Morris Chestnut

ActorProducer Jan 1 (age 57) Cerritos, California, USA 1988–2025 (37 year career)

6.3 avg rating

Biography

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 …

Known For

Film

The Resident

Barrett Cain

Film

Boyz n the Hood

Ricky Baker

Film

Kick-Ass 2

Detective Marcus Williams

Film

The Call

Officer Paul Phillips

Film

The Last Boy Scout

Locker Room Kid

Film

Girls Trip

Morris Chestnut

Film

The Game Plan

Travis Sanders

Film

G.I. Jane

McCool

Filmography

Acting (76)

Movies (40)

Halloween in Hollywood

2022

as Self

Saving OurSelves: BET COVID-19 Relief Effort

2020

as Self

Girls Trip

2017

as Morris Chestnut

6.8

When the Bough Breaks

as John Taylor

Heist

as Dog

The Perfect Guy

as Dave King

Kick-Ass 2

as Detective Marcus Williams

Identity Thief

as Detective Reilly

The Call

as Officer Paul Phillips

The Best Man Holiday

as Lance Sullivan

Think Like a Man

as James

The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'

as Self

Not Easily Broken

as Dave Johnson

Love in the Nick of Tyme

2009

as Marcelles Wynters

The Prince of Motor City

2008

as Leo Moore

The Perfect Holiday

2007

as Benjamin Armstrong

The Game Plan

as Travis Sanders

The N Word

as Self

The Cave

as Top Buchanan

Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid

as Gordon Mitchell

Ladder 49

as Tommy Drake

Breakin' All the Rules

as Evan

Confidence

as Travis

Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend

as Self

Like Mike

as Tracey Reynolds

Half Past Dead

as Donald Robert Johnson

5.1

Scenes of the Crime

2002

as Ray

5.4

Two Can Play That Game

as Keith Fenton

The Brothers

as Jackson Smith

The Killing Yard

as Shango

The Best Man

as Lance Sullivan

G.I. Jane

as McCool

Firehouse

as Andre

Higher Learning

as Track Anchor

Under Siege 2: Dark Territory

as Bobby Zachs

The Inkwell

as Harold Lee

The Ernest Green Story

1993

as Ernest Green

6.9

In the Line of Duty: Street War

as Prince Franklin

The Last Boy Scout

as Locker Room Kid

Boyz n the Hood

as Ricky Baker

Television (36)

Watson

2025

as Dr. John Watson

4.9

Number One on the Call Sheet

as Self

After Midnight

as Self

Diarra from Detroit

as Swa

Rebuilding Black Wall Street

2023

as Self - Host

10.0

The Jennifer Hudson Show

as Self

Sherri

as Self - Guest

Reasonable Doubt

as Corey Cash

Reasonable Doubt

as Corey Cash

The Best Man: The Final Chapters

as Lance Sullivan

Our Kind of People

as Raymond Dupont

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self

The Enemy Within

as Will Keaton

The Resident

as Barrett Cain

The Resident

as Barrett Cain

All American

as Rick Barnes

Goliath

as Hakeem Rashad

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015

as Self

6.2

Rosewood

2015

as Beaumont Rosewood Jr.

6.5

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self

Legends

as Tony Rice

American Horror Story

2011

as Luke

8.1

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

as Ryan Nichols

The Wendy Williams Show

Bones

as Agent Oakes

American Dad!

as Craig (voice)

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

C-16: FBI

as Mal Robinson

The Daily Show

as Self

as Frank 'Rambo' Bacon

Living Single

as Hamilton Brown

Out All Night

as Jeff Carswell

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

Unsung Hollywood

Crew (6)

Movies (5)

Spell

2020

Producer

6.5

When the Bough Breaks

Executive Producer

Takers

Executive Producer

Not Easily Broken

Executive Producer

Love in the Nick of Tyme

2009

Producer

Television (1)

Watson

2025

Executive Producer

4.9