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 Chuck Norris  Chuck Norris is an Executive Producer of Walker, Texas Ranger as well as the actor in the title role.
Norris is familiar to fans worldwide as the star of action films including The Hitman,
Delta Force, and Delta Force II. He also starred in Missing in Action and its sequels, Firewalker and Sidekicks. Norris was born Carlos Ray in Ryan, Oklahoma. The eldest of three children, he helped his mother raise his two younger brothers in Torrance, California, where his family moved when he was 12. Norris joined the Air Force after graduating from high school. During a stint in Korea, he began to study the Asian martial art of Tang Soo Do. After returning home, Norris worked for Northrop Aviation and moonlighted as a karate instructor. Two years later, he was teaching full-time and running a number of martial-arts schools. His students included Steve McQueen, Priscilla Presley, and the Osmonds. In 1968, Norris became the Professional World Middleweight Karate Champion. He held the title undefeated until he retired in 1974. He is a black belt in Tang Soo Do and Tae Kwan Do, both Korean fighting arts, and knows all forms of the martial arts. In 1969, he earned the Triple Crown for the highest number of tournament wins, and was named Fighter of the Year by Black Belt magazine. By the time he was 34, Norris had established 32 karate schools and had been a champion for six years. In 1996, he became the first Westerner to be awarded an eighth-degree black belt in Tae Kwan Do. Norris, who was urged to get into acting by his friend Steve McQueen, skillfully incorporates his martial-arts knowledge into his series and feature film projects, stressing action and technique over violence. He is the author of the books The Secret of Inner Strength and The Secret Power Within - Zen Solutions to Real Problems.. He works for many charities, including the Funds for Kids, Veterans Administration National Salute to Hospitalized Veterans, the United Way Make-a-Wish Foundation, and Kick Drugs Out of America, a nonprofit organization he created to help battle drugs and violence in schools. Norris recently completed production on the television movie The Hitman: Bound by Honor for broadcast on CBS. He lives on a ranch when not filming. His birthday is March 10.
 Paul Hogan Australian actor and screenwriter who is best known for his first feature film, "Crocodile Dundee," and it's sequel, "Crocodile Dundee II," both of which he penned and both of which became huge hits after the first one opened in Australia on 4/22/1986. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Before making the grade as a superstar with his success in "Crocodile Dundee," he had worked some 40 jobs. He was a top comic in Australia from his appearance on a talent show called "New Faces" in 1971. From there, he went on to do "The Paul Hogan Show" from 1977-82 in Australia, which was syndicated in some U.S. cities. He became widely known through Australian tourist ads by saying "G'day," and his plugging of the Aussie brew, Foster's Lager.
Soft-spoken and somewhat shy, his IQ has been tested at 180. Until his huge
success, he had lived north of Sydney with his wife, Noeline, whom he married
in his teens on 12/27/1958; they had five kids. After his "Crocodile"
success, he divorced and married his co-star, Linda Kozlowski. In August
1998, he and Linda had a baby boy, Chance.
He suffered a cerebral hemorrhage on 6/04/1986 which required a period of rehab for recovery to occur.
In 2000, Hogan said G'day to a third "Crocodile Dundee" film, 14 years after the huge success of the original. He had been visible in commercials for Subaru's sport utility station wagon over these last few years.
Hogan will produce and co-script the tentatively titled "Crocodile Dundee Returns," which will also star his wife, Linda Kozlowski. The new movie in the trilogy, which has a budget of $52 million, was produced in Queensland in August 2000 and will hit theater soon.
 George Clooney Born on May 6th, 1961, George Clooney began working at age 5 on his father's talk show, The Nick Clooney Show. After that, it wasn't until he was 21 years old and had been cut by the Cincinatti Reds that he returned to acting. Clooney did a few radio commercials and waited through 15 failed TV pilots before landing the gig of a lifetime as Dr. Doug Ross on E.R. His role as the hunky doctor brought numerous movie roles, starting with From Dusk Till Dawn. He starred in such films as One Fine Day, The Peacemaker, and even donned a cape for Batman & Robin. He received critical praise for his role in Out of Sight, but failed to make a dent at the box office.He left ER about 2-3 years ago to concentrate on his movie career,his latest movie on videotape(Three kings) is a success,so I guess that he made a good choice.
