Norris was born in Ryan, Oklahoma, the son of Wilma (née Scarberry) and Ray Norris, who was a mechanic, bus driver, and truck driver. Norris' paternal grandfather (an immigrant) and maternal grandmother were of Irish descent, while his paternal grandmother and maternal grandfather were Cherokee Native Americans. Norris was named after Carlos Berry, his father's minister.He has two younger brothers, Wieland (deceased) and Aaron (a Hollywood producer). When Norris was sixteen, his parents divorced, and he later relocated to Prairie Village, Kansas, and then to Torrance, California, with his mother and brothers. Norris describes his childhood as downbeat. He was nonathletic, shy, and scholastically mediocre. Other children taunted him about his mixed ethnicity, and Norris daydreamed about beating up his tormentors. Norris mentioned in his autobiography that his father had a very serious problem with drinking and "wasn't there" a lot for him growing up. Norris admitted that he loved his father but did not like him. However, he professed that he only felt pity for the man because "that was just how he was, and he missed so much."诺里斯出生在俄克拉何马州的瑞恩,是威尔玛和雷•诺里斯的儿子(Scarberry ),诺里斯曾经当过机械师,公车司机,卡车司机。诺里斯”爷爷(移民)和外婆有爱尔兰血统,而他的祖母,外公是切罗基族印地安人。诺里斯这个名字取自卡洛斯.贝瑞-他父亲的牧师。他有两个弟弟, 维兰德(已故)和亚伦(好莱坞制片人)。诺里斯十六岁那年,他的父母离异了,后来他辗转到堪萨斯州的大草原村,然后又和他的母亲和兄弟到了加利福尼亚的特伦斯。诺里斯认为他的童年是灰色的。他不爱运动,害羞,学习很稀松。其他孩子嘲笑他的混血, 诺里斯曾想到要去打那些语言上折磨他的人。在他的自传中提到,他的父亲酗酒很严重, 并且根本"不关心"他的成长。诺里斯承认,他爱戴他的爸爸, 却并不喜欢他。然而,他声称,他只是同情这个男人,因为"这只是他过去这个样子, 还是非常想念他."He joined the United States Air Force as an Air Policeman (AP) in 1958 and was sent to Osan Air Base, South Korea. It was there that Norris acquired the nickname Chuck and began his training in Tang Soo Do (tangsudo), an interest that led to black belts in that art and the founding of the Chun Kuk Do ("Universal Way") form. He created the education associations United Fighting Arts Federation and "KickStart" (formerly "Kick Drugs Out of America"), a middle school and high school–based program intended to give at-risk children a focus point in life through the martial arts. When he returned to the United States, he continued to act as an AP at March Air Force Base, California. Norris was discharged in August 1962. He worked for the Northrop Corporation and opened a chain of karate schools, which Chad McQueen, Steve McQueen's son, attended.1958年,他加入了美国空军并被任命为空中警察(AP),然后被送往南韩的奥桑空军基地. 在那里诺里斯得到了查克的绰号并开始了空手道训练, 对这项运动的兴趣让他获得得了黑带并开创了春酷督("世界方式")形式. 他开创了美国搏击联合会和"KickStart"(前身是"在美国消除毒品"), 成立了一所初中和一所高中, 开设了目的是让那些处在危机中的儿童通过武术重拾信心的课程. 当他返回美国时, 他继续在加州空军基地担任空中警察. 诺里斯在1962年8月辞去了这份工作. 他开始为Northrop公司工作并开办了几个空手道学校, 史蒂夫.麦克奎因的儿子查德.麦克奎因曾经在这所学校学习过.