Christopher Tucker (born August 31, 1972) is an American actor and comedian most widely known for his roles as Smokey in Friday and James Carter in the Rush Hour trilogy.
Early life
Chris Tucker was born in Atlanta, Georgia the son of Mary, who was involved in church work, and Norris Tucker, who owned a janitorial service. Tucker was raised in Decatur, Georgia.After graduating from Columbia High School, he moved to Los Angeles in order to pursue a career in comedy and movies.
Career
Tucker’s first major movie role was alongside rapper Ice Cube in the 1995 film Friday. He also starred with Charlie Sheen in 1997’s Money Talks and alongside Bruce Willis in The Fifth Element in the same year. He later starred in the 1998 martial arts action comedy Rush Hour and its sequels, Rush Hour 2 and Rush Hour 3, in which he played James Carter, an abrasive, wise-cracking detective. Realizing the success of the first Rush Hour film, Tucker held out from studio bosses until they paid his price tag of $20 million for Rush Hour 2;the film became an enormous success.
Despite a flurry of films at the start of his career, he has only made three appearances since 1998, all as Detective James Carter. Tucker’s career trajectory is unusual in that, while he has made such a relatively small number of films, he has already become a member of the unofficial “20 million per film” club, joining such actors as Brad Pitt, Denzel Washington, Tom Cruise and Will Smith. Tucker signed a two movie contract with New Line Cinema for 40 million dollars to star in Rush Hour 3 and another unnamed film. He is also to receive 20% of the gross against his salary from the 3rd Rush Hour film.
Tucker continues to perform stand-up comedy. He also appears occasionally at charity concerts and functions and is dedicated to helping bring attention to African poverty and hunger issues in the U.S.
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Kris Taker ameri?ki glumac ro?en 31.avgusta 1972. Zvezda filma “Gas do daske 1,2,3″. u ulozi detektiva Dzejmsa Kartera sa poznatim glumcom Deki ?enom. Takodje je glumio i u filmu ” Peti element” sa Brus Vilisom kao Rudi,i jos mnogim filmovi. Jedan od najboljih komedijasa koji vas mogu zasmejati do suza. Nastupao je i na stand up komedijama… Jedan od mojih omiljenih glumaca… Mozete ga videti i u spotu najboljeg peva?a pop muzike i najboljeg igra?a, ?iji sam ja veliki FAN, jedan i jedini Majkl Dekson. U njegovom spotu “You rock my world” mozete videti Krisa kao Majklovog partnera… Spot mozete pogledati OVDE.
