Christopher tucker was born on August 31, 1972 in the city of Atlanta, located within the state of Georgia in the United States of America.
His family consists of his mother Mary, a woman very involved with charity and the church, and her father Norris tucker, who owns a cleaning company. He also had a brother named Christian abney, who died from an accident.
Since he was little, he had always had a knack for making people laugh, so when he got to high school he had no doubt that he wanted to be a comedian.
Upon graduating from the Columbia High School, left for the city of Los Angeles, looking for a place among the best stand-up comedians on the West Coast. At first things were not very simple, but little by little he won over his audience, reaching a very good degree of fame.
Thanks to this, he had access to television cameras in the series “Roseanne“, With which he was able to become known at the national level. Right after, they called him off the chain ABC To participate in “Hangin ‘with Mr. Cooper”(Walking with Mr. Cooper).
For a long time, she continued to perform in various nightclubs, bringing her number to a growing audience. So much so that he began to frequent stars like Jackie Chan or the president of the United States, Bill clinton.
In 1994 he made his big screen debut, acting in the comedy “House Party 3”(Party at home 3). This was immediately followed by “Friday”(Friday), today a cult feature film, where he acted with Ice cube.
The following year, in 1995, he worked on the production of Robert De Niro “Panther”(Pantera), a film that showed part of the history of the Black Panthers of the United States. On this occasion he worked with his comedian colleague Chris Rock.
Gaining more and more fame, he moved into the world of action and shooter with “Dead presidents”(Dead Presidents) which was followed by the extraordinary film of Luc besson “The Fifth Element”(The fifth element).
It was the first opportunity he had to act alongside stars such as Bruce Willis, Gary oldman, Ian Holm Y Mila Jovovich. His role in the feature film was that of the flamboyant radio host Ruby rhod.
Later, having captivated the entire audience with his performance, he was the protagonist of “Money Talks”(Money talks), being accompanied by Charlie sheen.
That same 1997, he also saw him act in the movie “Jackie brown“, from Quentin Tarantino. In this way, he had the opportunity to share the credits with Samuel L. Jackson, Robert De Niro, Michael Keaton Y Bridget fonda.
Finally, in 1998 his friend Jackie Chan He approached him offering to be his partner in an action-comedy movie. Chris agreed and together they shaped “Rush hour”, Reaching more than 140 million dollars in sales.
After such a wealth of money, and not counting the insistence of the public, in 2001 Jackie Chan Y Chris tucker they reinterpreted the Inspector Lee and the Detective Carter on “Rush hour 2”. This time, the profit was more than $ 345 million.
Later, he was seen acting in the television series “Diary”(Diary), who was in charge of following famous people in their normal day. Among them were Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez and his colleague Chris Rock.
Taking a long retirement from cinema to return to his roots in stand-up comedy, audiences had to wait almost six years to see him again. Jackie Chan already Tucker in action. Until now, “Rush hour 3“It has accumulated 255 million dollars in earnings, since its premiere on August 10, 2007.
In 2008, Chris will premiere “Mr. President”(Mr. President), where he will be elected president of the United States. In turn, he has already signed the contract to shoot “Rush hour 4“, Which still has no filing date.