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Morris Chestnut Biography
Birth Place:
Cerritos, California, United States
Profession
Actor
Fast Facts
- Hoped for a scholarship to play college football and eventually play in the NFL
- Worked as a bank teller in college before discovering acting
- Made his acting debut in an episode of Freddy's Nightmares in 1990
- Film debut was in the 1991 movie Boyz N the Hood as teenage father Ricky Baker
- Landed a regular role in 1992 on the NBC comedy Out All Night
- Was nominated for an NAACP Image Award in 2000 for his role in the movie The Best Man
- Appeared in the off-Broadway play Love in the Nick of Tyme in 2007
Relationships
- Morris Chestnut Sr. -- Father
- Shirley Chestnut -- Mother
- Pamela Byse -- Wife