Morris Chestnut

Birthplace: Cerritos, California, United States
Birthday: January 1, 1969

Having given up his dream of playing professional football, Morris Chestnut received immediate recognition in his first feature role as Ricky Baker, the promising young athlete cut tragically down in John Singleton's powerful coming of age film, "Boyz N the Hood" (1991). His impressive debut led to supporting work in "In the Line of Duty: Street War" (NBC, 1992) and the title role of the Disney Channel's "The Ernest Green Story" (1993), as well as a part in Matty Rich's feature "The Inkwell" (…more

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Actor

Miss Collegiate African American Pageant
The Ernest Green Story
Ernest Green
V
Ryan Nichols
V
Ryan Nichols
The Killing Yard
Shango

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Career Milestones

2009
Cast as Ryan Nichols in ABC's remake of "V"
2009
Co-starred with Taraji P. Henson in the film adaptation of T.D. Jakes's novel, "Not Easily Broken"
2007
Co-starred with Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson in "The Game Plan"
2007
Re-teamed with Gabrielle Union for the Christmas feature, "The Perfect Holiday"
2005
Co-starred with Cole Hauser in the thriller, "The Cave"