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Born · January 1, 1969 (55 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Cerritos, California, USA
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.
Dr. John Watson · (3 episodes)
0.0
2025
Swa · (8 episodes)
6.5
2024
Self - Host · (6 episodes)
0.0
2023
Lance Sullivan · (8 episodes)
8.4
2022
Self
0.0
2022
Corey Cash · (10 episodes)
6.9
2022
Self · (2 episodes)
6.4
2022
Raymond Dupont · (12 episodes)
8.1
2021
(2 episodes)
6.2
2019
Will Keaton · (13 episodes)
7.0
2019
Rick Barnes · (4 episodes)
8.2
2018
Barrett Cain · (30 episodes)
8.4
2018
Morris Chestnut
6.8
2017
Hakeem Rashad · (8 episodes)
7.6
2016
John Taylor
5.9
2016
Dog
6.1
2015
Beaumont Rosewood Jr. · (44 episodes)
6.5
2015
Dave King
5.7
2015
Tony Rice · (12 episodes)
6.4
2014
Self · (1 episode)
5.8
2014
Lance Sullivan
6.6
2013
Detective Marcus Williams
6.4
2013
Officer Paul Phillips
6.8
2013
Detective Reilly
5.9
2013
James
6.8
2012
Luke · (6 episodes)
8.1
2011
Self
2.0
2011
Ryan Nichols · (22 episodes)
6.8
2009
Self - Guest · (4 episodes)
5.0
2009
Dave Johnson
6.2
2009
(1 episode)
6.6
2008
Leo Moore
0.0
2008
Benjamin Armstrong
5.4
2007
Travis Sanders
6.5
2007
Self
6.6
2006
Agent Oakes · (1 episode)
8.2
2005
Top Buchanan
5.4
2005
Craig (voice) · (1 episode)
7.0
2005
Tommy Drake
6.4
2004
Gordon Mitchell
5.5
2004
Evan
6.1
2004
Self
4.5
2003
Travis
6.3
2003
Self · (1 episode)
5.5
2003
Donald Robert Johnson
5.1
2002
Tracey Reynolds
6.1
2002
Ray
5.6
2002
Shango
6.3
2001
Keith Fenton
6.5
2001
Jackson Smith
6.5
2001
Lance Sullivan
6.6
1999
Mal Robinson · (13 episodes)
6.8
1997
McCool
6.5
1997
Andre
3.3
1997
Self · (1 episode)
6.4
1996
Bobby Zachs
5.8
1995
Track Anchor
6.4
1995
Frank 'Rambo' Bacon · (2 episodes)
7.8
1994
Harold Lee
5.4
1994
(2 episodes)
8.3
1993
Ernest Green
6.9
1993
Prince Franklin
5.0
1992
Jeff Carswell · (20 episodes)
8.5
1992
Locker Room Kid
6.8
1991
Ricky Baker
7.6
1991
Self · (3 episodes)
5.2
1988
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
5.2
1988