Chuck Norris - Martial Artist and Respected Actor

Numerous action movies follow one right after the other: An Eye For An Eye (1981), Forced Vengeance (1982), Lone Wolf McQuade (1983) and Invasion U.S.A. (1985). If you have watched movies for guys, you could not have missed any of the Colonel Braddock series, Missing in Action (1984), II (1985), III (writer -1988).

Chuck was divorced in 1989 and remarried Gena O'Kelley, November 28, 1998. Norris now has three children: Mike, Eric and Dina.

Violence is not a role that he takes lightly. Walker, Texas Ranger (1993) launched a series that has brought public appeal. He has become a role model to youth and is a celebrity in his own right. Maybe not a Texan (born in Oklahoma) he has moonlighted as a reserve cop for the Terrell Police Department for two years now.

So those action scenes have realism behind that Ranger badge. He has even arrested felons in drug raids. Quietly and without publicity he believes in civic duties and being a role model for youth, which he as a child, lacked.

His hobby is racing high-speed boats at nearly 140 mph. He is dedicated to helping kids kick the drug habit by founding a group called Kick Drugs Out of America Foundation. He has established martial arts as school curriculums for some 30 schools within Houston, TX, to help establish self-esteem to high-risk children keeping them off drugs and out of gangs. The number of kids is growing with some 4,200 young boys and girls actively participating in this curriculum now.

Whether it is high kicking street action or war battles, Chuck Norris is an American hero who actually practices what he preaches.

He is careful what his character roles portray and as an actual Veteran he has become a Veterans Administration spokesperson visiting over 12 V.A. hospitals and speaking with World War II, Korean and Vietnam War Veterans.

His show Walker, Texas Ranger has also won the 1998 Epiphany award as the best Christian TV program. Which says a lot, teaching youth that violence is a last resort and drugs are a no-win situation.

His latest movie is Logan's War: Bound by Honor (1998 – TV). Chuck now lives on a ranch in Dallas, Texas, with his wife and adopted stray dogs.

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