Chris Tucker
- Highest Rated: Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
- Lowest Rated: House Party 3 (1994)
- Birthday: Aug 31, 1972
- Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia
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There is nothing tranquil about comedian/actor Chris Tucker. A limber, wiry fellow with a high-pitched voice and a delivery as fast as a mosquito's wing beats, he seems energy incarnate. In regard to his acting, some have hailed him the next Eddie Murphy; indeed, Murphy was one of Tucker's icons while growing up. A native of Atlanta, GA, Tucker's proclivity for comedy has been lifelong, beginning when he, the youngest of six children, used humor as an attention-getting device and as a way to get his brothers to allow him to hang around them. In addition to Eddie Murphy's comedy, Tucker was heavily influenced by that of Richard Pryor. 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. His classmates, having voted him "Most Humorous," supported his efforts. Tucker made his debut at a local comedy club. Because he was underage, Tucker had to sneak in and then do some real fast talking to be allowed to perform. 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 (1994). The following year, Tucker appeared in F. Gary Gray's crazy comedy Friday, playing Smokey, a lazy pot-smoking drug dealer who could be quite rich if only he'd stop using the merchandise himself. Tucker's hilarious improvisation during filming helped to make the film a sleeper hit. In his next film, Dead Presidents, directed by brothers Allen Hughes and Albert Hughes, Tucker hinted at some real talent as a dramatic actor. In regard to movies, 1997 proved a very good year for Tucker who was given his first showcase film in the action comedy Money Talks, which he executively produced. 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. In 1998, Tucker had his second starring role, working opposite international action superstar Jackie Chan in the action-packed comedy Rush Hour. For reasons known only to him, Tucker abruptly put a stop to his film career appearing only in Rush Hour 2 and 3 in the ten years after the original.
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Highest Rated Movies
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Jackie Brown
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Friday
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Filmography
Movies
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| 44% | Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk | Albert | $1.8M | 2016 |
| Friday 20th Anniversary | Actor | — | 2015 | |
| Second Honeymoon | Executive Producer | — | 2015 | |
| Chris Tucker Live | Actor Screenwriter | — | 2015 | |
| 92% | Silver Linings Playbook | Danny | $132.1M | 2012 |
| 33% | A Man's Story | Actor | — | 2012 |
| 18% | Rush Hour 3 | Det. James Carter | $140.1M | 2007 |
| We Are the Future | Actor | — | 2006 | |
| African American Lives | Actor | — | 2006 | |
| 52% | Rush Hour 2 | Det. James Carter | — | 2001 |
| 60% | Rush Hour | James Carter | — | 1998 |
| 87% | Jackie Brown | Beaumont Livingston | — | 1997 |
| 16% | Money Talks | Producer Executive Producer Franklin Hatchett | — | 1997 |
| 71% | The Fifth Element | Ruby Rhod | — | 1997 |
| 44% | Dead Presidents | Skip | — | 1995 |
| 27% | Panther | Bodyguard | — | 1995 |
| 78% | Friday | Smokey | — | 1995 |
| 0% | House Party 3 | Johnny Booze | — | 1994 |
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Jimmy Kimmel Live
2003
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The Late Late Show With James Corden
2015
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The Talk
2010
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The View
1997
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Conan
2010
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Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
2009-2014
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Lopez Tonight
2009-2011
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The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
1992-2014
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QUOTES FROM Chris Tucker CHARACTERS
- Rita
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Ooh! What's up?
- Smokey
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Not a damn thing!
- Ruby Rhod
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What's wrong with you? What you screamin' for? Every 5 minutes there's somethin', a bomb or somethin'. I'm leavin'. bzzzz.
- Ordell Robbie
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Look, I hate to be the kinda nigga does a nigga a favor, then, BAM!, hits a nigga up for a favor in return. But I'm afraid I gots to be that kinda nigga.
- Beaumont Livingston
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Whatchu mean?
- Ordell Robbie
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I need a favor, nigga!
