Norris is arguably best known from playing the title role in Walker, Texas Ranger but has also appeared in major film franchises like The Expendables, Missing in Action and Delta Force.
Norris got his Hollywood start as Bruce Lee’s enemy in Way of the Dragon, and by 1985 he was a full-fledged celebrity AND in the noughties became a meme sensation (see below).
While he’s certainly not as young as he once was, Chuck Norris still represents a particular era of 80’s action movie stars - the video above is enough to get the nostalgic kitsch (nee kick) you need.
Giraffes were created when Chuck Norris uppercut a horse.
Chuck can set ants on fire with a magnifying glass. At night.
Chuck Norris is the only person that can punch a cyclops between the eye.
If it looks like chicken, tastes like chicken, and feels like chicken but Chuck Norris says its beef, then it’s beef.
Once a cobra bit Chuck Norris’ leg. After five days of excruciating pain, the cobra died.
Chuck Norris sleeps with a pillow under his gun.
Chuck Norris narrates Morgan Freeman’s life.
Chuck Norris sleeps with a night light. Not because Chuck Norris is afraid of the dark, but the dark is afraid of Chuck Norris.
