Biography
Morris Chestnut
Acting
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…
Career works
77
Movies
40
Series
37
Career average
6.2/10
Birth date
01/01/1969
Place of birth
Cerritos, California, USA
Filmography highlights
Movies
Halloween in Hollywood
2022 · 1.0
Girls Trip
2017 · 6.8
When the Bough Breaks
2016 · 5.8
Heist
2015 · 6.1
The Perfect Guy
2015 · 5.7
The Best Man Holiday
2013 · 6.5
Kick-Ass 2
2013 · 6.4
The Call
2013 · 6.8
Identity Thief
2013 · 5.8
Think Like a Man
2012 · 6.8
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
2011 · 2.0
Love in the Nick of Tyme
2009
Not Easily Broken
2009 · 6.3
The Perfect Holiday
2007 · 5.4
The Game Plan
2007 · 6.5
Series
Number One on the Call Sheet
2025 · 3.6
Watson
2025 · 4.8
Diarra from Detroit
2024 · 4.8
After Midnight
2024 · 5.3
Rebuilding Black Wall Street
2023 · 10.0
The Best Man: The Final Chapters
2022 · 7.5
Reasonable Doubt
2022 · 6.0
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · 5.6
Sherri
2022 · 2.6
Our Kind of People
2021 · 7.8
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · 6.4
The Enemy Within
2019 · 7.0
All American
2018 · 8.1
The Resident
2018 · 8.4
Goliath
2016 · 7.6