With piercing eyes that could cut through steel, Duane Lee Chapman II, 34, is Dog's second eldest son and his sole namesake. With a husky build that is firmly planted on the ground, this solid, no-nonsense seasoned bounty hunter is adding new spice to the posse as he joins the ranks for second season. Duane Lee's conservative banker's haircut and his fair and peachy tattoo-free complexion can't mask his inbred rebel spirit: a goatee, black t-shirt, jeans, leather gloves, and his bad-assed shades are tell-tale signs that he is a Chapman, son of The Dog. He is the new-aged, handsome Clark Kent who straps on his gear and morphs into a superhero catching bad guys. He is a suburban dad, the guy 'every man' can relate to. He personifies the bounty hunter fantasy for dads across America. Surrounded by a team of characters, Duane Lee charms viewers with a levelheaded, common sense, yet righteous attitude that has given him the nick name: The Normal Guy.Duane Lee is a full-blood brother to Leland Chapman both born to Dog and their mother. Duane Lee was 4 years old, living in suburbia when Dog went to prison. "I'll never forget that day. The cops showed up, handcuffed my dad, and drove off with him in the back seat. Another cop stood looking down at me with his reflector shades, all I could see was myself, and he just kept shaking his head. I guess he felt sorry for me. After that everyone told me my dad was no good and now he was dead."When he was 8-years-old Duane Lee was in his yard, laying face down with a big fat redheaded neighborhood kid pinning him under his enormous weight. He heard "hit 'em, hit 'em Duane Lee!" and he looked up and saw Dog for the first time. He didn't know who he was, "I guess I had blocked him out," so he ran back in to the house and locked the door. By the time Duane Lee was 12, Dog had won visitation rights every other weekend. The first person Dog took Duane Lee to see was Duane Lee's grandmother, Dog's mother.In high school Duane Lee was the star quarterback, the jock, the dude with all the girls. A solid B-student, things began to go awry when he started to hang out with gang kids who dressed in the style of the movie "Colors" a la Marky Mark: flannels, baggy pants and baseball hats turned backwards. Eventually, he was thrown out of high school for fighting. He was fighting with his step-dad. When his mother couldn't handle him anymore, she sent him to the Dog. He was 17.Once in Denver he realized that gang life, where most of his friends went to prison, wasn't for him. Through his exposure to Dog's bail bonds and bounty hunting businesses, he saw first hand that a life of crime doesn't pay. "I saw what my gang friends turned into, and it wasn't pretty."He has many fond memories of bounty hunting with his dad. "I was the dress-up guy. I looked real innocent, the guy next door. They dressed me up as the pizza guy, the UPS guy, even the balloon delivery guy! I would lure the fugitive and dad would pounce." His first real scare came when Dog was chasing a 300-pound man. "The guy ran out the back door where me and another guy were on the lookout. The only thing we could do was to jump on his back. The guy kept running with us on his back all the way down the street until Dog tackled him."After two years living with Dog, and turning his life and priorities around, he moved back to his hometown, Colorado Springs at 19. He got an apartment, and began working in construction with his stepfather. 8 years ago he started working in the area of finance, helping families make and save money for retirement. He is now living in Hawaii with his son Dylan (13). He sees his role on the show as: " I'm here to lighten everyone up. Things are way too tense. We all need to take life easy and not take work home with us. I've always wanted to do something with my dad, my brother Leland and Tim, to feel that family connection, all of us together. Someday my dad can sit back and watch how all of us were together
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