Actor: Trump fan and weapon: action star Chuck Norris is 85

He marks the strong man on the canvas, but Chuck Norris takes it with humor, as a kind of joke figure. Hundreds of sayings are circulating on the net that aim at his image as a Tough Action Star: “Chuck Norris season his steak with pepper spray”, “Chuck Norris doesn’t hear Heavy Metal, he eats it for breakfast”, “Chuck Norris can dry his hair under water” or “Chuck Norris does not sleep. He is waiting”.

The American, who turns 85 today, even posts these sayings about the supposedly superhuman actor (“Walker, Texas Ranger”) on his website. There he also gives himself as a muscular fighter. A click on the homepage and already appears with a naked upper body in the karate attack, as a revolvering and Texas Ranger and as a bearded killer with creaking in his hand.

Chuck Norris shows itself as a fan of Donald Trump

In addition, Norris links a blog in which he campaigns for Donald Trump and Freedom of Weapons and is struggling against everything liberal. In 2019, Norris became a celebrity spokesman for the Glock weapon giant. As a columnist of the right -wing conservative website World Net Daily (WND), he has long since become the mouthpiece of the ultra -conservatives.

In an entry on January 20, to take office as US President, Norris enthused his first encounter with the Republican in 1974 when Trump was a young businessman and he himself was a well-known martial artist. At the time, Trump encouraged him to become an actor, writes Norris. He now called on his fans to support Trump and pray for him, because he was a fighter who will make America “great” again.

His appearances in front of the camera have become less common, but Norris also plays the tough Hollywood-Kerl with his mid-80th. His last action strip “Agent Recon” received devastating reviews last year.

The most bad quality, from acting, effects to the dialogues, the entertainment portal “Collider. The only good thing about the sci-fi action film is the short term of less than 90 minutes.

Before that, the Haudegen had striked with full beard and scar face in “The Expendables 2” (2012) alongside Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis – as a senior of the martial old men cast.

About martial arts to Hollywood

Norris came to the film about martial arts. The son of a strictly religious mother in rural Oklahoma had discovered the karate variant Tang Soo do as a young soldier in Korea. He worked as a martial arts teacher in the United States and became known in the Martial Arts scene in the 1960s.

He had the title as a karate world champion in middleweight for several years. He came to Hollywood via his martial arts Bruce Lee and Steve McQueen.

He couldn’t keep up with sizes like Clint Eastwood or Charles Bronson. The film titles “The Bulldozer”, “Cold Anger”, “Missing in Action”, “Delta Force” and “The Feuerwalze” are an indication. But his permanent role as law enforcement officer Cordell Walker in the TV series “Walker, Texas Ranger” was a hit. From 1993 he played the Ur American ranger for over eight years, which ensures law and order.

As his life principles and values ​​lists “faith, family, fitness, freedom and struggle”. And with that, the father of five also wants to make money. On his website he sells silver coins, provided with his image and five keywords. He sees it as his mission to remind people of what it means to be “a real American”, Norris advertises the product.

Norris posts videos of his boxing workouts and photos from old karate competition times on Instagram. He also gives himself romantic: in a video with his second wife dancing in a snowy hut or in postings on her wedding day. In 1998 he had married the ex-model Gena O’Kelley, which was more than 20 years younger. In 2001 she gave birth to twins. Norris has another three children from previous relationships.