying Jim Turley, one of the national board members of the Boy Scouts of America at the time, to change the organization's policy that barred gay youth from joining the Boy Scouts of America.

Norris first recommended Ron Paul during the 2012 presidential election and later endorsed Newt Gingrich as the Republican presidential nominee. Norris endorsed Republican presumptive nominee Mitt Romney after Gingrich suspended his campaign in May 2012, despite Norris' previous accusation of flip-flopping and attempting to purchase the Republican presidential nomination for 2012. "Our country as we know it will be lost forever," on the eve of the election.

Norris has travelled to Israel and expressed his support for former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the 2013 and 2015 elections. In the 2016 Republican primaries, Norris endorsed Huckabee once more before he dropped out. Norris had supported Republican Texas Senator Ted Cruz and that he would attend a Cruz rally in March 2016, but two days later, Norris announced that he would only endorse the Republican nominee if nominated by the party. In the 2017 United States Senate special election in Alabama, Norris endorsed former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore.

Norris and firearms manufacturer Glock have signed an endorsement agreement in 2019. Some members of the public and some of his followers, who felt the transaction was in bad timing due to the increase in school shootings in the United States, expressed disappointment.

Norris, the 2021 governor of the United States, recalled incumbent Governor Gavin Newsom and appointed radio talk show host Larry Elder to replace him in 2021.

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Career

In 1958, he joined the United States Air Force as an Air Policeman (AP) and was sent to Osan Air Base, South Korea. Norris obtained the name "Chuck" and began his training in Tang Soo Do (tangsudo), sparking black belts in that art and the emergence of the Chun Kuk Do ("Universal Way") style. When he returned to the United States, he continued to work as an AP at March Air Force Base in California.

Norris was suspended from the US Air Force in August 1962. Norris applied to be a police officer in Torrance, California, following his military service. Norris opened a martial arts academy while on the waiting list.

Norris has started competing in martial arts competitions. In his first two tournaments, he was disqualified, leaving the decision to Joe Lewis and Allen Steen. Tony Tulleners lost three matches at the International Karate Championships. Norris had improved enough to win over Vic Moore's likes by 1967. Norris defeated seven opponents in the 1967 tournament of karate, beating Skipper Mullins in his last fight. Norris was crowned champion at the S. Henry Cho's All-American Karate Championship in Madison Square Garden on June 24, taking the trophy from Julio LaSalle and defeating Joe Lewis. Norris began working for Northrop Corporation and established a chain of karate schools, including a storefront school in Torrance, California, on Hawthorne Boulevard. The official website of Norris lists celebrity customers at the schools; among them are Steve McQueen, Chad McQueen, Bob Barker, Priscilla Presley, Donny Osmond, and Marie Osmond.

Norris suffered his tenth and final loss of his career in early 1968, losing a close call to Louis Delgado. He venged his defeat to Delgado on November 24, 1968, and gained the Professional Middleweight Karate champion title, which he regained for six years. Norris successfully defended his All-American Karate Championship title in a round robin tournament on Sunday at the Karate tournament of champions of North America. Norris won the All-American Karate Championship for the second time this year. It was the last time Norris competed and retired undefeated. Norris met Bruce Lee, who at the time was known for the television show The Green Hornet, while competing. They developed a friendship, as well as a teaching and working relationship.

Norris defended his title as the world champion at the International Karate Championships in 1969, during the first weekend of August. The tournament featured champions from both of the 50 states as well as a half dozen from abroad who qualified for the preliminaries. Norris retained his position. Norris was named both the Year of the Year and the Best Tournament Winners of the Year by Black Belt magazine for Karate's three crowns. Norris made his acting debut in the Dean Martin film The Wrecking Crew in 1998.

In the widely respected martial arts film Way of the Dragon, Bruce Lee's nemesis, he appeared in 1976 (titled Return of the Dragon in its U.S. release). The film grossed HK$5,307,350.50 at the Hong Kong box office, beating previous records set by Lee's own films, The Big Boss and Fist of Fury, making it the highest-grossing film of 1972 in Hong Kong. The Way of the Dragon also earned an estimated US$130 million annually. The film is credited with his rise to fame.

Norris was a student in 1973 at the University of Onris, Jonathan Kaplan's The Student Teachers.

