Former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has picked up an endorsement in the U.S. Senate race from actor Chuck Norris.

Norris, who starred in "Walker, Texas Ranger," is a longtime Moore supporter. Norris also backed Moore in Moore's successful 2012 race for chief justice.

"The Washington establishment knows they won't be able to count on him, but Alabama voters can," Norris was quoted as saying in a press release put out by the Moore campaign.

Moore and eight other Republicans are running in the Aug. 15 primary for the seat Jeff Sessions left to become attorney general. Seven Democrats are also running for the seat.

Moore was suspended from his chief justice duties for the remainder of his term because of an administrative order telling probate judges they still had a duty to enforce the state's same-sex marriage ban. He later resigned from the office to run for the Senate. Moore had also been removed as chief justice in 2003 for not following a federal judge's order to remove a Ten Commandments monument he had placed in the state judicial building.

"Judge Moore has never backed down from standing for what is right, and that's exactly what he'll do in the U.S. Senate," Norris said in the release.

"Chuck Norris is exactly the kind of guy you want on your side, and I'm honored to have his support as we continue this fight to take our Alabama values to Washington," Moore said.