Chris Tucker

Actor, Musician, Writer
Chris Tucker
Date of Birth:
Aug 31, 1971
Country:
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Gender:
Male
Height:
6' 1" (1.85 m)

Biography

At one point in time, Chris Tucker was the highest paid actor in Hollywood.
 
Tucker was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to Mary Louise (Bryant) and Norris Tucker, who owned a janitorial service. After graduating from high school, Tucker made a change to move to Hollywood from Georgia to pursue a career in show business. He found himself a frequent guest on the Def Comedy Jam (1992). Tucker was noted for doing exceptionally "clean", non-vulgar stand-up comedy routines. Tucker states his inspirations for comedy are Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor.
 
Tucker made his film debut in House Party 3 (1994), along side stars such as Bernie Mac, Marques Houston, and Khandi Alexander. In 1995 Tucker appeared in one of his most notable and hilarious films, Friday (1995), alongside Ice Cube. Tucker's character, Smokey, was a drug addict who was an energetic and outlandish person. Films such as Friday (1995) showed Tucker's television-comedy styling was very different from his stand-up. In 1995, Tucker also appeared in in another film, Dead Presidents (1995).
 
In 1997 was the busiest year of Tucker's career. He starred in three hit movies all in the same year: The Fifth Element (1997), Money Talks (1997), and Jackie Brown (1997).
 
In 1998, Tucker got a role to star along-side Jackie Chan. The movie was Rush Hour (1998) and it grossed more than 200 million dollars worldwide. This resulted in two additional sequels, Rush Hour 2 (2001) and Rush Hour 3 (2007). In 2006, Tucker got a deal on his Rush Hour 3 (2007) contract that paid 25 million dollars, making him the highest paid actor in Hollywood at that time.
 
In 2001, Tucker also was in a music-video with friend, pop-legend Michael Jackson, in the music video, "You Rock My World."
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Trade Mark (3)

  • Motormouth talker
  • High-pitched voice
  • Well known impression of Michael Jackson

Trivia (15)

  • Stand-up comic.
  • Well known for parodying the Cuban accent of the Tony Montana character from Scarface (1983).
  • His breakout role was Smokey in Friday.
  • In 1999, he signed a two-picture $45 million deal with New Line Cinema - including $20 million to co-star in Rush Hour 2 (2001) - The second movie was Rush Hour 3 (2007).
  • Graduate of Columbia High School.
  • He has a son named Destin Christopher Tucker.
  • On April 17, 2005, he was arrested in Georgia for reckless driving and fleeing to elude after he did not pull over right away. Sheriffs claimed he was driving 109 mph in his 2005 Bentley.
  • On May 25, 2005 he testified in defense of Michael Jackson during Jackson's trial on charges of child molestation.
  • Appears occasionally at charity concerts and functions and is dedicated to helping bring attention to African poverty and hunger issues in America.
  • Has Native American ancestry.
  • Images of him were edited out from stock footage, in the Next Friday (2000) DVD bonus material.
  • Lives in Tarzana, California, Longwood, Montverde, Florida and McDonough, Georgia.
  • During a 9-year period from 1998 to 2007, the only films Tucker appeared in were the three "Rush Hour" films.
  • Friends with Steve Harvey, Daryl Mitchell, and Bradley Cooper.
  • Friends with Larenz Tate.

Personal Quotes (5)

  • When you're first starting out, you want to keep making good movies. When you're young and you're black, you do a bad movie and you're through.
  • I will always do stand-up, even if my acting career takes off. Stand-up is my life.
  • I think real life reflects your movies. In your life, you pick stuff that influences what movie roles you wanna pick. I think if you've got an interesting life, you wanna do interesting movies about interesting things.
  • I tell people that stand-up's like golf: you gotta do it every day to get it down - or at least three times a week to get it down.
  • Traveling - even to Los Angeles - it was big... When I went out there with my country accent, people would laugh at the way I talk. They'd be like, "Say 'orange' again." I'd be like, "'Orange.' What?" Now, going around the world, it's such a great experience, I feel so blessed, because I get to see the world. I get a broad perspective of the world, and we've got so much here in America - and in Africa, there are places with no clean water, places with no schools, no hospitals. That really took me by surprise - well, educated me a lot. I would say in the last six years I've been doing a lot of educating myself about what's been going on in the world... Yeah, I just enjoy traveling, because that's how I educate myself, and there's nothing better than traveling to a place [to learn] about it.

