Cast & creator
Morris Chestnut
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Morris Lamont Chestnut (born January 1, 1969) 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. Chestnut also played a role on Patti LaBelle's short-lived sitcom Out All Night. His career continued to rise steadily with co-starring roles in standard big-budget studio films like Under Siege 2 (1995) and G.I. Jane (1997). In 1998, he won the annual Madden Bowl video game competition. In 1999, he starred in The Best Man with Taye Diggs and Nia Long in which he played a professional football player on the eve of his wedding. He reprised his role in Best Man Holiday. For both of his performances, he earned NAACP Image Award nominations. He then starred in The Brothers (2001), another film centering on the themes of fidelity and success among urban professionals. He has worked with Steven Seagal three times in Under Siege 2: Dark Territory, Half Past Dead and Prince of Pistols. He starred In Two Can Play That Game (2001), Breakin' All the Rules (2004), and Ladder 49 (2004). He again played a football player in The Game Plan (2007). He produced and starred in the film Not Easily Broken (2009). He starred as Ryan Nichols in the TV series reboot of V (2009). He then appeared in the films Think Like a Man (2012), and, in 2013, the films Identity Thief, Kick-Ass 2, and The Call. In 2015, Morris Chestnut played Derrick Dog Prince in the movie Heist; and People magazine named him as one of the "Sexiest Men Alive" in 2015. He played the lead role of pathologist Dr. Beaumont Rosewood Jr. in the series Rosewood, receiving another NAACP image Award nomination. He had recurring roles in the TV series Legends, The Enemy Within, and Our Kind of People. He had a starring guest role on the medical drama The Resident.
Also known as: موریس چستنات, Morris Lamont Chestnut
45
film credits
39
television credits
78
1944–2025 · acting roles
6.2
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (84)
Showing 84 of 84 credits
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Daily Show
Self - Guest
1996
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
American Dad!
Craig (voice)
2005
Bones
Agent Oakes
2005
American Horror Story
Luke
2011
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self
2022
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Sherri
Self - Guest
2022
ER
Frank 'Rambo' Bacon
1994
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
The Resident
Barrett Cain
2018
All American
Rick Barnes
2018
After Midnight
Self
2024
Nurse Jackie
Dr. Ike Prentiss
2009
Goliath
Hakeem Rashad
2016
The Wendy Williams Show
2008
Rosewood
Beaumont Rosewood Jr.
2015
Living Single
Hamilton Brown
1993
Reasonable Doubt
Corey Cash
2022
V
Ryan Nichols
2009
Number One on the Call Sheet
Self
2025
Watson
Dr. John Watson
2025Watson
Executive Producer
2025
Legends
Tony Rice
2014
The Enemy Within
Will Keaton
2019
The Game Plan
Travis Sanders
2007
Boyz n the Hood
Ricky Baker
1991
Kick-Ass 2
Detective Marcus Williams
2013
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
Gordon Mitchell
2004
Girls Trip
Morris Chestnut
2017
Identity Thief
Detective Reilly
2013
The Call
Officer Paul Phillips
2013
The Last Boy Scout
Locker Room Kid
1991
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
Bobby Zachs
1995
G.I. Jane
McCool
1997
C-16: FBI
Mal Robinson
1997
The Best Man: The Final Chapters
Lance Sullivan
2022
Takers
Executive Producer
2010
When the Bough Breaks
John Taylor
2016When the Bough Breaks
Executive Producer
2016Out All Night
Jeff Carswell
1992
Like Mike
Tracey Reynolds
2002
Ladder 49
Tommy Drake
2004
Heist
Dog
2015
Our Kind of People
Raymond Dupont
2021
The Cave
Top Buchanan
2005
The Perfect Guy
Dave King
2015
Diarra from Detroit
Swa
2024
Think Like a Man
James
2012
Half Past Dead
Donald Robert Johnson
2002
The Best Man Holiday
Lance Sullivan
2013
The Best Man
Lance Sullivan
1999
Confidence
Travis
2003
Higher Learning
Track Anchor
1995
Unsung Hollywood
Not Easily Broken
Dave Johnson
2009Not Easily Broken
Executive Producer
2009
Two Can Play That Game
Keith Fenton
2001
Spell
Producer
2020
Breakin' All the Rules
Evan
2004
Scenes of the Crime
Ray
2002
The Ernest Green Story
Ernest Green
1993
The Brothers
Jackson Smith
2001
The Enduring Significance of 'Boyz n the Hood'
Self
2011Saving OurSelves: BET COVID-19 Relief Effort
Self
2020
The Inkwell
Harold Lee
1994
The Perfect Holiday
Benjamin Armstrong
2007
In the Line of Duty: Street War
Prince Franklin
1992
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
Self
2003
Rebuilding Black Wall Street
Self - Host
2023The Prince of Motor City
Leo Moore
2008
Firehouse
Andre
1996
The Killing Yard
Shango
2001
Halloween in Hollywood
Self
2022
The N Word
Self
2006
Love in the Nick of Tyme
Marcelles Wynters
2009Love in the Nick of Tyme
Producer
2009