In 1974, actor Steve McQueen, who was his martial art student and friend at the time, saw his potential and encouraged him to enroll in MGM acting classes. He appeared in Lo Wei's Yellow Faced Tiger for the first time in the same year. Norris is a king of San Francisco, where he reigns the criminal world, including the police department. He is eventually confronted by a young police officer who stands up to injustice. In 1981, a film called Slaughter appeared in San Francisco for the first time. It was discovered that it was an older low-budget film announcing Norris as the lead. The film was shot as a double-bill to another action and genre film. It was described as a low-budget martial arts actioner profiting from Norris' fame.

He wrote his first book, Winning Tournament Karate, on the practical study of competition preparation for any rank. It covers all aspects of executing quickest attacks, conditioning, combat form drills, and one-step sparring methods.

Norris' first acting role was in 1977's Breaker! It's a new twist. After turning down offers to film many martial art films, Norris decided that he wanted to make films with a plot and then watch the movie when it is appropriate. The low budget film turned out to be very popular.

Norris appeared in 1978 as Good Guys Wear Black. It's his first significant lead role, according to the actor. No studio wanted to broadcast it, so Norris and his co-walled it, renting the theaters and taking whatever money came in. The film did well; shot on a $1 million budget but grossing over $18 million at the box office. Good Guys Wear Black introduced Norris as the first American martial arts actress in Hong Kong's Way of the Dragon after years of kung fu film imports from Hong Kong, most notably Bruce Lee films and Bruceploitation films. Good Guys Wear Black distinguished itself from earlier martial arts films by retaining a distinct American setting, characters, themes, and politics, a feature that Norris continued to explore in later films.

Norris appeared in A Force of One in 1979, where he portrayed Matt Logan, a world karate champion who assists the police in their investigation. The film was created while touring for Good Guys Wear Black. No studio wanted to pick it up again, but it out-grossed the previous film by earning $20 million at the box office.

He released The Octagon in 1980, where his role must stop a group of terrorists who had been taught in the ninja style. Unlike his previous films, this time the studios were involved. It was distributed by American Cinema Releasing, and it grossed almost $19 million at the box office.

He appeared in An Eye for an Eye, directed by Steve Carver in 1981.

He was in charge of the action horror film Silent Rage in 1982. It was his first film to be released by a major studio, Columbia Pictures. Norris is a sheriff who must avoid a psychopath from attacking a psychopath. MGM gave him a three-movie contract shortly afterward, but the firm also launched Forced Vengeance (1982). Norris was dissatisfied with the route they wanted to take with him, so the deal was terminated.

Norris produced Lone Wolf McQuade in 1983, with Orion Pictures and Carver directing. He plays a reckless yet brave Texas Ranger who saves an arms dealer portrayed by David Carradine. The film was a worldwide success and received a glowing response from film critics, often compared to Sergio Leone's stylish Spaghetti Westerns. Walker, Texas Ranger, Norris' forthcoming hit TV show Walker, became the inspiration for the film. Roger Ebert, a film critic, gave the film a 3.5 star rating, deeming J.J. McQuade worthy of a film series and predicting that the role would be a future classic. Toughen Up! was also published in a year earlier this year. The Chuck Norris Fitness System was a hit at the Chuck Norris Fitness Center. Chuck Norris Superkicks was also produced in 1983 by Xonox for the Commodore 64, Atari 2600, and Colecovision. The game is a combination of two forms of play: moving around a map and fighting against enemies. Norris is taken over by the player, who is attempting to liberate a hostage. When the term Chuck Norris was outlawed, it was later sold as Kung Fu Superkicks.

Norris appeared in Joseph Zito's Missing in Action in 1984. It's the first in a line of POW rescue fantasies, in which he plays Colonel James Braddock. Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus produced a film for Cannon Films, under which he had signed a multi-film contract. Norris later dedicated these films to his younger brother Wieland, who was a private in the 101st Airborne Division and who was killed in Vietnam in June 1970 while on patrol in the defense of Firebase Ripcord. The film was a huge success, and Norris became Cannon's most well-known celebrity of the 1980s.

Action 2: The Beginning of is the beginning of 1984: On March 1, 1985. It's a prequel to the first installment, about the time Colonel James Braddock was detained in a North Vietnamese POW camp. On May 3, Orion Pictures released Code of Silence. It received favorable feedback and was also a box office hit. Norris appears in a crime drama and portrays him as a streetwise plainclothes cop who fights a crime boss. Invasion U.S.A. premiered on September 27, with Zito directing.

