I'm a bit embarassed to admit this but I'm only familiar with Chuck Norris from the recurring memes about him. I think I vaguely knew he was an actor but haven't seen any of the movies that he's in. Which are the one or two best that you would recommend?

Honestly, he kinda is a meme. I wouldn't recommend any of the movies. It's not like you've missed some grand piece of cinema that you have to be ashamed of and must fix it ASAP. It's the sheer volume of mediocre movies and the very distinct role of a guy who always kicks bad guy's asses using karate in all these movies. I mean, the fact that you've never seen something like Walker, Texas Ranger probably just means that you are under 30 years old, but by no means it's good TV series that everyone must see.

Delta Force is a good movie within the action genre.

The Way of the Dragon

He actually died years ago. It just took until today for the Grim Reaper to work up the nerve.

It’s a sad thing, of course, that the heroes of my childhood are slowly fading away...

Chuck Norris didn't die, everyone else did.

Chuck Norris didn't die. Death Chuck Norris'd

Chuck Norris let death take him.