Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris (1940 – 2026). American martial artist, actor, screenwriter, and author. He held black belts in karate, taekwondo, Tang Soo Do, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and judo. After serving in the United States Air Force, he won numerous martial arts championships and later founded his own discipline, Chun Kuk Do. Norris began working in the American film industry as a martial arts instructor for celebrities before making his screen debut with a minor role in The Wrecking Crew (1968). Friend and fellow martial artist Bruce Lee invited him to play one of the main villains in The Way of the Dragon (1972). While Norris continued acting, friend and student Steve McQueen suggested he take it seriously. Norris took the starring role in the action film Breaker! Breaker! (1977), which turned a profit. His second lead, Good Guys Wear Black (1978), became a hit, and he soon became a popular action film star.
His mother was of Irish ancestry, while his father had German, British, and distant Cherokee roots.
- ""My hair was always this color," Norris says "reddish-brown, and when I did the Bruce Lee movie in '72, `Return of the Dragon,' I looked at my hair and I thought, `That's kind of a bland color. I think I'll dye it blond.' " https://www.roundhouseroulette.com/episodes/b11
- "Chuck Norris’s red hair is not the type where you call him ginger to make him feel upset." https://ogrenjackson.medium.com/ginger-superstars-e11f23428ff7
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