House of Blues' stage set for Chris Tucker
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Published by Sareth Ney onMarch 18, 2016 at 1:13 a.m.
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Photo credit: Chris Tucker's facebook page.
ORLANDO, Fla. – Chris Tucker will be performing stand-up comedy at Hard Rock Live, on March 25. His expedition will begin at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla., on March 24. The last set of information stated for his tour is Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie, Texas, on July23. Another city expected to have a performance is Sacramento, Calif. He is an actor, comedian and humanitarian.
Tucker was born on Aug. 31, 1972, in Atlanta. After graduating from high school, he moved to Hollywood, Calif. He had a reoccurring guest spot in 1992’s stand-up comedy show, “Def Comedy Jam”. His acting career began, shortly after. He was a special guest and portrayed a rapper on the television show, “Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper”. He was uncredited in the role of the “MC in Mall” in the 1993 film, “The Meteor Man”. In 1993, he was known as Johnny Booze in “House Party 3”.
In 1995, Tucker co-starred in three films: “Friday”, “Panther” and “Dead Presidents”. After taking a year off and he was part of three movies in 1997: “The Fifth Element”, “Money Talks” and Jackie Brown”. In 1998, he began the trilogy of “Rush Hour”. In 2001, the sequel was made. In-between the second and third installment, he had a role in Michael Jackson’s music video for “You Rock My World”. “Rush Hour 3” was completed, in 2007. He returned to film in 2012 as Danny in “Silver Linings Playbook”.
Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor were the comedians Tucker stated were his inspirations. According to his imdb.com profile, his two quotes about stand-up comedy were:
“I will always do stand-up, even if my acting career takes off. Stand-up is my life”.
“I tell people that stand-up’s like golf: you gotta do it every day to get it down - or at least three times a week to get it down.”
“Chris Tucker Live” is Tucker’s latest stand-up comedy special and it is streaming on Netflix. In the near future, Tucker will be portraying Albert in “Billy Lynn’s Halftime Walk”.
The Chris Tucker Foundation, New Life Cogic and James Redwine collaborate for an annual celebrity golf tournament. They raise funds for scholarship programs and homelessness initiatives.
To visit Chris Tucker’s official website, please click here. To like him on Facebook, please click here. To follow him on Instagram, please click here. To follow him on Twitter, please click here.
Tucker was born on Aug. 31, 1972, in Atlanta. After graduating from high school, he moved to Hollywood, Calif. He had a reoccurring guest spot in 1992’s stand-up comedy show, “Def Comedy Jam”. His acting career began, shortly after. He was a special guest and portrayed a rapper on the television show, “Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper”. He was uncredited in the role of the “MC in Mall” in the 1993 film, “The Meteor Man”. In 1993, he was known as Johnny Booze in “House Party 3”.
In 1995, Tucker co-starred in three films: “Friday”, “Panther” and “Dead Presidents”. After taking a year off and he was part of three movies in 1997: “The Fifth Element”, “Money Talks” and Jackie Brown”. In 1998, he began the trilogy of “Rush Hour”. In 2001, the sequel was made. In-between the second and third installment, he had a role in Michael Jackson’s music video for “You Rock My World”. “Rush Hour 3” was completed, in 2007. He returned to film in 2012 as Danny in “Silver Linings Playbook”.
Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor were the comedians Tucker stated were his inspirations. According to his imdb.com profile, his two quotes about stand-up comedy were:
“I will always do stand-up, even if my acting career takes off. Stand-up is my life”.
“I tell people that stand-up’s like golf: you gotta do it every day to get it down - or at least three times a week to get it down.”
“Chris Tucker Live” is Tucker’s latest stand-up comedy special and it is streaming on Netflix. In the near future, Tucker will be portraying Albert in “Billy Lynn’s Halftime Walk”.
The Chris Tucker Foundation, New Life Cogic and James Redwine collaborate for an annual celebrity golf tournament. They raise funds for scholarship programs and homelessness initiatives.
To visit Chris Tucker’s official website, please click here. To like him on Facebook, please click here. To follow him on Instagram, please click here. To follow him on Twitter, please click here.
Chris Tucker's upcoming tour dates:
March 24 - Hard Rock Live, Hollywood, Fla.
March 25 - Hard Rock Live, Orlando, Fla.
April 16 - Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, Va.
May 20 - Metro Nashville Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, Tenn.
May 21 - The Venue at Horseshoe Casino, Hammond, Ind.
May 28 - Pearl Concert Theater at the Palms, Las Vegas
June 11 - Terrace Theatre, Long Beach, Calif.
July 30 - New Jersey Performing Arts center, Newark, N.J.
March 24 - Hard Rock Live, Hollywood, Fla.
March 25 - Hard Rock Live, Orlando, Fla.
April 16 - Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, Va.
May 20 - Metro Nashville Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, Tenn.
May 21 - The Venue at Horseshoe Casino, Hammond, Ind.
May 28 - Pearl Concert Theater at the Palms, Las Vegas
June 11 - Terrace Theatre, Long Beach, Calif.
July 30 - New Jersey Performing Arts center, Newark, N.J.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sareth Ney is the entertainment journalist for A Quarter and Dream Pictures. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communications and Center for New Media from Colorado State University-Pueblo. He is a former apprentice to master of horror, Clive Barker. He is a Wu-Tang Clan inspired superhero, Wu-Man Chu. He is an award-winning short filmmaker; his goal is to write 150 articles in select time zones, inducts every article written into his hall of fame, is a stand-up comedian, founder and co-host of Pueblo's Independent Multimedia Podcast and is the festival director at Sareth-Fest Music and Comedy Festival.
