Chuck Norris can nonetheless throw a punch.
On Tuesday, March 10, the Walker, Texas Ranger actor rang in his 86th journey across the solar.
For the big day, he took to Instagram and shared a video of him in a tropical setting training his hooks and throws, and saying: “I do not age. I stage up.”
He additionally wrote in his caption: “I am 86 as we speak! Nothing like some playful motion on a sunny day to make you’re feeling younger. I am grateful for one more yr, good well being and the prospect to maintain doing what I like. Thanks all for being the most effective followers on the earth. Your help by the years has meant extra to me than you’ll ever know.”
Chuck, who’s initially from Ryan, Oklahoma, has largely retired from performing, however posts occasional glimpses into his life as we speak on Instagram. Catch up under on the newest from the martial arts star, and what to learn about his private life.
© Getty PhotographsChuck’s life as we speak
Chuck lives along with his spouse Gena O’Kelley, 62, on a ranch in Navasota, close to Houston, Texas, the place his non-profit he based in 1990 can also be primarily based. The non-profit, Kickstart Youngsters, is a Texas Training Company acknowledged bodily schooling heart that teaches karate to center and highschool college students.
Although Chuck, whose actual title is Carlos Ray Norris, had largely retired from performing in 2005 — he made his display screen debut in 1968 — he made films in 2012, 2015, 2020, 2023, and 2024, his final movie credit score being Agent Recon.
© Getty PhotographsChuck’s marriages and household life
Chuck has been married to Gena, a former mannequin, since 1998, The couple met in Dallas in 1997, when Chuck was on a date with one other lady, and requested her out the next day. Previous to formally assembly Chuck, she had had a minor function in Walker, Texas Ranger in 1993.
© Getty PhotographsGena and Chuck share two youngsters, fraternal twins Dakota and Danilee, who had been born on 2001. Since 2015, Gena has been the CEO of CForce, a water bottling facility she owns with Chuck.
Previous to assembly and marrying Gena, Chuck was married to Dianne Kay Holechek, who handed away final yr, for 30 years. The previous couple had been classmates at North Excessive College in Torrance and tied the knot when he was 18 and he or she was 17, in 1958, and welcomed two sons collectively Mike, born 1962, and Eric, born 1965. They separated in 1988 and finalized their divorce the next yr.
© Getty PhotographsAlong with Mike, Eric, Dakota and Danilee, Chuck can also be a father to daughter Dina, born the identical yr as his first son, out of an extramarital relationship with a lady named Johanna which passed off whereas he was stationed in California throughout his time in the US Air Drive. The 2 met for the primary time in 1990, and he publicly acknowledged her in 2004, in his memoir, In opposition to All Odds: My Story.
