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, 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.
- Boyz n the Hood 1991
- Half Past Dead 2002
- Under Siege 2: Dark Territory 1995
- Confidence 2003
- G.I. Jane 1997
- Ladder 49 2004
- The Brothers 2001
- Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid 2004
- Like Mike 2002
- Scenes of the Crime 2002
- Think Like a Man 2012
- Higher Learning 1995
- Two Can Play That Game 2001
- The Cave 2005
- The Perfect Holiday 2007
- The Last Boy Scout 1991
- The Game Plan 2007
- Not Easily Broken 2009
- The Best Man 1999
- Breakin' All the Rules 2004
- Kick-Ass 2 2013
- The Inkwell 1994
- Identity Thief 2013
- The Best Man Holiday 2013
- The Call 2013
- The Perfect Guy 2015
- When the Bough Breaks 2016
- Heist 2015
- Girls Trip 2017
- American Horror Story 2011
- Bones 2005
- ER 1994
- V 2009
- Legends 2014
- C-16: FBI 1997
- Our Kind of People 2021
- Rosewood 2015
- All American 2018
- Goliath 2016
- The Enemy Within 2019
- Diarra from Detroit 2024
- The Best Man: The Final Chapters 2022
- American Dad! 2005
- The Resident 2018
- Reasonable Doubt 2022