Chris Tucker is known world-wide as a person who brings joy and laughter to audiences world-wide. But there is nothing tranquil about the comedian/actor. A limber, wiry fellow with a high-pitched voice and a super quick deliver, he is often compared to the icons he admired growing up; Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor.

Tucker’s proclivity for comedy has been lifelong, beginning when he used humor as an attention-getting device and as a way to get his brothers to allow him to hang around them. In high school, Tucker was one of those class clowns who was able to make even his teachers laugh and it was one of his instructors who suggested Tucker display his gifts in a school talent show. He proved a roaring success and following graduation, decided to become a professional. He succeeded and his routine garnered a tremendous response. More local successes followed and this emboldened the then 19-year-old Tucker to try his luck in Los Angeles. Soon after arriving on the West Coast, Tucker had established himself in the major comedy clubs and, after appearing on HBO’s Def Comedy Jam found himself a bona fide rising star.

Tucker made his film debut with a small but memorable role in House Party 3 The following year, Tucker appeared as Smokey, a lazy pot-smoking drug dealer in the film Friday. In his next film, Dead Presidents, Tucker hinted at some real talent as a dramatic actor. He also had a small but memorable role in Quentin Tarantino‘s Jackie Brown and played a hyper-manic intergalactic DJ in Luc Besson‘s The Fifth Element.

Tucker is best known for his starring roles opposite international action superstar Jackie Chan in the Rush Hour films. Starring in all three films in the franchise.

While Tucker has taken a break from Hollywood in recent years, he has re-directed his talents to his first love, standup comedy and has been touring to the delight of audiences across the country.

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