Chuck Norris
Martial Artist
1940 –
Who is Chuck Norris?
Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris 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 played the starring role in the television series Walker, Texas Ranger from 1993 until 2001.
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. Since 2005 Norris has been widely associated with an internet meme which documents fictional and often absurd feats associated with him.
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- Born
- Mar 10, 1940
Ryan - Also known as
- Carlos Ray Norris
- Ground Chuck
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Dianne Holechek
(1958/12/29 - 1989) - Gena O'Kelley
(1998/11/28 - )
- Dianne Holechek
- Children
- Religion
- Christianity
- Ethnicity
- Scotch-Irish American
- Cherokee
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Eastfield College
- North High School
(1955/09 - 1958/06)
- Employment
- Founder, World Combat League
(2005 - ) - Founder, United Fighting Arts Federation
(1979 - ) - KickStart
- Founder, World Combat League
- Lived in
- Oklahoma
- Torrance
- Prairie Village
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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