Biography
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 …
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Career Milestones
2013 | Cast opposite Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy in "Identity Thief" |
2012 | Joined ensemble cast including Taraji P. Henson and Gabrielle Union in "Think Like a Man" |
2009 | Cast as Ryan Nichols, a visitor posing as a human on ABC's remake of "V" |
2009 | Co-starred with Taraji P. Henson in film adaptation of T.D. Jakes' novel "Not Easily Broken" |
2007 | Re-teamed with Gabrielle Union for Christmas feature "The Perfect Holiday" |
2007 | Co-starred with Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson in "The Game Plan" |
2005 | Co-starred with Cole Hauser in thriller "The Cave" |
2004 | Joined John Travolta and Joaquin Phoenix in "Ladder 49" |
2004 | Co-starred with Jamie Foxx and Gabrielle Union in comedy "Breakin' All the Rules" |
2003 | Appeared with Ed Burns, Andy Garcia, and Dustin Hoffman in "Confidence" |
2002 | Re-teamed with Steven Seagal for action feature "Half Past Dead" |
2001 | Co-starred in Showtime drama "The Killing Yard," about an uprising at Attica |
2001 | Re-teamed with Gabrielle Union for "Two Can Play That Game" |
2000 | Co-starred in romantic comedy "The Brothers" with Gabrielle Union |
1999 | Acted in Malcolm Lee's directorial debut "The Best Man" |
1997 | First regular role in a dramatic series, as Mal Robinson on ABC's "C-16" |
1997 | Featured in action drama "G.I. Jane," starring Demi Moore |
1995 | Displayed action hero chops alongside Steven Seagal in "Under Siege II: Dark Territory" |
1994 | Co-starred in coming-of-age film "The Inkwell" |
1993 | Played title role in TV movie "The Ernest Green Story," (Disney) about one of the nine black students who integrated at Central High School in Little Rock, AK in 1957 |
1992 | First regular role in a series, "Out All Night," an NBC sitcom starring Patti LaBelle |
1992 | TV movie debut, "In the Line of Duty: Street War" (NBC) |
1991 | Appeared on an episode of "Drexell's Class" (Fox) |
1991 | Feature acting debut, playing Ricky Baker in John Singleton's "Boyz n the Hood" |
1990 | Landed first professional acting role on an episode of syndicated series "Freddy's Nightmares" |