Chuck Norris: filmography and the best roles of the actor

Chuck Norris, whose filmography is replenished with new paintings, even nowadays, did not dream of a career as a film actor. At first he was a military man, then seriously engaged in martial arts - in short, nothing foreshadowed Chakka deafening success in the movies. How did Norris manage to get on one set with Bruce Lee, and even the first time?

early years

Childhood Norris can be characterized by only three words - need, hunger, wandering. Chuck Norris, whose filmography today has about forty films, and did not think about acting. The first twenty years of his life the young man thought only of how to survive.

At first Norris worked as a loader in his spare time from school and was dreaming about how he would put on a police uniform in the future. But getting into the police service is not so easy, so at the age of 19, Chuck decides to join the US Air Force. Norris immediately landed in South Korea.

According to the actor, service at the military base was quite a boring occupation, so to kill time, he began to train. So the young man became interested in judo. When Chuck returned to the US, he already had a black belt for this type of martial art.

Movies with Chuck Norris: List. "The path of Dragon"

Martial arts became the life of Norris. In 1963, he was already at the head of his first karate school. By 68, one school had turned into a whole network. In addition, Chuck Norris in 68 g. Becomes the winner of the world championship in karate at light heavyweight. His champion title was held for seven years.

In the school, Norris trained actor Steve McQueen. It was he who advised the film crew of the action movie "The Way of the Dragon" with Bruce Lee in the title role to invite his teacher to the screen test. So Chuck Norris, whose filmography subsequently consisted entirely of militants, received his first role in the cinema.

True, Norris was then the role of an outright scoundrel. The actor looked good in this role, so in the future he was waiting for a string of projects in which he was forced to play antiheroes.

Already after filming in the second film Norris realized that as an athlete he is perfect, but as an actor with many things can not cope. Therefore, Chuck decided to take a course on the acting courses.

"Missing"

In the 90's. Things at Norris went up the hill - he became a very popular actor. Chuck Norris, whose films fell in love with martial arts fans, finally changed the role of the anti-hero to a more positive screen image.

For example, in the film "Missing Misses" Norris plays the role of Colonel Braddock, who goes to Vietnam to search for missing soldiers. Of course, the action of the film is accompanied by constant shootings and spectacular battles.

The militant enjoyed some success, so a year later a prequel appeared on the screens for the first film, "Missing Missing-2: Beginning." This time, the audience is shown the period of the protagonist's life, when he himself was in the Vietnamese captivity. With an incredible effort, Braddock manages to escape from the POW camp and return to America.

"Invasion of the United States"

Films with Chuck Norris, the list and description of which are unlikely to fit into one small article, were mostly filmed in the genre of the action movie.

The picture "Invasion in the USA", in which Norris again played the hero-savior, is quite well-known. This time to save America, the hero Chuck Norris comes from Latin American militants, led by a Soviet intelligence agent.

Chuck Norris, whose films by that time had already enjoyed great success, in the image of Matt Hunter alone and quite effectively cracked down on his longtime enemy. In the finals - a happy end, an ovation and a confession.

Chuck Norris, the full filmography of which has 36 films, did not always choose the right projects for shooting. And the "Invasion of the United States" was completely defeated by American critics. The hero of Norris was called the "cardboard copy of Rimbaud," but most of all the anti-Soviet propaganda, which during the Cold War was bored with everything, was most disappointing to viewers and critics.

Chuck Norris: filmography. "Code of silence"

More successful can be called the film "Code of Silence", which was released in 1985.

In the center of the plot is the everyday life of the principled policeman Eddie Cusack, who serves in the anti-narcotics department. When Cusack gets involved in an internecine war between the Colombian clans of drug traffickers, the plot becomes more and more confused. Since problems with the mafia are added to problems with the cadres within the anti-drug department.

Films with Chuck Norris are traditionally replete with scenes of bloody battles and brutal murders. Do not depart from this tradition and the subsequent thriller "The Hero and the Monster", the militant "Delta Order" and the third part of the film "Missing Missing."

"Walker, Texas Ranger"

If you list movies with Chuck Norris, you can not fail to mention the famous series "Walker, Texas Ranger." This series has become one of the most successful projects in the career of the actor. A multi-part film about the steep Walker has been on the screen since 1993 and ended only in 2001.

In the center of the plot is a ranger from Texas, Cordell Walker, who is a veteran of the Vietnam War and lives by the code of the Old West. It was, perhaps, the coolest role of Chuck Norris. The series was shown in 38 countries of the world, and Norris became famous, as never before.

"The Expendables 2"

After the role of the Texas ranger, Norris's career went into decline. More or less successful was a film featuring the actor "The President's Man", filmed in 2000. Sixty-year-old Norris played in this movie Joshua McCord - a secret American special agent. McCord for a long time fulfilled only personal orders of the president, but it was time for him to go to rest. Norris's character can not leave the post just like that - he must raise his successor, which becomes Dick Slater. In 2002 there was a continuation of this film called "Line in the sand".

In 2012, on the screens of the cinemas, the second part of the unique project of Sylvester Stallone came out, which gathered in one action movie all the stars of the action 80-90's. Chuck Norris also played in this film. In 2016, only one premiere with Norris is expected - The Finisher.

Personal life

For the first time Norris married right after school on his classmate Diana Kholechek, who gave birth to his two sons. He lived with Diana for thirty years.

On the set of "Steep Walker" actor gets acquainted with the young actress Gene O'Kelly. They begin a novel, and Norris divorces his first wife. In the second marriage, Chuck has the twins Dakota and Daniel.

In addition to the network of schools of karate, in the USA the actor has a casino in Las Vegas. In 1996, Norris opened his nightclub in Moscow.

The actor openly opposes same-sex marriage. He is a Christian missionary. He founded the public organization Kick Start Foundation, which helps complex adolescents decide on their future and join a healthy lifestyle.