Chuck Norris: The legendary action star in his famous roles
Chuck Norris, the martial arts grandmaster and action star whose roles in “Walker, Texas Ranger” and other television shows and movies made him an iconic tough guy has died at 86.
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Chinese American martial artist, actor, director and screenwriter Bruce Lee (left) and American martial artist Chuck Norris on the set of their movie Meng Long Guo Jiang (The Way of the Dragon). (Concord Productions Inc./Golden Harvest Company/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images)
Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris in The Way of the Dragon (1972)
Chuck Norris in Breaker! Breaker! (1977)
Chuck Norris in Breaker! Breaker! (1977)
Chuck Norris, Joe Bennett, Lawrence P. Casey, Jerry Douglas, Anthony Mannino, Aaron Norris, Soon-Tek Oh, Michael Payne, Benjamin J. Perry, Stack Pierce, Don Pike, and David Starwalt in Good Guys Wear Black (1978)
Chuck Norris in The Octagon (1980)
Chuck Norris in An Eye for an Eye (1981)
Chuck Norris in An Eye for an Eye (1981)
Chuck Norris, Camila Griggs, and Mary Louise Weller in Forced Vengeance (1982)
Chuck Norris in Forced Vengeance (1982)
Chuck Norris and Stephen Furst in Silent Rage (1982)
Barbara Carrera, David Carradine, and Chuck Norris in Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)
Barbara Carrera and Chuck Norris in Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)
Robert Beltran, Chuck Norris, Leon Isaac Kennedy, and Dana Kimmell in Lone Wolf McQuade (1983)
'Missing in Action' or 'Portés disparus' 1984 directed by Joseph Zito. (Sunset Boulevard/Getty Images)
Chuck Norris and Ron Dean in Code of Silence (1985)
Chuck Norris in Code of Silence (1985)
Chuck Norris in Invasion U.S.A. (1985)
Chuck Norris in Invasion U.S.A. (1985)
Chuck Norris, Cosie Costa, John Wesley, Soon-Tek Oh, and Joe Michael Terry in Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985)
Chuck Norris and Steve James defend themselves against an angry Amal mob in a scene from the film 'The Delta Force', 1986. (Cannon/Getty Images)
Chuck Norris points a gun in a scene from the film 'Hero And The Terror', 1988. (Cannon/Getty Images)
Chuck Norris in Hero and the Terror (1988)
Chuck Norris and Begonya Plaza in Delta Force 2: The Colombian Connection (1990)
Chuck Norris in The Hitman (1991)
Jonathan Brandis and Chuck Norris in Sidekicks (1992)
Chuck Norris in Walker, Texas Ranger (1993)
Chuck Norris in Walker, Texas Ranger (1993)
Chuck Norris and Calvin Levels in Hellbound (1994)
Chuck Norris competing in exhibition round in International Karate Tournament, appearing on the ABC tv series 'Wide World of Entertainment'. (Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)
Chuck Norris as Cordell Walker on 'Walker, Texas Ranger', Jan. 1 1995. (CBS via Getty Images)
Chuck Norris in Top Dog (1995)
Chuck Norris in Top Dog (1995)
Chuck Norris in Forest Warrior (1996)
Promotional portrait of American actor Chuck Norris (as as Cordell 'Cord' Walker), dressed in a blazer over a black satin shirt and a black stetson, as he poses in a doorway for the television series 'Walker, Texas Ranger,' 1997. (CBS Photo Archvie/Getty Images)
Chuck Norris and Dylan Neal in The President's Man (2000)
Chuck Norris, Todd Jensen, and Marshall R. Teague in The Cutter (2005)
Sylvester Stallone and Chuck Norris in The Expendables 2 (2012)
Chuck Norris in The Expendables 2 (2012)
Chuck Norris and Fumio Demura in The Real Miyagi (2015)
Alin Bijan and Chuck Norris on the set of Bells of Innocence.
Chuck Norris guest stars in ‘Five-0’ as a retired sergeant major who helps Lincoln hide from authorities in order to protect his anonymity. (Karen Neal/CBS via Getty Images)
Chuck Norris and Dakota Norris in Agent Recon (2024)
Actor Chuck Norris and his wife Gena O'Kelley arrive at the entertainment portion of a Valentines Day Social Dinner in the East Room of the White House in Washington Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2006. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Chuck Norris and family attend the premiere for "The Expendables 2" at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2012 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
Then-Republican presidential hopeful, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, left, smiles after playing guitar with the Boogiewoogers band next to actor Chuck Norris and wife Gena at a rally in Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 1,2008. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Actor Chuck Norris stands following a ceremony in Garland, Texas. Norris' manager says the “Walker, Texas Ranger” star was not present at last week’s deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol, Dec. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Actor Chuck Norris, and his wife, Gina, introduce Republican presidential hopeful, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, during a fundraiser on Norris' ranch in Lone Wolf Ranch, Texas Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Chuck Norris speaks to reporters during a media availability before the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series auto race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, on Nov. 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Larry Papke)
Chuck Norris attends the premiere for "The Expendables 2" in Los Angeles on Aug. 15, 2012. (by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
