Carlos Ray “Chuck” Norris (born March 10, 1940) is an American martial artist and actor. He is a black belt in Tang Soo Do, Brazilian jiu jitsu and judo.After serving in the United States Air Force, Norris won many martial arts championships and later founded his own discipline, Chun Kuk Do. Shortly after, in Hollywood, Norris trained celebrities in martial arts. Norris went on to appear in a minor role in The Wrecking Crew (1968).
Norris went on to star in a streak of bankable independently made action and martial arts films, with A Force of One (1979), The Octagon (1980), and An Eye for an Eye (1981).
Norris was born in Ryan, Oklahoma, on March 10, 1940,to Wilma (née Scarberry, 1921–2024) and Ray Dee Norris, who was a World War II Army soldier, mechanic, bus driver, and a truck driver. His mother was of Irish descent and while his father was of Cherokee descent.] Norris was named after Carlos Berry, his father’s minister.
Norris has described his childhood as downbeat. He was nonathletic, shy, and scholastically mediocre.His father, Ray, worked intermittently as an automobile mechanic, and went on drinking binges that lasted for months at a time.
