Chris Tucker

Tucker has had affairs with actresses like Nia Long, Vanessa Mendoza, India Arie and producer Gelila Asres.

He was married to Azya Pryor and later the couple got divorced. Tucker has a teenage son, Destin Tucker, from this relationship who lives with his mother in Los Angeles.

There were rumors of Tucker having an affair with news anchor, Cynne Simpson, and that they had secretly got married but the reports turned out false. Chris is apparently single off late.

Chris Tucker was born on 31st August, 1971 in Atlanta, Georgia, to Norris Tucker Sr. and Mary Louis (ne’e Bryant). He was raised in Decatur, Georgia, along with his five siblings. Tucker is the youngest son of his parents and he has a native American ancestry.

Chris’ father Norris was a business owner who ran a janitorial service. Tucker was very close to his father who was more his best friend. Tucker’s father passed away on 14th January, 2016 in his home in Lithonia, Georgia.

Chris decided to become a comedian at a very young age. He even snuck into a popular comedy club in Atlanta and received a standing ovation for his stand-up comedy becoming a local celebrity instantly.

Tucker studied at Columbia High school. To earn money while in high school he started to work at a local Burger King, mopping bathroom floors. After his graduation, he shifted to Los Angeles, California, to pursue his career in show business.

Tucker started to perform stand-up comedy in ‘Def Comedy Jam’ followed by several appearances as rapper on the American sitcom Television series ‘Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper’ in 1992.

His made his film debut with the 1994 movie ‘House Party 111’ where he performed for 90 seconds as the outrageous party promoter ‘Johnny Booze’. Tucker was highly praised by critics for the role and also received standing ovation at press screenings in the film’s public promotions.

Tucker gained recognition for his role as ‘Smokey’ in the comedy film ‘Friday’ starring Ice Cube. The film was about a day in the life of a misbehaving and carefree drug dealer named Smokey who is a constant habitual marijuana smoker.

Tucker received positive response from critics for this role as they agreed that Tucker had given a very natural, honest and uncanny performance in the movie.

In 1995, Chris was offered the role of ‘Skip’ a heroin addict, a college drop-out and an ex-US Marine Corps in the Albert and Allen Hughes directed crime thriller film ‘Dead Presidents’. He added humour to the film and the critics found his dialogue delivery to be similar to Richard Pryoresque style. The film was well received by audiences and critics and it was a moderate hit.

Tucker earned immense admiration and A-list celebrity status for his acting as the loud and brash ‘Detective James Carter’, the main protagonist in the ‘Rush Hour’ series of films (1998, 2001 and 2007) co-starring Jackie Chan. Tucker got astounding $ 25 million remuneration for ‘Rush Hour 3’ making him the highest paid actor in Hollywood in 2007.

He won several awards for the movie series like ‘MTV Movie Award for Best On-Screen Duo’ (1999) and ‘Kid’s Choice Awards - Favourite Male Movie Star’ (2002).