- Pat
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She is my friend with an F.
- Danny
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Yeah, capital F.
- Pat
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For friend.
- Danny
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C'mon Pat, black it up!
- Craig
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You want some kool-aid?
- Smokey
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Man.....you know damn well I want some kool-aid!!
- Smokey
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Man... you know damn well I want some kool-aid!
- Joi
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Uh uh hell no, pfft! Who is that bitch?
- Craig
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Who you talking to?
- Joi
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Nigga I'm talking to you! Now who is she?
- Craig
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That's just Debbie from down the street.
- Joi
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So? What the hell she doing in there?
- Craig
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She was just... get in the house!
- Joi
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Chu looking at?
- Smokey
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Get yo ass in the house!
- Craig
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Hurry up!
- Danny
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Black it up!
- Ruby Rhod
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Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt!
- Ruby Rhod
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Korben, my man! I ain't got no fire!
- Ruby Rhod
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Father, you smoke?
- Smokey
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Daaammnn!
- James Carter
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Who died, Lee?
- Inspector Lee
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You!
- James Carter
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Detective Yu?
- Inspector Lee
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Not Yu, you!
- James Carter
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Who?
- Inspector Lee
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Do you understand the words that are a-coming out of my mouth?
- James Carter
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Don't nobody understand the words that are comin' out of your mouth.
- Det. James Carter
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Now I'm about to beat the puberty out of yall, you ain't gunna see it coming !
- Det. James Carter
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Now I'm about to beat the puberty out of yall, you ain't gunna see it coming!
- Smokey
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(taking a crap outside) You better not tell anybody man.
- Smokey
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[taking a crap outside] You better not tell anybody man.
- Ezal
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Man, I'm not, man.
- Smokey
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Keep it on the low.
- Ezal
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Alright brother. (looks around) HEY, SMOKEY BACK HERE TAKIN' A SHIT!
- Ezal
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Alright brother. [looks around] HEY, SMOKEY BACK HERE TAKIN' A SHIT!
- Smokey
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Ezal!
- Ezal
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Don't worry, I won't tell anybody else.
- Smokey
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I know ya don't smoke weed, I know this. But I'm gonna get you high today cause it's Friday, you ain't got no job and you ain't got shit to do.
- James Carter
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We could've been a good couple, we could've had something special but you one CRAZY ASS BITCH!!!!!
- James Carter
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We could've been a good couple, we could've had something special but you one CRAZY ASS BITCH!
- Smokey
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No sugar? Damn. Y'all ain't never got two things that match. Either y'all got Kool-aid, no sugar. Peanut butter, no jelly. Ham, no burger. Daaamn.
- Detective James Carter
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Why you ain't tell me about the bridge?
- Detective Inspector Lee
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I did.
- Detective James Carter
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No you didn't.
- Detective Inspector Lee
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I said stop!
- Detective James Carter
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I don't understand what you be saying!
- Detective Inspector Lee
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What?
- Detective James Carter
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Wipe yourself off, man. You dead.
- Sang
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The drop will be made tonight. The amount will be fifty million dollars.
- Detective James Carter
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Fifty million dollars? Man, who do you think you kidnapped? Chelsea Clinton?!
- Detective James Carter
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"Do you understand the words that are coming out my mouth?!"
- Detective James Carter
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Do you understand the words that are coming out my mouth?
- Inspector Lee
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Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth?
- James Carter
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Man no one understands the words coming out of yo mouth!!
- James Carter
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Man no one understands the words coming out of yo mouth!
- Ruby Rhod
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What was that honey? It was bad! It had no fire, no energy, no nothing! So tomorrow from five to seven will you please act like you have more than a two word vo-cab-u-lar-yee! It must be green!
- Korben Dallas
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Can I talk to you for a second? (pushes Ruby up against the wall) I didn't come here to play pumbaa on the radio. So tomorrow from five to seven your gonna give yourself a hand, green?