The Delta Force of Menahem Golan premiered on February 14, 1986. Norris co-stars with Lee Marvin in this film. They are the leaders of an elite team of Special Forces troops battling a coalition of terrorists. The Delta Force was a huge hit in the box office. The first Ruby-Spears cartoon Karate Kommandos appeared in October. The animated film ran for six episodes. Norris is the creator of a cartoon version of himself who leads a US government team of operatives known as the Karate Kommandos. A comic book version was created by Marvel. J. Lee Thompson's Firewalker was released on November 21, J. Lee Thompson's Firewalker. Norris and Louis Gossett Jr., Jr., are adventurers in this book.

In 1987, he became the best seller in the New York Times. My Story About The Secret of Inner Strength: My Story. It's all about his self-improvement philosophy.

Braddock, 1988: Braddock, 1988: After missing in Action III, Norris returned to the title role and his brother Aaron Norris was directed. Norris appeared in Hero and the Terror directed by William Tannen on August 28, 1980. Norris appears in it as a cop investigating a serial murderer.

His films had gross revenues of over $500 million worldwide by 1990. By this time, he had made comparisons to Bruce Lee and Clint Eastwood, also known as "blonde Bruce Lee" for his martial arts film work, though his "loner" persona was similar to Eastwood's Dirty Harry. MGM acquired the Cannon Films library in the same year. Norris continued to film with Aaron, who appeared in Delta Force 2, The Hitman, Sidekicks (1993), and Forest Warrior (1996).

He started shooting Walker, Texas Ranger, in 1993. Sergeant Cordell Walker (Norris), a Dallas–Fort Worth–based Texas Rangers’ state-level bureau of inquiry, is the focus of the show, and it is about him and his partner James Trivette's adventures fighting criminals. It lasted eight seasons on CBS and remained in syndication on other networks, most notable the Hallmark Channel. Throughout its time, the show was extremely popular in the ratings, from 1995 to 1999, with a number of the top 30 programs from 1995 to 1999, with a monopoly in both the 1995-1999 and 1999 seasons. Norris produced and appeared in Walker's 1999 film Sons of Thunder, a Walker, Texas Ranger spin-off. Norris appeared in a crossover episode of the Sammo Hung's TV show Martial Law in the same year as Walker. In Walker, Texas Ranger, Hung also appeared as his character for another crossover.

The Randy Travis television special Wind in the Wire premiered on August 25, 1993, differing from Walker, Texas Ranger. Norris was one of the guests. Norris was the sole outside enforcer for the casket match between The Undertaker and Yokozuna in 1994, during the World Wrestling Federation's (WWF)'s Survivor Series match. Norris kicked an interfering Jeff Jartt during the match. Norris wrote The Secret Power Within: Zen Solutions to Real Problems in 1996. Norris has been appearing in a long line of cable TV infomercials supporting Total Gym home fitness products since 1997. ...bound by Honor, starring Norris and Eddie Cibrian, was one of Michael Preece's television series Logan's War: Bound by Honor, which ranked third among the top thirteen most watched shows of the week on Monday.

Norris appeared in the CBS' television films The President's Man (2000) and A Line in the Sand, as a cover agent. (2002).

Norris appeared in the supernatural Christian film Bells of Innocence in 2003. In the same year, he appeared in just one episode of the television show Yes, Dear.

Rawson Marshall Thurber's comedy DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story was published in 2004. During a dodgeball match, Norris plays himself as a judge. It was described by some as a raunchy comedy that still produces for several people. Its $167.7 million.

Against All Odds: My Story was published in the same year.

Norris founded the World Combat League (WCL), a full-contact, team-based martial arts tournament, of which part of the funds go to his Kickstart Kids program.

The Sunday Night Movie of the Week premiered on CBS on October 17, 2005. Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire The film was a continuation of the series, but not intended to be a reunion film. Norris reprised his role as Cordell Walker for the film. Walker, Texas Ranger Movie of the Week is planned, according to him; however, CBS' decision to no longer schedule Movies of the Week on Sunday night was greatly delayed.

Chuck Norris's information first appeared on the internet in early 2005. They were invented by Ian Spector and are satirical factoids about Norris. They have since then been ubiquitous in popular culture. Norris' "truth" are usually ridiculous hyperbolic statements regarding his toughness, attitude, virility, sophistication, and masculinity. Norris has posted his own reaction to the parody on his website, claiming that he does not feel offended by them and finds some of them amusing, but that the granite is not strong enough for his beard. At first, it was mostly college students exchanging them, but later, it became extremely widespread.

Norris began touring with Chuck Norris' appearances on major talk show televisions, as well as visiting the troops in Iraq for morale boosting appearances.

In 2006, he appeared in the film The Cutter, in which he plays a detective on a rescue mission. He wrote The Justice Riders, co-written with Ken Abraham, Aaron Norris, and Tim Grayem.

