"You know you gon' need a best man, right?" -to Josh
Chuck asking to be Josh's best man at the wedding.
Character[]
Chuck is a supporting protagonist in Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail (film). He is friends and colleagues with both attorneys, Joshua and Linda.
Background[]
Chuck's past is unknown during the film, but what is known that Linda and himself took the bar test to become lawyers around the same time and she has proof that he cheated. It is unknown how he cheat or if she was involved with his cheating. She didn't say anything and they both became lawyers, but strangely, he would be more vague and brief around her about his affairs.
Madea Goes to Jail (Film)[]
In the beginning of the film, he is watching the video of the cops chasing Madea with his colleagues. He and Joshua are talking when their boss tries to check for any volunteers for Madea's case. He continues talking to Josh asking him about the pending wedding.
Assistant District Attorneys, Chuck and Josh.
He finds Josh at the diner with Candace which he introduces them. Linda and Tonya come and then Candace soon leaves which brings on an awkward moment which Tonya assumes that Josh is feeling "guilty' for people that live in the ghetto. Chuck tries to tell him to agree to disagree and change the subject which ultimately is what happens and they ordered food.
He helps Josh try to pick out spots for his honeymoon until Linda comes in and he deems he will "leave you two lovebirds alone". She asks where he is off to and he quickly just says he has a date. Later Chuck and Josh talks about Candace, who Josh quickly revealed that he knew her all his life and wants to get her help. Linda arrives and Chuck quickly leaves. One night Chuck is about to leave when he bumps into Linda and she drops her files. Chuck helps her but quickly see's Candaces files on her previous arrest as well as other defendants that Linda charged. Chuck discovers that Linda is using other defendants files that she prosecutor to make sure that Candace is sentence to jail, and away from Josh. When Chuck confronts Linda, she blackmails him to keep quiet, in exchange she won't tell their boss that he cheated on his bar exam. Chuck tries to get through to Linda that Josh loves only her, and that she is making a mistake. When Chuck and Josh arrive at work, Linda tells Josh that Candace had been sentence to 17 years, which shocked Josh. Chuck almost tells Josh but changes his mind. At Josh and Linda's wedding Josh still wants to help Candice and get her out of jail looks at her file. When Josh is ready, he tells Chuck that he is questioning on how Canadice ended up getting 17 years in jail, despite getting arrested for prosecution of an undercover cop and her previous charge. Out of guilt Chuck finally tells Josh the truth. When Josh and Linda's wedding begins, after Linda says her vows. Josh then confronts her, and informs everyone that not only will he refuse to marry her but tells the Mayor, the Governor, and their boss about Linda padding charges against Candice(and seven other inmates including Madea) and sentencing her to jail for crimes that she did not commit. Josh thanks Chuck for telling the truth and leaves Linda at the alter.
Relationships[]
Quotes[]
- "You know you gon' need a best man, right?" -to Josh
Notes[]
- He is portrayed by actor Ron Reaco Lee in the film.
- He is within his late twenties in approximate age.