What’s Chris Tucker Doing Between his Movies Every Five Years?

Chris Tucker

Chris Tucker is arguably one of the most recognizable comedians in Hollywood (except that you’re probably thinking of Chris Rock, the other most recognizable comedian in Hollywood). He’s been in some of the funniest movies to date (Friday, Rush Hour…) and his line from Rush Hour, “Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth,” is probably one of the most repeated in the history of all movies lines. Actually, I use that one on my children quite often which means it really is a popular line. So what’s surprising to learn is that Chris Tucker, famed movie actor who makes some of the funniest movies of our time, only makes a movie every five years on average. That’s right; he’s made three movies in the past 15 years. Why? And where has he been? Surely we would have heard if he was going through some sort of major illness or that he was in jail (he almost was when it was discovered he wasn’t paying taxes back in 2011).

We have no real answer to where he’s been since he’s not making movies all that often. We did the math and realize he takes off about 4 and a half years in between each film. He’s not really working anywhere else unless you count the handful of comedy club appearances he makes throughout the year. We don’t really know what he’s been doing, but we do know what he hasn’t been doing since he stopped making movies.

Anything Scandalous

He hasn’t impregnanted any of his friend’s wives or any married ladies or anyone else for that matter, he’s not in the midst of a huge divorce or headline marriage or any other controversy at the moment, so he’s been pretty scandal free in the past few years.

Reading Scripts

He’s said time and time again that he’s not out reading scripts and looking for new parts. He’s waiting for them to come to him. He’s been talking about a new Rush Hour and a new Friday potentially coming out soon, and there has been some announcement as to at least the Rush Hour 4 script, but that’s about it.

Comedy

When was the last time you saw Chris Tucker making comedy around here? His schedule is pretty much empty these days, and he’s got no reason not to be working, so we’re still just sitting here wondering what he has been doing.

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