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Trivia
Birth name: Christopher Tucker
Date of birth: 31 October 1972
Place of birth: Atlanta, Georgia,
USA
Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m)
Trade mark: Motormouth talker
Stand-up comic.
Well known for parodying the Cuban accent of
the Tony Montana character from Scarface (1983).
His breakout role was that of
"Smokey" in Friday (1995).
In 1999, he signed a two-picture $45 million
deal with New Line Cinema -- including $20 million to co-star in Rush
Hour 2 (2001) and $25 million to co-write, direct and star in Mr.
President (2002) . However, Tucker agreed to receive NO backend
percentage of the box office gross.
Graduate of Columbia High School.
He has a son named Destin Christopher
Tucker.
On April 17, 2005, he was arrested in
Georgia for reckless driving and fleeing to elude after he did not pull
over right away. Sheriffs claimed he was driving 109 mph in his 2005
Bentley.
On May 25, 2005 he testified in defense of
Michael Jackson during Jackson's trial on charges of child molestation.
Appears occasionally at charity concerts and
functions and is dedicated to helping bring attention to African poverty
and hunger issues in America.
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