
Morris Chestnut
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 | Acting |
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Most Rating | 0.659 |
Birthday | 1969-01-01 |
Place of Birth | Cerritos, California, USA |
Also Known As | Моррис Честнат, موریس چستنات, |

1991

Boyz n the Hood
7.6/2027
In the middle of the Los Angeles ghetto, drugs, robberies and shootings dominate everyday life. During these times, Furious tries to raise his son Tre...
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Boyz n the Hood

2002

Half Past Dead
5.113/355
A man goes undercover in a hi-tech prison to find out information to help prosecute those who killed his wife. While there, he stumbles onto a plot in...
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Half Past Dead

1995

Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
5.85/926
A passenger train has been hijacked by an electronics expert and turned into an untraceable command center for a weapons satellite. He has planned to...
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Under Siege 2: Dark Territory

2003

Confidence
6.259/446
What Jake Vig doesn't know just might get him killed. A sharp and polished grifter, Jake has just swindled thousands of dollars from the unsuspecting...
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Confidence

1997

G.I. Jane
6.5/1709
In response to political pressure from Senator Lillian DeHaven, the U.S. Navy begins a program that would allow for the eventual integration of women...
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G.I. Jane

2004

Ladder 49
6.4/793
Under the watchful eye of his mentor, Captain Mike Kennedy, probationary firefighter Jack Morrison matures into a seasoned veteran at a Baltimore fire...
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Ladder 49

2001

The Brothers
6.551/49
This is the story of four African-American "yuppies" (a banker, a doctor, a lawyer, and a "playboy") who call themselves "The Brothers". When the play...
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The Brothers

2004

Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
5.5/990
A scientific expedition sets out for Borneo to seek a flower called the Blood Orchid, which could grant extended life. Meanwhile, they run afoul of sn...
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Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid

2002

Like Mike
6.1/522
Calvin and his friends, who all live in an orphanage, find old shoes with the faded letters MJ connected to a powerline. One stormy night, they go to...
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Like Mike

2002

Scenes of the Crime
5.6/38
A young man about to get married earns extra cash by driving a local mobster, but things go awry when the mobster is shot dead by a rival crime boss.
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Scenes of the Crime

2012

Think Like a Man
6.807/848
The balance of power in four couples’ relationships is upset when the women start using the advice in Steve Harvey’s book, Act Like A Lady, Think Like...
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Think Like a Man

1995

Higher Learning
6.4/219
African-American student Malik is on a track scholarship; academics are not his strong suit, and he goes in thinking that his athletic abilities will...
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Higher Learning

2001

Two Can Play That Game
6.495/84
Corporate overachiever and all-around fly chick Shanté Smith thinks she's got the goods to keep her slickster boyfriend Keith, from straying—until he...
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Two Can Play That Game

2005

The Cave
5.409/940
After a group of biologists discovers a huge network of unexplored caves in Romania and, believing it to be an undisturbed eco-system that has produce...
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The Cave

2007

The Perfect Holiday
5.4/39
Nancy Taylor, a divorced mother of three, feels especially lonely during the holidays. All she wants for Christmas is to meet a nice man - even just a...
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The Perfect Holiday

1991

The Last Boy Scout
6.826/1941
When the girl that detective Joe Hallenback is protecting gets murdered, the boyfriend of the murdered girl attempts to investigate and solve the case...
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The Last Boy Scout

2007

The Game Plan
6.5/2071
Bachelor football star Joe Kingman seems to have it all. He is wealthy and carefree, and his team is on the way to capturing a championship. Suddenly,...
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The Game Plan

2009

Not Easily Broken
6.188/64
A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.
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Not Easily Broken

1999

The Best Man
6.7/139
After writing a soon-to-be bestselling novel, writer and committed bachelor Harper attempts to hide the fact that his saucy new book is loosely based...
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The Best Man

2004

Breakin' All the Rules
6.1/94
After being dumped by his model girlfriend, aspiring writer Quincy Watson quits his job and is inspired to pen the ultimate how-to book on breaking up...
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Breakin' All the Rules

2013

Kick-Ass 2
6.399/6232
After Kick-Ass’ insane bravery inspires a new wave of self-made masked crusaders, he joins a patrol led by the Colonel Stars and Stripes. When these a...
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Kick-Ass 2

1994

The Inkwell
5.5/16
The Inkwell is about a 16-year-old boy coming of age on Martha's Vineyard in the summer of 1976.
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The Inkwell

2013

Identity Thief
5.851/3346
When a mild-mannered businessman learns his identity has been stolen, he hits the road in an attempt to foil the thief -- a trip that puts him in the...
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Identity Thief

2013

The Best Man Holiday
6.5/266
When college friends reunite after 15 years over the Christmas holidays, they discover just how easy it is for long-forgotten rivalries and romances t...
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The Best Man Holiday

2013

The Call
6.798/2889
Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can co...
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The Call

1997

FireHouse
3.3/3
A film about the dealings of a crew at a firehouse. The group is attacked by an assassin and eventually must accept that the firehouse is to be consol...
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FireHouse

2008

The Prince of Motor City
0/0
A modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet set in Detroit.
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The Prince of Motor City

2015

The Perfect Guy
5.7/326
With a fulfilling career and a loving relationship, lobbyist Leah Vaughn seems to have it all. Things come crashing down when Dave, her long-term boyf...
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The Perfect Guy

2022

Halloween in Hollywood
0/0
Chris Hardwick hosts this epic night celebrating all things Halloween, including interviews with Jamie Lee Curtis, Jason Blum and David Gordon about t...
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Halloween in Hollywood

2016

When the Bough Breaks
5.8/403
A surrogate mother harbors a deadly secret desire for a family of her own with the husband who is expecting to raise her child.
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When the Bough Breaks

2015

Heist
6.1/931
A father is without the means to pay for his daughter's medical treatment. As a last resort, he partners with a greedy co-worker to rob a casino. When...
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Heist

2001

The Killing Yard
6.3/6
Lawyers must defend a prisoner accused of murdering two of his inmates during the Attica prison riots in 1971.
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The Killing Yard

1992

In the Line of Duty: Street War
5/8
In this gritty cops-and-crooks drama, two detectives hunt a gang leader suspected of murdering a New York cop. The detectives enlist the help of the d...
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In the Line of Duty: Street War

1993

The Ernest Green Story
6.9/6
Follows the story of Ernest Green, one of the Little Rock Nine who were the first blacks to integrate into an all white school.
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The Ernest Green Story

2017

Girls Trip
6.8/1507
Four girlfriends take a trip to New Orleans for an annual festival and, along the way, rediscover their wild sides and strengthen the bonds of sisterh...
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Girls Trip

2003

Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
4.5/2
Cast and crew offer up a nice overview piece, discussing the picture's authenticity, real life in the time of "Boyz n the Hood," the parallels between...
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Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend

2011

The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
2/1
A wonderful retrospective supplement that features much of the primary cast cast as well as Writer/Director John Singleton looking back at the picture...
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The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'

2006

The N Word
6.6/5
An exploration of the history of the word throughout its inception to present day. Woven into the narrative are poetry, music, and commentary from cel...
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