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Morris Chestnut

ACTOR · FROM CERRITOS, USA

Morris Chestnut

Born 1969 · 57 years old61 credits since 1991

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ABOUT MORRIS

Morris Lamont Chestnut (born January 1, 1969) 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.

Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.

Born1 January 1969

BirthplaceCerritos, USA

Known forActing

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Known for

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American Horror Story poster

Series

American Horror Story

2011–IMDb7.9

Boyz n the Hood poster

Movie

Boyz n the Hood

1991IMDb7.7

Identity Thief poster

Movie

2013IMDb5.7

The Call poster

Movie

2013IMDb6.7

The Game Plan poster

Movie

2007IMDb6.2

G.I. Jane poster

Movie

1997IMDb6.1

Goliath poster

Series

2016–2021IMDb8.1

V poster

Series

2009–2011IMDb6.8

Ladder 49 poster

Movie

2004IMDb6.5

Under Siege 2: Dark Territory poster

Movie

Under Siege 2: Dark Territory

1995IMDb5.6

The Resident poster

Series

2018–2023IMDb7.8

The Cave poster

Movie

2005IMDb5.2

Career

IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.

Titles on Cineora: 50
Average IMDb: 6.5
Highest rated: The Best Man: The Final ChaptersIMDb 8.1
Working since: 1991

Size: how widely seen

Filmography

61 credits

The 2020s

5 titles · IMDb 6.9 on average

Watson poster

Series

2025–2026IMDb5.7

as Dr. John Watson · 33 episodes

Diarra from Detroit poster

Series

Diarra from Detroit

2024–IMDb7.7

as Swa · 8 episodes

The Best Man: The Final Chapters poster

Series

The Best Man: The Final Chapters

2022IMDb8.1

as Lance Sullivan · 8 episodes

Reasonable Doubt poster

Series

Reasonable Doubt

2022–IMDb6.7

as Corey Cash · 13 episodes

Our Kind of People poster

Series

Our Kind of People

2021–2022IMDb6.2

as Raymond Dupont · 12 episodes

The 2010s

16 titles · IMDb 6.7 on average

The Enemy Within poster

Series

The Enemy Within

2019IMDb7.1

as Will Keaton · 13 episodes

All American poster

Series

2018–2026IMDb7.6

as Rick Barnes · 4 episodes

The Resident poster

Series

2018–2023IMDb7.8

as Barrett Cain · 30 episodes

Girls Trip poster

Movie

2017IMDb6.2

as Morris Chestnut

Goliath poster

Series

2016–2021IMDb8.1

as Hakeem Rashad · 8 episodes

When the Bough Breaks poster

Movie

When the Bough Breaks

2016IMDb5.2

as John Taylor

Heist poster

Movie

2015IMDb6.1

as Dog

Rosewood poster

Series

2015–2017IMDb6.8

as Beaumont Rosewood Jr. · 44 episodes

The 2000s

20 titles · IMDb 6.1 on average

Not on Cineora

Love in the Nick of Tyme

2009

as Marcelles Wynters

V poster

Series

2009–2011IMDb6.8

as Ryan Nichols · 22 episodes

Nurse Jackie poster

Series

2009–2015IMDb7.9

as Dr. Ike Prentiss · 17 episodes

Not Easily Broken poster

Movie

Not Easily Broken

2009IMDb6.1

as Dave Johnson

The Prince of Motor City

Not on Cineora

The Prince of Motor City

2008

as Leo Moore

The Perfect Holiday poster

Movie

The Perfect Holiday

2007IMDb4.9

as Benjamin Armstrong

The Game Plan poster

Movie

2007IMDb6.2

as Travis Sanders

Bones poster

Series

2005–2017IMDb7.8

as Agent Oakes · 1 episode

The 1990s

14 titles · IMDb 6.8 on average

The Best Man poster

Movie

1999IMDb6.8

as Lance Sullivan

Not on Cineora

C-16: FBI

1997

as Mal Robinson · 13 episodes

G.I. Jane poster

Movie

1997IMDb6.1

as McCool

Not on Cineora

Firehouse

1996

as Andre

Under Siege 2: Dark Territory poster

Movie

Under Siege 2: Dark Territory

1995IMDb5.6

as Bobby Zachs

Higher Learning poster

Movie

Higher Learning

1995IMDb6.5

as Track Anchor

ER poster

Series

1994–2009IMDb7.9

as Frank 'Rambo' Bacon · 2 episodes

The Inkwell poster

Movie

1994IMDb6.4

as Harold Lee

Often works with

The people who keep turning up in Morris’s titles.

Regina HallThink Like a Man, Girls Trip and 4 more

Gabrielle UnionThink Like a Man, Two Can Play That Game and 3 more

Taye DiggsThe Best Man Holiday, All American and 2 more

Terrence HowardThe Best Man Holiday, The Best Man and 2 more

Nia LongBoyz n the Hood, The Best Man Holiday and 2 more

Sanaa LathanThe Best Man Holiday, The Best Man and 2 more

Malcolm D. LeeGirls Trip, The Best Man Holiday and 2 more

Stanley ClarkeComposer · Boyz n the Hood, Higher Learning and 2 more

Harold PerrineauThe Best Man Holiday, The Best Man and 1 more

Queen LatifahGirls Trip, Living Single and 1 more