Chris Tucker Net Worth: Where Does He Spends His Money?

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A Bit About Chris Tucker: Christopher Tucker is a comedian and actor from the United States. Tucker started doing stand-up comedy in 1992 on the HBO show Def Comedy Jam. He was on the show a lot during the 1990s.

  • Born: August 31, 1971 (age 50 years), Atlanta, GA
  • Height: 6′ 1″
  • Spouse: Azja Pryor (m. 1997–2003)
  • Children: Destin Christopher Tucker
  • Siblings: Dexter Tucker, Tammye Stocks
  • Parents: Norris Tucker, Mary Louise Tucker

Chris Tucker Early Life

He was born on August 31, 1971, in Atlanta, Georgia. Mary Louise and Norris Tucker, who ran a cleaning service, had him as their youngest son. Tucker grew up in the Georgia city of Decatur.

Chris Tucker Net Worth

He was one of six children, and when he was young, he used comedy to stand out. He liked the way Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor made people laugh the most, so after graduating from Columbia High School, he moved to Los Angeles to become an actor and comedian.

Chris Tucker Career

Tucker first tried out his comedy in Atlanta comedy clubs, but he didn't become famous until he was on “Def Comedy Jam.” “House Party 3,” which came out in 1994, was his first fundamental movie role.

Chris Tucker Net Worth

In the mid-1990s, he started getting increasingly high-profile roles, primarily as Ice Cube's comedic sidekick in the movie “Friday.” The film was a modest hit when it first came out, but it has become a cult classic with two sequels, though Tucker does not appear in them.

Tucker kept acting in more petite movies in the years that followed, but his role in the French science fiction movie “The Fifth Element” in 1997 brought him a lot of attention.

Even though many critics did not like the movie, it did well at the box office. Still, Tucker's role mainly got good reviews, and the movie gave him more attention. Tucker also had a part in Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown that year, but his star started to rise the following year.

Tucker played Detective James Carter with Jackie Chan in Brett Ratner's hit movie “Rush Hour,” which came out in 1998. Many critics liked how Chan and Tucker played the two police officers who didn't get along. The action-comedy opened at number one at the box office and made $33 million in its first weekend. The movie would earn more than $244 million around the world.

After the massive success of the first Rush Hour movie, Tucker's career went through the roof. Soon after, Tucker asked for and got $20 million to be in Rush Hour 2, which came out in 2001. Keeping the classic Chan/Tucker buddy comedy formula that had worked so well before, the movie opened at number one and made over $67 million in its first weekend. It went on to make more than $347 million around the world.

How Does Chris Tucker Spend His Money?

After the first Rush Hour movie by Chris Tucker was a huge hit, he was paid about $20 million to be in the second one. Tucker has a lot of money, and he loves buying expensive things like cars with it.

Chris Tucker Net Worth

American comedian and actor Chris Tucker have a net worth of $5 million. Chris was the highest-paid actor in the world when he was at the top of his game in the late 1990s.

Chris Tucker Net Worth

After the first “Rush Hour” movie was a huge hit, Tucker negotiated $20 million to be in the second one. In today's money, that's the same as making $40 million for a single movie.

He then worked out a $40 million deal with New Line Cinema for two movies. Rush Hour 3 would pay him $25 million. Tucker also got 20% of the money made from Rush Hour 3.

Chris made at least $50 million from the Rush Hour movies, which is about $65 million when you account for inflation.

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