His full name is George Timothy Cooney and was born in Lexington,Kentucky
 Jean Claude Van Damme He was born in Berchem-Sainte Agathe, Belgium on October 18, 1960, Jean Claude Van Damme moved to the United States to pursue a career in acting but was first relegated to working as a chauffeur, a carpet layer, a pizza deliverer, a trainer, and a bouncer. Though his initial movies such as Rue Barbare, No Retreat, and No Surrender were low budget, Van Damme soon graduated to higher profile flicks such as Bloodsport, Kickboxer, and Universal Soldier. Since then Van Damme has appeared in such movies as Time Cop, Sudden Death, and Universal Soldier: The Return.
 Arnold Schwarzenegger Arnold Schwarzenegger's keen determination and pursuit of excellence have brought him a broad range of career successes in athletic competition, film acting and direction and business ventures.
He has produced body building competitions in Columbus, Ohio for two decades and began the Annual Arnold Schwarzenegger Classic there in 1989. Continuous growth and popularity of the Schwarzenegger Classic led to the addition of a Fitness EXPO in 1993, the Ms. Fitness « World competition in 1994 and the Arnold Martial Arts Festival in 1996.
During President George Bush's administration he served as Chairman of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, and is the author of numerous books on health and fitness. Schwarzenegger now chairs the Governor's Council of Physical Fitness in the state of California. Since 1979, he has served as the International Weight Training Coach for the Special Olympics. Beginning in 1991 he became involved in the Executive Commission of the Los Angeles Inner-City Games, a mini Olympics designed to help kids say "no" to drugs and violence and "yes" to fitness as a way of life. He sees athletics as a positive alternative to drugs for urban youth, a way to build self esteem, a way to learn goal setting and build camaraderie in a clean lifestyle. Schwarzenegger is now chairman of the Inner-City Games Foundation, a program that has expanded to 10 cities and is continuing to grow. In 1991 he received the Simon Wiesenthal Center's National Leadership Award for his support of the organization's Holocaust studies.
His blockbuster films include "The Terminator," "Terminator 2:Judgment Day," "Twins," "Total Recall" and "True Lies." Earlier films "Conan the Barbarian," and its sequel "Conan the Destroyer" earned him a devoted following. He is noted for his action adventure films as well as solid performances as a comic actor. In 1993 the National Association of Theater Owners named him "International Star of the Decade." His latest film, "Eraser," will be released in June.
During his early childhood in Graz, Austria, Schwarzenegger was encouraged by his father to become involved in athletics. At age 15 he discovered weight-lifting which led to the title of Mr. Universe at age 20, followed by an unprecedented 13 world body building titles. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1983.
A patron of the arts, he is a respected art collector. Schwarzenegger resides in Los Angeles with his wife, broadcast journalist Maria Shiver, and their three children, Katherine, Christina and Patrick.
 Jackie Chan Jackie Chan was born in Hong Kong on April 7, 1954 under his real name of Chan Kwong Sang.His parents were so poor that they tried to sell him to the British doctor who delivered him for a meager $26 - HK$1500.But,the doctor refused. At his birth,he weighed more than 12 pounds,thats was great !
His parents found some jobs in Australia so the whole family have to moved there.At that time,Jackie was only 7 years old so his parents returned to Hong Kong and enroll him to join the Chinese Opera Research Institute to learn dancing, singing,acrobatics,acting and martial arts.He also met Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao who is a also became successful actors.At the school,Jackie and his two friends have to worked very hard.From morning until midnight .... They also performed in a group called 'Seven Fortunes'.
In 1971, Jackie finally graduated from the Opera School. He returned to Australia and worked as a part-time worker,later he went back to Hong Kong and work as a stuntman or extras at the Shaw Brothers Studios. Then he gothis first opportunities to act in The Little Tiger from Canton. A year later on,people starts to noticed him when he performed many good stunts.In Fist of Fury,he served as stunt double in the film.Jackie's dream was to be a successful actor and director.He also did stunt coordinator and chereographys. In 1976,he starts to cooperate with Lo Wei who saw Jackie has many talents in acting which brings him to become the next Bruce Lee.He is also given a stage name called 'Sing Lung' which means 'Become A Dragon'.In 1977, Jackie acted in the kung fu comedy Half a Loaf of Kung Fu.His next movie was Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978). That movie was Jackie's first hit ! and he made a lot of Japanese movie and hit it big with the movie "supercop"released in the US..and we all know what happen after......
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