Morris Chestnut
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Image:MChestnut moviepromo.jpg Morris Chestnut (born January 1, 1969 in Cerritos, California) is an American film and television actor.
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Biography
Morris majored in drama at California State University. He is married, and said (in an interview for essence.com) that he prefers to keep his private life private.
Chestnut's first professional acting role was in Boyz 'N the Hood in 1991. He followed that up with roles in various TV movies, as well as a part on Patti LaBelle's short-lived sitcom Out All Night. Chestnut's career continued to rise steadily, but he often had only bit parts in throwaway, big-budget films, like 1995's Under Siege 2 or 1997's G.I. Jane. But as the decade ended, movies about young, professional African-Americans and their problems with family and relationships began to fill the cineplexes, creating roles for Chestnut and all the other talented black actors stuck in minor TV and film roles.
In 1999, Chestnut starred in The Best Man with Taye Diggs and Nia Long, playing a professional athlete who doesn't know that his soon-to-be wife dallied with his best man - who is about to release those details in his first novel, a Roman à clef about their time in college. The Best Man earned pretty good reviews, did well at the box office, and even earned Chestnut a NAACP Image Award nomination for his performance. He followed it up with The Brothers, another film centering on the themes of fidelity and success among urban professionals.
Filmography
- Boyz N the Hood (1991)
- The Last Boy Scout (1991)
- In the Line of Duty: Street War (1992)
- The Ernest Green Story (1993) (TV)
- The Inkwell (1994)
- Under Siege 2 (1995)
- G.I. Jane (1997)
- Firehouse (1997) (TV)
- The Best Man (1999)
- The Brothers (2001)
- Two Can Play That Game (2001)
- Scenes Of The Crime (2001)
- The Killing Yard (2001) (TV)
- Like Mike (2002)
- Half Past Dead (2002)
- Confidence (2003)
- Breakin' All the Rules (2004)
- Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)
- Ladder 49 (2004)
- The Cave (2005)
Television
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