Chris Tucker Biography

Birth Name : Christopher Tucker

Date of Birth : 31 August 1972, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Height : 6' 1" (1.85 m)

Occupation : Actor

Tucker was born Christopher Tucker in Atlanta, Georgia on August 31, 1972, the youngest son of Mary Louise (née Bryant) and Norris Tucker.[2] His father was an independent businessman who owned a janitorial service.[4][5] Tucker was raised in Decatur, Georgia. After graduating from Columbia High School in Decatur, GA. Tucker moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in comedy and movies.

He pursued his early love for stand-up comedy by touring various dance clubs until The Comedy Act Theater opened in his hometown. At 19, he jumped up on stage and performed his magic on amateur night. For his pains he received a standing ovation and an invitation to return as a regular. He continued to perform at the theater for a year before venturing to Los Angeles to launch his acting career.

Well-known for his trademark rapid-fire wisecracks, actor-comedian Chris Tucker broke into movies in the mid-1990s, following a successful career in stand-up. After his scene-stealing turn in director F. Gary Gray's 1995 cult comedy hit "Friday," Tucker took on the role of his career as Jackie Chan's comic foil and partner in the action-comedy, "Rush Hour" (1998). Thanks to the worldwide success of "Rush Hour," Tucker became the fastest actor ever to make Hollywood's elite "$20 Million Club" - a princely sum he received for appearing in the 2001 sequel. Despite wracking up a prolific flurry of credits at the start of his career, Tucker's output slowed to a trickle by the early 2000s, limiting his film roles strictly to the "Rush Hour" franchise. Nevertheless, the comedian's star power remained significant enough to once again command a $20 million payday - against 20% of the gross - for his next film, the inevitable "Rush Hour 3" (2007).