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Morris Chestnut Wiki Biography

• Morris Chestnut was born to Shirley and Morris Chestnut’s parents on 1 January 1969 in Cerritos, California, USA. 
• Morris is an actor, perhaps best known for his ability to play a variety of characters in very distinct films and TV shows, a skill that has obviously allowed him to work consistently since his 1990 acting debut. 
• Recently, reports have reported that Morris has a net worth of $14 million, all accrued from his TV and big-screen acting. 
• Morris Chestnut attended Richard Gahr High School until 1986, and then graduated in 1989 from California State University, Northridge, with a degree in finance and drama. 
• His TV acting debut in “Freddy’s Nightmares: A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Series,” playing the character named Jadon in season 2, which was broadcast in 1990, was the first significant source to raise Morris Chestnut’s net worth. 
• “Boyz N the Hood” is recognized as Morris’s first big-screen movie appearance, which added to his net worth while playing Ricky Baker, plus “Chestnut.” 
• In partnership with the highly-rated Steven Seagal, Morris Chestnut performed a few times. 
• In “Under Siege 2: Dark Territory” (1995), “Half Past Dead(2002)” and “Prince of Pistols” (2008), their relationship starred, usually playing the villain. 
• He appeared in “The Brothers” in 2001, showcasing Morris Chestnut’s versatility, which featured the very unusual subject of active young professionals. 
• Morris depicted a firefighter in “Ladder 49″. 
• He starred as a professional football player in “The Best Man” with Nia Long, Taye Diggs, who was very well received by the critics, and Morris also received an NAACP Image Award nomination. 
• As for football, Morris also starred as a player in “The Game Plan”. 
• There is no question that these performances contributed considerable income to the overall size of the net worth of Morris Chestnut. 
• “Other notable TV and movie credits from Morris Chestnut include “Like Mike,” “Two Can Play That Game,” “The Best Man,” “Think Like a Man,” “Not Easily Split,” “The Perfect Holiday,” “V,” “Out All Night, and “G. I. The overall size of Morris Chestnut’s net worth was certainly increased by all these performances. 
• Moreover, Morris won the TV Madden Bowl video game series, held in 1998 during the Super Bowl. 
• He married Pam Byse in 1995 with respect to Morris Chestnut’s personal life; two children were adopted by the couple. 
• IMDB Wikipedia “Love in the Nick of Tyme” “Rosewood” (2015-) “Vindicated” “What Your Husband Doesn’t Know” $14 Million 1969 6 ft (1.83 m) Actor Actors African American Boyz n the Hood Boyz n the Hood (1991) Breakin ‘All the Rules California Cerritos Chester Mushroom United States Cinema Trust English language Film Filmmaker Films Grant Chestnut Half Past Dead Higher Learning Identity Steven Seagal Taye Diggs The Best Man Holiday (2013) The Cave The Inkwell The Perfect Guy (2015) The Perfect Holiday Think Like a Man Too Should Play The Game U.S. 

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Morris Chestnut Quotes

• You start making movies and people start seeing when you go to places, and all of a sudden you are getting clothes for free and all of a sudden you are getting food for free.
• You go from movies where you are wearing nice clothes and you’re trying to smell good to a movie where you are in water and you are wet all day, and you are dealing with that elements, it gets rough, but it was definitely something I wanted to try.
• This film is what it is. It’s a campy thriller horror movie where you go and have fun. With these types of films, you can’t take it too seriously. They are what they are.
• Showtime has given new, young filmmakers – black, white, across the board – an opportunity to make films, as well as actors who want to cross over into directing.
• I would never want any of my kids to go into this industry; not until they are old enough to understand and if this is something that they really want to do.
• I think that Mos Def is the best actor, but when you talk about rappers in films, I don’t really think the quality of the acting is most important because most rappers are put in movies because of the personality and people want to see that.
• I hate being cold and I hate being wet and around 80% percent of this film I was cold and another 60% I was cold and wet, so it wasn’t the best shoot for me.
• I did a film which was considered an independent movie with Dustin Hoffman and Andy Garcia called Confidence, and that’s the type of film I was willing to take a chance on that because of the caliber of people involved with the film.
• You have to be insane to direct.
• You can become really pigeon-holed in this industry.
• When you are the lead in a romantic comedy, you have to worry about people really liking you.
• To me the work is so much more interesting, the parts that don’t require you just to take your shirt off.
• This industry is very make-believe and you caught in a false sense of what reality is.
• There are a lot of people in this business that don’t work consistently.
• Some people make a career out of doing one thing, but I wanted to diversify my body of work.
• Producing is easier, I can just be at the set overseeing the story.
• Oh yeah, I’m a huge romance fan. And some women like action.
• Nah, I’m not a prima donna, but I just don’t like being cold and wet.
• It’s not always about the money.
• I’ve been in a situation where I was after the money.
• I’m not going to take my shirt off in every movie.
• I’m just happy to be working consistently.
• I’m getting to the point where they see me as a good actor, rather than just a good guy who can act.
• I would like more challenging roles. I definitely would like to something that’s more challenging.
• I want viewers to relate to me on a different level, not just a sexual level.
• I want to tell stories for everyone, primarily.
• I think the best type of action movie combines a love story with the action.
• I enjoy what I do, but it’s more challenging than people think.
• At one point, people thought that Eddie Murphy would only reach one sector of the audience, but now everyone sees everything Eddie Murphy does.
• And I think from a male perspective, we have men talking about their feelings and it being okay.
• Unless you are really grounded and have a true sense of reality, you can get lost in that and a lot of people do and that’s why you see so many people with successful careers but with destructive lives.
• It’s hard when you see a scene where it’s raining, and we have the rain machine, and you see it for 5 minutes, but that scene takes all day to shoot, and you do it with rain, and the dry off, and go back and do it again.
• I am just another fireman because the story focuses on Joaquin Phoenix’s character, but I play Joaquin’s close friend and I get burned up a little bit, but I don’t die.
• A lot of times, women don’t get the male perspective in regards to a relationship, what men go through when they’re not really dealing well.

Morris Chestnut Important Facts

• Had a cameo appearance, but was uncredited, in the movie Higher Learning (1995) as one of the track runners on the team.
• Purchased $1.5 million estate in suburban Los Angeles.
• Has worked with Steven Seagal twice. He was both Seagal’s character’s partner and main enemy. In Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995), Chestnut is Seagal’s character’s reluctant partner. In Half Past Dead (2002), he co-starred as the main villain.
• Is an excellent Texas Hold ‘Em poker player. Recently (2005), held his own against 6 established poker professionals in a made for TV tournament.
• Winner of the 1998 Madden Bowl, beating other celebrity talent as well as NFL stars in a tournament of John Madden Football.

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