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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 1, 1969
Place of Birth
Cerritos, California, USA
Also Known As
- موریس چستنات
- Morris Lamont Chestnut
Morris Chestnut
2.4 Popularity
Biography
Morris Lamont Chestnut is an American film and television actor. He is known for his roles as teenage father Ricky Baker in the 1991 film Boyz n the Hood, groom-to-be Lance Sullivan in the 1999 film The Best Man, as NBA star Tracy Reynolds in the 2002 film Like Mike, and as the Visitor Ryan Nichols in the TV series V (2009). His first professional acting role was as Jadon in Freddy's Nightmares: A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Series in the episode "A Family Affair" (season 2, episode 19) which aired on February 18, 1990. His first feature film role was as Ricky Baker in Boyz n the Hood (1991). He followed with roles in various TV movies. Chestnut also played a role on Patti LaBelle's short-lived sitcom Out All Night. His career continued to rise steadily with co-starring roles in standard big-budget studio films like Under Siege 2 (1995) and G.I. Jane (1997). In 1998, he won the annual Madden Bowl video game competition. In 1999, he starred in The Best Man with Taye Diggs and Nia Long in which he played a professional football player on the eve of his wedding. He reprised his role in Best Man Holiday. For both of his performances, he earned NAACP Image Award nominations. He then starred in The Brothers (2001), another film centering on the themes of fidelity and success among urban professionals. He has worked with Steven Seagal three times in Under Siege 2: Dark Territory, Half Past Dead and Prince of Pistols. He starred In Two Can Play That Game (2001), Breakin' All the Rules (2004), and Ladder 49 (2004). He again played a football player in The Game Plan (2007). He produced and starred in the film Not Easily Broken (2009). He starred as Ryan Nichols in the TV series reboot of V (2009). He then appeared in the films Think Like a Man (2012), and, in 2013, the films Identity Thief, Kick-Ass 2, and The Call. In 2013, he joined the cast of HBO's Nurse Jackie, playing war veteran Dr. Ike Prentiss. The following year, he won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. In 2015, Morris Chestnut played Derrick Dog Prince in the movie Heist; and People magazine named him as one of the "Sexiest Men Alive" in 2015. He then starred in the films The Perfect Guy (2016) and When the Bough Breaks (2017). He played the lead role of pathologist Dr. Beaumont Rosewood Jr. in the series Rosewood, receiving another NAACP image Award nomination. He had recurring roles in the TV series Legends, The Enemy Within, and Our Kind of People. He had a starring guest role on the medical drama The Resident.
Known For
5.3
Self
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025
5.0
Dr. John Watson
Watson
2025
4.6
Swa
Diarra from Detroit
2024
5.9
Self
After Midnight
2024
10.0
Self - Host
Rebuilding Black Wall Street
2023
7.6
Lance Sullivan
The Best Man: The Final Chapters
2022
0.0
Self
Halloween in Hollywood
2022
6.4
Corey Cash
Reasonable Doubt
2022
5.6
Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
3.0
Self - Guest
Sherri
2022
Credits
Number One on the Call Sheet
as Self
2025
5.3
Watson
as Dr. John Watson
2025
5.0
Diarra from Detroit
as Swa
2024
4.6
After Midnight
as Self
2024
5.9
Rebuilding Black Wall Street
as Self - Host
2023
10.0
The Best Man: The Final Chapters
as Lance Sullivan
2022
7.6
Halloween in Hollywood
as Self
2022
0.0
Reasonable Doubt
as Corey Cash
2022
6.4
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
2022
5.6
Sherri
as Self - Guest
2022
3.0
Our Kind of People
as Raymond Dupont
2021
7.7
🎬
Saving OurSelves: BET COVID-19 Relief Effort
as Self
2020
0.0
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
6.3
The Enemy Within
as Will Keaton
2019
6.9
All American
as Rick Barnes
2018
8.2
The Resident
as Barrett Cain
2018
8.4
Girls Trip
as Morris Chestnut
2017
6.8
Goliath
as Hakeem Rashad
2016
7.6
When the Bough Breaks
as John Taylor
2016
5.8
Heist
as Dog
2015
6.1
Rosewood
as Beaumont Rosewood Jr.
2015
6.5
The Perfect Guy
as Dave King
2015
5.7
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
6.2
Legends
as Tony Rice
2014
6.4
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.9
The Best Man Holiday
as Lance Sullivan
2013
6.5
Kick-Ass 2
as Detective Marcus Williams
2013
6.4
The Call
as Officer Paul Phillips
2013
6.8
Identity Thief
as Detective Reilly
2013
5.9
Think Like a Man
as James
2012
6.8
American Horror Story
as Luke
2011
8.1
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
as Self
2011
2.0
Love in the Nick of Tyme
as Marcelles Wynters
2009
0.0
V
as Ryan Nichols
2009
6.8
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
5.1
Not Easily Broken
as Dave Johnson
2009
6.3
The Wendy Williams Show
2008
5.5
🎬
The Prince of Motor City
as Leo Moore
2008
0.0
The Perfect Holiday
as Benjamin Armstrong
2007
5.4
The Game Plan
as Travis Sanders
2007
6.5
The N Word
as Self
2006
6.6
Bones
as Agent Oakes
2005
8.2
The Cave
as Top Buchanan
2005
5.4
American Dad!
as Craig (voice)
2005
7.0
Ladder 49
as Tommy Drake
2004
6.4
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
as Gordon Mitchell
2004
5.5
Breakin' All the Rules
as Evan
2004
6.0
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
as Self
2003
4.5
Confidence
as Travis
2003
6.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
5.5
Half Past Dead
as Donald Robert Johnson
2002
5.1
Like Mike
as Tracey Reynolds
2002
6.1
Scenes of the Crime
as Ray
2002
5.4
The Killing Yard
as Shango
2001
6.1
Two Can Play That Game
as Keith Fenton
2001
6.4
The Brothers
as Jackson Smith
2001
6.5
The Best Man
as Lance Sullivan
1999
6.6
C-16: FBI
as Mal Robinson
1997
6.8
G.I. Jane
as McCool
1997
6.5
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
🎬
Firehouse
as Andre
1996
2.8
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
as Bobby Zachs
1995
5.8
Higher Learning
as Track Anchor
1995
6.3
ER
as Frank 'Rambo' Bacon
1994
7.8
The Inkwell
as Harold Lee
1994
5.3
Living Single
as Hamilton Brown
1993
8.3
The Ernest Green Story
as Ernest Green
1993
6.9
In the Line of Duty: Street War
as Prince Franklin
1992
5.0
🎬
Out All Night
as Jeff Carswell
1992
8.5
The Last Boy Scout
as Locker Room Kid
1991
6.8
Boyz n the Hood
as Ricky Baker
1991
7.6
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self
1988
5.4
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1988
5.4
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
7.2