Duane "Dog" Chapman

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Biography

Recent Role:
Himself on TMZ on TV
Gender:
Male
Born:
2-2-1953
Birthplace:
Denver, Colorado
Birth Name:
Duane Lee Chapman
Raised in Denver, Colorado Dog is the oldest of four children born to Wesley and Barbara Chapman. His father was a boxer and welder with the Navy, who handed out beatings on a regular basis. His mother was half Chiricahua Apache and a minister with the First Assembly of God. Duane grew up tough and poor and dropped out of school in the seventh grade. Chapman subsequently joined a motorcycle gang. Dog was arrested 18 times for armed robbery. In 1977 convicted of murder, Chapman was sentenced to five years of hard labor and served two of those years before being paroled in 1979.



More Before his sentencing, Chapman had married and fathered at least one child. His wife, at the time, had filed for divorce while Chapman was in prison. Because of this fact, Chapman owed money for child support. The judge in charge of handling the child support case asked Chapman to catch a fugitive for $200, thus launching his bounty hunting career.

On June 18, 2003, Chapman made news with his hunt and capture of cosmetics heir Andrew Luster. Luster -- the great-grandson of cosmetics giant Max Factor. However, Dog, his brother, and a son were charged themselves by Mexican authorities for not handing over Luster to them. On July 3, 2003, they were declared "fugitives" by a spokesman for the Mexican Government, after not obtaining permission from the presiding judge to leave the country.

Dog currently resides in Hawaii with his soul mate Beth Smith. Dog and his soul mate, Beth Smith, own Da Kine Bail Bonds in Honolulu, Maui, and Denver.

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    I think Dog is the best. I would love to meet him and do what Beth and Lyssa does. That is my Dream job. hide show

    What a great job they do. Just love the whole show. I am the Commander of an AMVETS Post and we watch the show every Wednesday and I DVR it at home incase I am too busy at the Post. It would be so wonderful if they would do a cross country trip and allow people to meet them. There have been epsoides that have made me cry, but there are ones that I sit at home and say shot them!! I have worried about them often and then very happy about their connection as a family. Keep up the good work.

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    Duane Chapman is not only a racist, but an ignorant, hypocritical criminal. hide show

    Every fraud gets exposed sooner or later in Duane "Dog" Chapman's case he was exposed sooner than later.

    I can't believe though that so many people fell for his self-righteous Christian act. I certainly didn't. I found his show to be mediocre from the start. Then when I started hearing about this so called "great guy" was wanted in Mexico for kidnapping charges but didn't want to turn himself in well I knew it was a matter of time before the fraud would be exposed.

    Then it finally happened two months when Chapman was exposed as the racist he is by his own son!!! People who are trying to make excuses for Chapman have said that everybody uses the N word but that is pure nonsense. I certainly don't use it and many others would certainly not use such a vile word with the consistency that Champman confessed to.

    To me it's just funny when to bail out someone, how people often generalize the most insane things to let somebody off the hook. No matter though as now the fraud has been exposed. Chapman's apologies were laughable at best and he still seemed angry at his son for exposing him when in fact he should be angry at himself for being a racist white man.

    Of course his show will probsbly get back on the air but when it's all said and done what greater public will remember about Chapman is that 1) He was former criminal 2) He's a racist. Whatever he did or said in between is irrelevant.

    Like so many other wannabee celebrities he tarnished his image and really when you hear his taped confession you can see really the accumulation of his racist attitude, so this wasn't a one time where he blew up, he clearly is a very racist person with anger issues (one of the few things that he actually admmited to on Larry King Live). That cannot be forgotten nor forgiven.

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    DOG Chapman hide show

    Dog I am NOT a racist either, but I am an old fashion southern girl and I do NOT believe in interracial relationships or marriage. if GOD intended for us to be together he would not have created different races, we would all be the same color......If I were in your shoes I would whoop your son's butt!!!!! I don't care how old he is..I think it was stupid for him to release your private phone call...... Write him out of your will.....then he will think about what it cost you!!!!! Anyway I feel that your family's affairs should not have been displayed as they were and as Granny would do take his you know what to the wood shed!!!!!!!!!!!

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    I think the whole thing thats going on with Dog and the him saying a few bad words in a "personal" see that PERSONAL conversation is stupid.There blowing things so far out of proportion.I mean who doesnt talk crap over the phone,everyones just gonna have to get over it.He didnt do ANYTHING wrong.Unless hes thinking biblically then yes,but as far as law,and losing his job,heck no,freedom of speech,wat the crap happend to that.I guess freedom of speech only applies to certain ppl.Itd be different if he was in public and just started like talkng crap,but he didnt,and theres the differnce,case closed.Good luck Dog,and just stay in prayer,which Im sure u r,and just dont even get caught up in those news thangs.(if u even see this) alrighty ttyl.byes

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    10 Perfect
    I think that Dog is a wonderful person. hide show

    Dog is a handsome and dashing person. He is beautiful on the inside and outside. I get so moved everytime I watch his show. I think is is so neat how they all pray before they go out on a bounty hunt. Also, the way he talks to the people that he captures is very touching. He treats them like a person who needs help not a piece of dirt. I can tell that his family loves him very much just by watching them. I tape all his shows. When I get feeling down i like to watch them again. Keep up the good work Dog!

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