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Morris Chestnut
Actor, ProducerBorn January 1, 1969 (56 years)
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.
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.
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Morris Chestnut Filmography
| 2024 | Watson (TV Series) · as Dr. John Watson |
| 2024 | Diarra from Detroit (TV Series) · as Swa |
| 2022 | The Best Man: The Final Chapters (TV Series) · as Lance Sullivan |
| 2022 | Reasonable Doubt (2022) (TV Series) · as Corey Cash |
| 2021 | Our Kind of People (TV Series) · as Raymond Dupont |
| 2019 | The Enemy Within (TV Series) · as Will Keaton |
| 2018 | All American (TV Series) · as Rick Barnes |
| 2018 | The Resident (TV Series) · as Barrett Cain |
| 2016 | Goliath (TV Series) · as Hakeem Rashad |
| 2016 | When the Bough Breaks · as John Taylor |
| 2015 | Heist · as Dog |
| 2015 | Rosewood (TV Series) · as Beaumont Rosewood Jr. |
| 2015 | The Perfect Guy · as Dave King |
| 2014 | Legends (2014) (TV Series) · as Tony Rice |
| 2013 | The Best Man Holiday · as Lance Sullivan |
| 2013 | Kick-Ass 2 · as Detective Marcus Williams |
| 2013 | Being Mary Jane (TV Series) · as Beau Mercer |
| 2013 | The Call · as Officer Paul Phillips |
| 2013 | Identity Thief · as Detective Reilly |
| 2012 | Think Like a Man · as James |
| 2011 | American Horror Story (TV Series) · as Luke |
| 2011 | These Amazing Shadows · as Ricky Baker |
| 2009 | Love in the Nick of Tyme · as Marcelles Wynters |
| 2009 | V (2009) (TV Series) · as Ryan Nichols |
| 2009 | Nurse Jackie (TV Series) · as Dr. Ike Prentiss |
| 2009 | Not Easily Broken · as Dave Johnson |
| 2008 | The Wendy Williams Show (TV Series) |
| 2007 | The Perfect Holiday · as Benjamin Armstrong |
| 2007 | The Game Plan · as Travis Sanders |
| 2005 | Bones (TV Series) · as Agent Oakes |
| 2005 | The Cave · as Top Buchanan |
| 2005 | American Dad! (TV Series) · as Craig (voice) |
| 2004 | Ladder 49 · as Tommy Drake |
| 2004 | Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid · as Gordon Mitchell |
| 2004 | Breakin' All the Rules · as Evan |
| 2003 | Confidence · as Travis |
| 2002 | Half Past Dead · as Donald Robert Johnson |
| 2002 | Like Mike · as Tracey Reynolds |
| 2001 | The Killing Yard · as Shango |
| 2001 | Two Can Play That Game · as Keith Fenton |
| 2001 | The Brothers · as Jackson Smith |
| 2001 | Scenes of the Crime · as Ray |
| 1999 | The Best Man · as Lance Sullivan |
| 1997 | C-16: FBI (TV Series) · as Mal Robinson |
| 1997 | G.I. Jane · as Mccool |
| 1996 | Firehouse · as Andre |
| 1995 | Under Siege 2: Dark Territory · as Bobby Zachs |
| 1995 | Higher Learning · as Track Anchor |
| 1994 | ER (TV Series) · as Frank 'rambo' Bacon |
| 1994 | The Inkwell · as Harold Lee |
| 1993 | Living Single (TV Series) · as Hamilton Brown |
| 1993 | The Ernest Green Story · as Ernest Green |
| 1992 | Out All Night (TV Series) · as Jeff Carswell |
| 1992 | In the Line of Duty: Street War · as Prince Franklin |
| 1991 | The Last Boy Scout · as Locker Room Kid |
| 1991 | Boyz n the Hood · as Ricky Baker |
| 1988 | Freddy's Nightmares (TV Series) · as Jason Woodman |
| 2025 | |
| 2025 | Number One on the Call Sheet (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2025 | 56th NAACP Image Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2025 | 82nd Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2024 | After Midnight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2023 | Rebuilding Black Wall Street (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 2022 | Halloween in Hollywood · as Self |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2022 | Sherri (2022) (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2022 | Symone (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | The Drew Barrymore Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2020 | Celebrity Game Face (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | GMA3: What You Need to Know (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | Tamron Hall (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | BET Awards 2019 · as Self - Presenter |
| 2019 | The DL Hughley Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2017 | Girls Trip · as Morris Chestnut |
| 2016 | The 47th NAACP Image Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | BET Awards 2015 · as Self - Presenter |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2014 | Unsung Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2014 | 45th NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | The Arsenio Hall Show (2013) (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2013 | The Real Daytime (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | Home & Family (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | Steve Harvey (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | The Chew (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2011 | Dish Nation (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | Conan (2010) (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2010 | The Talk (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Co-Host |
| 2010 | Access Hollyood Live (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | The 36th Annual People's Choice Awards · as Self |
| 2009 | The Dr. Oz Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2008 | The Jace Hall Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2007 | Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2006 | Rachael Ray (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | In the Cutz (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | The Insider (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | The N Word · as Self |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2003 | Friendly Fire: Making an Urban Legend · as Self |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | 2nd Annual BET Awards · as Self |
| 2001 | 32nd NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 2000 | 106 & Park (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2000 | 31st NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 1999 | The Martin Short Show (1999) (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1997 | The View (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1996 | Access Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | Extra (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | 26th NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1990 | Christmas In Rockefeller Center (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1971 | Soul Train (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Host |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Presenter |
| 2024 | Watson (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | |
| 2016 | When the Bough Breaks · as Executive Producer |
| 2010 | Takers · as Executive Producer |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | Not Easily Broken · as Executive Producer |