Gotham Books, Penguin USA's adult division, published The Truth About Chuck Norris: The World's Greatest Human, which was published on November 29, 2007. Norris also filed a lawsuit against Penguin USA in December, alleging "trader infringement, unfair enrichment, and privacy rights." In 2008, Norris dropped the case. The book is a New York Times Best Seller. Chuck Norris, the World's Deadliest, Sexiest, and Beardiest Man, 400 facts about the world's Most Prosperous Man is Here. (also a New York Times Best Seller) Since then, Spector has published four more books based on Chuck Norris' Truth. A Threat to Justice was Norris's first book in that year.

He published Black Belt Patriotism: Reawaken America, a political non-fiction book that debuted in 2008 and debuted on the New York Times best seller list, placing him at number 14 on the New York Times' top 100 list.

Chuck Norris: Bring On the Pain for smartphone computers was released by Gameloft in 2008, based on Norris' ubiquity on the internet. In a side-scrolling match, the player takes over Norris.' The game was well thought out.

The Official Chuck Norris Fact Book: 101 of Chuck's Favorite Facts and Stories, which was co-written and officially supported by Norris, was published on October 7, 2009.

Norris has been a nationally syndicated columnist with the Creators Syndicate since 2010, writing on both personal health problems and larger topics of health care in America.

Norris appeared in T-Mobile advertisements in the Czech Republic in 2010.

Norris was featured in advertisements for the World of Warcraft video game in 2011.

Norris was involved in a string of commercials for the Polish bank BZ WBK in 2012.

Norris, a mercenary in The Expendables 2, played in 2012. The film was a huge hit and has earned over $310 million worldwide.

He appeared in two commercials for the French TV show Pieds dans le plat in 2015.

Norris and his wife Gena formed CForce Bottling Co. in the same year as an aquifer was discovered on his ranch.

He appeared in the beer Hoegaarden commercial in 2016.

He appeared in the United Healthcare advertisement in 2017.

The game was well reviewed

Norris, a "tough image" for Fiat's commercial vehicles, became Fiat's ambassador in 2017. Norris' business, according to Fiat, represents four pillars of its company: determination, trust, dynamism, and competence.

Norris appeared in an ad for Hesburger, a Finnish hamburger franchise, in 2018. He did also do a commercial for Cerveza Poker that year. Toyota's third commercial of the year was his third.

Norris appeared in a QuikTrip commercial for their Snackle line of food in early January 2020. Norris defames a parachute in parachute, where he shoots hot-dogs from a cannon at a crowd of people. Norris appeared in the Hawaii Five-0 series finale on April 3, 2006.

During the Holiday Ops event in 2021, Norris was obtainable as a tank commander in World of Tanks. He gave players extra missions and featured a special voice-over.

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Distinctions, awards, and honors

• While in the military, Norris's rank units were Airman First Class, 15th Air Force, 22d Bombardment Group, and 452d Troop Carrier Wing.
• Norris has received many black belts. These include a 10th degree black belt in Chun Kuk Do, a 9th degree black belt in Tang Soo Do, an 8th degree black belt in Taekwondo, a 5th degree black belt in Karate, a 3rd degree black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu from the Machado family, and a black belt in Judo.
• In 1967, he won the Sparring Grand Champions at the S. Henry Cho's All American Championship, and won it again the following year.
• In 1968, he won the Professional Middleweight Karate champion title, which he held for six consecutive years.
• In 1969, he won Karate's triple crown for the most tournament wins of the year.
• In 1969, he won the Fighter of the Year award by Black Belt magazine.
• In 1982, he won Action Star of the Year at the ShoWest Convention.
• In 1989, he received his Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
• In 1992, he won International Box Office Star of the Year at the ShoWest Convention.
• In 1997, he won the Special Award of being a Texas legend at the Lone Star Film & Television Awards.
• From 1997 to 1998, he won for three consecutive years the BMI TV Music Award at the BMI Awards.
• In 1999, Norris was inducted into the Martial Arts History Museum's Hall of Fame.
• In 1999, he was nominated for Favorite Actor in a Drama by the TV Guide Award.
• In 1999, he won the Inspirational Acting in Television Award at the Grace Prize Award.
• On July 1, 2000, Norris was presented the Golden Lifetime Achievement Award by the World Karate Union Hall of Fame.
• In 2001, he received the Veteran of the Year at the American Veteran Awards.
• In 2001, he won the Golden Boot at the Golden Boot Awards.