- Korben Dallas
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Can I talk to you for a second? [pushes Ruby up against the wall] I didn't come here to play pumbaa on the radio. So tomorrow from five to seven your gonna give yourself a hand, green?
- Ruby Rhod
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(high-pitched) Supergreen!
- Ruby Rhod
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[high-pitched] Supergreen!
- Smokey
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You've got to be a stupid mother fucker to get fired on your day off!
- Smokey
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YOU GOT KNOCK THE FUGG OUT!
- Detective James Carter
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Don't you ever touch a black man's radio, boy! You can do that in China but you can get your ass killed out here, man.
- Cleon
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Your junkie ass really messed up out there.
- Skip
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Don't blame me for your fuck ups.
- Cleon
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I told Anthony I didn't want nothing to do with a crazy devil filled junkie!
- Skip
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What?
- Cleon
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You listening to me? Look at him.
- Skip
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(Skip punches Cleon) Now say some more shit! I'll knock yo ass right back down. Fake ass, wannabe preacher, no members havin' motherfucker!
- Skip
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[Skip punches Cleon] Now say some more shit! I'll knock yo ass right back down. Fake ass, wannabe preacher, no members havin' motherfucker!
- Anthony Curtis
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Why don't y'all stop acting like some fucking clowns.
- Skip
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Just tell me one thing Cleon. Why the fuck you didn't grab the cop?
- Cleon
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You killed him, a young brother.
- Skip
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You wouldn't have froze up like a bitch maybe I wouldn't have to do that shit, now wouldn't I?
- Skip
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If you wouldn't have froze up like a bitch maybe I wouldn't have to do that shit, now wouldn't I?
- Kirby
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Would y'all shut the fuck up?!
- Kirby
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Would y'all shut the fuck up?
- Beaumont Livingston
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Man, you must be out of your fuckin' mind if you think I'm gonna get in this dirty-ass trunk.
- Ordell Robbie
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We ain't going nowhere but to Koreatown, man. You ain't gonna be locked in here no more than ten minutes.
- Beaumont Livingston
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I ain't ridin' in no trunk for no minute, man.
- Smokey
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Why you hook me up with that fat ass, bald head girl?
- Debbie
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Who, Rita? Rita is not fat. She's just big boned.
- Smokey
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Shit! That girl wider than all outside. Talkin' bout she look like Janet Jackson.
- Debbie
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Oh, no she didn't go there!
- Smokey
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Bitch got out the car lookin' more like Freddie Jackson. Don't laugh, it ain't funny!
- Debbie
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I'm not trying to laugh. I just thought you two would like each other.
- Smokey
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You knew she was bald head, you knew she didn't have no damn hair! [Debbie laughs out loud] Don't laugh, it ain't funny!
- Debbie
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Aw, I'm sorry Smokey! [laughs]
- Smokey
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Look, why don't you go down the street and get something to eat? I know you hungry.
- Rita
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Nuh-uh, cuz see I ate twice before I came. [Rita takes off her hat to reveal a bald head]
- Smokey
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Goddamn!
- Det. James Carter
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I don't know what the hell you've been feeding him but he is TOO DAMN BIG!
- Det. James Carter
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I don't know what the hell you've been feeding him, but he is too damn big!
- Detective James Carter
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DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE WORDS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF MY MOUTH?..... I cannot believe this shit! First I get a bullshit assignment... now Mr. Ricea-Roni cant even speak American. C'mon man my ride over here. Put your bag in the back....... PUT YOUR BAG IN THE BACK! ..... No,no,no,no you put your own shit in the bag, I'm not a skycap. I'm FBI ya understand?
- Detective James Carter
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Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth? I cannot believe this shit! First, I get a bullshit assignment. Now Mr. Ricea-Roni cant even speak American. C'mon man, my ride over here. Put your bag in the back... Put your bag in the back! No, no, no, no you put your own shit in the bag, I'm not a skycap. I'm FBI you understand?
- Smokey
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Damn!