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Chuck Norris

Chuck Norris
Chuck Norris
Born: Mar 10, 1940 in Ryan, Oklahoma
Occupation: Actor, Writer,
Active: '70s-2000s
Major Genres: Action
Career Highlights: Walker, Texas Ranger: One Riot, One Ranger, Firewalker, Return of the Dragon
First Major Screen Credit: Return of the Dragon (1973)
23 Videos for Chuck Norris
The Cutter (2005) Delta Force 2: Operation Stranglehold (1990) Missing in Action (1984)
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) Braddock: Missing in Action 3 (1988) Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)
The Bells of Innocence (2003) Hero and the Terror (1988) Forced Vengeance (1982)
Forest Warrior (1996) Firewalker (1986) The Octagon (1980)
Top Dog (1995) The Delta Force (1986) The Game of Death (1978)
Hellbound (1994) Code of Silence (1985) Enter the Dragon (1973)
Sidekicks (1993) Invasion U.S.A. (1985) Return of the Dragon (1973)
The Hitman (1991) Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985)
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Biography:

American action star Chuck Norris first learned martial arts while serving in the Air Force. From 1968 through 1974, he held the world's middleweight karate championship title. During this period, he made his film debut in The Wrecking Crew (1968) and his TV bow on a 1970 episode of Room 222.

Thanks to the celebrity clientèle of his Los Angeles karate school, Norris was able to make the right contacts which enabled him to embark on a starring career in films. Building a box-office following with such fast-paced (and rapidly filmed) actioners as A Force of One (1979) and Lone Wolf McQuade (1982), Norris reached his professional apex as Colonel James Braddock in the three Missing in Action films of the 1980s.

Around 1987, Norris' stardom went into eclipse, thanks in part to the heady competition of Schwarzenegger, Jean Claude Van Damme, and Steven Seagal; though he still occasionally appears in films, most of his later efforts don't back their cost until they hit the video shelves.

In 1986, Chuck Norris lent his name and his voice to a brief TV cartoon series, Chuck Norris' Karate Kommandos, in which, after his cartoon counterpart decimates every bad guy within 50 miles, the real Norris cautions his young audience that violence is my last option. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.