Salary (6)

  • Friday (1995) $15,000
  • Dead Presidents (1995) $25,000
  • Money Talks (1997) $2,000,000
  • Rush Hour (1998) $3,000,000
  • Rush Hour 2 (2001) $20,000,000
  • Rush Hour 3 (2007) $25,000,000

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Photo Gallery

Awards

2013
Nominee
COFCA Award
Best Ensemble
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Shared with:
Bradley Cooper
Anupam Kher
Jennifer Lawrence
Robert De Niro
Jacki Weaver

2013
Winner
Gold Derby Award
Ensemble Cast
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Shared with:
Bradley Cooper
Robert De Niro
Anupam Kher
Jennifer Lawrence
Dash Mihok
John Ortiz
Julia Stiles
Jacki Weaver
Shea Whigham

2013
Nominee
Actor
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Shared with:
Bradley Cooper
Robert De Niro
Anupam Kher
Jennifer Lawrence
Jacki Weaver

2012
Nominee
ACCA
Best Cast Ensemble
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Shared with:
Bradley Cooper
Jennifer Lawrence
Robert De Niro
Jacki Weaver
Anupam Kher
John Ortiz
Julia Stiles
Runner-up

2012
Winner
Capri Ensemble Cast Award
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Shared with:
Bradley Cooper
Jennifer Lawrence
Robert De Niro
Jacki Weaver
Julia Stiles

2012
Nominee
Gotham Independent Film Award
Best Ensemble Performance
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Shared with:
Bradley Cooper
Jennifer Lawrence
Robert De Niro
Jacki Weaver
Anupam Kher
John Ortiz
Julia Stiles
Shea Whigham
Paul Herman

2012
Nominee
PFCS Award
Best Ensemble Acting
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Shared with:
Bradley Cooper
Jennifer Lawrence
Robert De Niro
Jacki Weaver
John Ortiz
Anupam Kher
Julia Stiles
Paul Herman
Dash Mihok
Shea Whigham

2008
Nominee
MTV Movie Award
Best Fight
Rush Hour 3 (2007)
Shared with:
Jackie Chan
Mingming Sun
2002
Winner
MTV Movie Award
Best Fight
Rush Hour 2 (2001)
Shared with:
Jackie Chan
Versus the Hong Kong gang.
2002
Nominee
MTV Movie Award
Best Comedic Performance
Rush Hour 2 (2001)
Best On-Screen Team
Rush Hour 2 (2001)
Shared with:
Jackie Chan
Best Musical Sequence
Rush Hour 2 (2001)
1999
Winner
MTV Movie Award
Best On-Screen Duo
Rush Hour (1998)
Shared with:
Jackie Chan
1999
Nominee
MTV Movie Award
Best Comedic Performance
Rush Hour (1998)
Best Fight
Rush Hour (1998)
Shared with:
Jackie Chan
For the fight against the Chinese gang.
1996
Nominee
MTV Movie Award
Best Breakthrough Performance
Friday (1995)
Best Comedic Performance
Friday (1995)
Best On-Screen Duo
Friday (1995)
Shared with:
Ice Cube

2008
Nominee
People's Choice Award
Favorite On Screen Match-up
Rush Hour 3 (2007)
Shared with:
Jackie Chan

2002
Nominee
BET Award
Best Actor
Rush Hour 2 (2001)

2002
Nominee
Image Award
Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Rush Hour 2 (2001)
1999
Nominee
Image Award

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Motion Picture

Rush Hour (1998)

2002
Winner
Blimp Award
Favorite Male Movie Star
Rush Hour 2 (2001)
2002
Nominee
Blimp Award
Favorite Male Action Hero
Rush Hour 2 (2001)
1999
Nominee
Blimp Award
Favorite Movie Actor
Rush Hour (1998)

2002
Nominee
Golden Satellite Award
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
Rush Hour 2 (2001)

2002
Winner
Special Award
Comedy Star of the Year

2002
Winner
Teen Choice Award
Film - Choice Actor, Comedy
Rush Hour 2 (2001)
2002
Nominee
Teen Choice Award
Film - Choice Chemistry
Rush Hour 2 (2001)
Shared with:
Jackie Chan
Choice Comedian

1999
Winner
Blockbuster Entertainment Award
Favorite Duo - Action/Adventure
Rush Hour (1998)
Shared with:
Jackie Chan

1998
Nominee
Razzie Award
Worst New Star
The Fifth Element (1997)
Money Talks (1997)

1997
Nominee
Stinker Award
Worst Supporting Actor
The Fifth Element (1997)