Morris Chestnut

Morris Chestnut

Morris Chestnut’s net worth is $14 Million. Also know about Morris Chestnut bio, salary, height, age weight, relationship, and more …

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. 

Morris Chestnut Quick Info

Full Name Morris Chestnut
Net Worth $14 Million
Salary $14 million
Date Of Birth January 1, 1969
Place Of Birth Cerritos, California, United States
Height 6 ft (1.83 m)
Profession Actor, Film Producer
Education Gahr High School, California State University, Northridge, Harvard University, Columbia University, City College of New York, University of Chicago
Nationality United States of America
Spouse Pam Byse (m. 1995)
Children Paige Chestnut, Grant Chestnut
Parents Shirley Chestnut, Morris Chestnut, Sr.
Nicknames Morris L. Chestnut , Chester Mushroom
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/morrischestnut
Twitter http://www.twitter.com/morris_chestnut
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/morrischestnutofficial/?hl=en
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004820
Awards NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, Guggenheim Fellowship for Humanities, US & Canada
Nominations NAACP Image Award
Movies “Rosewood” (2015-), “The Best Man Holiday” (2013), “The Perfect Guy” (2015), “Boyz n the Hood” (1991)
TV Shows “Vindicated”, “What Your Husband Doesn`t Know”, “Love in the Nick of Tyme”

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.

Morris Chestnut Filmography

Title Year Status Character Role
Rosewood 2015-2016 TV Series Dr. Beaumont Rosewood, Jr. / Rosewood Actor
When the Bough Breaks 2016 John Taylor Actor
Legends 2014-2015 TV Series Tony Rice Actor
Heist 2015/III Dog Actor
The Perfect Guy 2015/I Dave Actor
Nurse Jackie 2013-2014 TV Series Dr. Ike Prentiss Actor
The Best Man Holiday 2013 Lance Actor
Kick-Ass 2 2013 Detective Marcus Williams Actor
The Call 2013/II Officer Paul Phillips Actor
American Dad! 2013 TV Series Craig Actor
Identity Thief 2013 Detective Reilly Actor
Think Like a Man 2012 James (uncredited) Actor
American Horror Story 2011 TV Series Luke Actor
V 2009-2011 TV Series Ryan Nichols Actor
Love in the Nick of Tyme 2009 Video Marcelles Wynters Actor
Not Easily Broken 2009 Dave Johnson Actor
The Prince of Motor City 2008 TV Movie Leo Moore Actor
The Perfect Holiday 2007 Benjamin Actor
The Game Plan 2007 Travis Sanders Actor
Bones 2005 TV Series Agent Oakes Actor
The Cave 2005 Top Buchanan Actor
Dante 2005 TV Movie Dante Actor
Ladder 49 2004 Tommy Drake Actor
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid 2004 Gordon Mitchell Actor
Breakin’ All the Rules 2004 Evan Fields Actor
Confidence 2003 Travis Actor
Half Past Dead 2002 49er One
Donald Robert Johnson
Actor
Like Mike 2002 Tracy Reynolds Actor
The Killing Yard 2001 TV Movie Shango Actor
Scenes of the Crime 2001 Ray Actor
Two Can Play That Game 2001 Keith Fenton Actor
The Brothers 2001 Jackson Smith Actor
ER 2000 TV Series ICU Nurse Frank ‘Rambo’ Bacon Actor
The Best Man 1999 Lance Sullivan Actor
C-16: FBI 1997-1998 TV Series Mal Robinson Actor
Firehouse 1997 TV Movie Andre Actor
G.I. Jane 1997 McCool Actor
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory 1995 Bobby Zachs Actor
Higher Learning 1995 Track Anchor (uncredited) Actor
The Inkwell 1994 Harold Lee Actor
Living Single 1994 TV Series Hamilton Brown Actor
Out All Night 1992-1993 TV Series Jeff Carswell Actor
The Ernest Green Story 1993 TV Movie Ernest (Brother) Green Actor
In the Line of Duty: Street War 1992 TV Movie Prince Franklin Actor
The Last Boy Scout 1991 Locker Room Kid Actor
Boyz n the Hood 1991 Ricky Baker Actor
Freddy’s Nightmares 1990 TV Series Jason Woodman Actor
When the Bough Breaks 2016 executive producer Producer
Takers 2010 executive producer Producer
Love in the Nick of Tyme 2009 Video producer Producer
Not Easily Broken 2009 executive producer Producer
Stage Black 2007 TV Series executive producer – 2007 Producer
Brakedown 2014 Short Director
The Chew 2015 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
The View 2015 TV Series Himself Self
Let’s Go, DFW! 2015 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
Reel Junkie 2015 TV Series Himself Self
BET Awards 2015 2015 TV Movie Himself – Presenter Self
Lifestyle Magazine 2014 TV Series documentary Himself Self
45th NAACP Image Awards 2014 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
Nurse Jackie Season 5: New to the Floor 2014 Video documentary short Self
The Arsenio Hall Show 2013 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
The Insider 2013 TV Series Himself Self
ES.TV HD 2013 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
The Enduring Significance of Boyz n the Hood 2011 Video documentary short Himself Self
The Jace Hall Show 2009-2011 TV Series Himself Self
Project: Comic-Con 2010 TV Series Himself – Interviewee Self
Entertainment Tonight 2010 TV Series Himself Self
Up Close with Carrie Keagan 2007-2010 TV Series Himself Self
The Mo’Nique Show 2009 TV Series Himself Self
14th Annual Inner City Destiny Awards 2006 Video Himself – Presenter Self
In the Cutz 2006 TV Series Self
106 & Park Top 10 Live 2005 TV Series Himself Self
The N Word 2004 Documentary Himself Self
Friendly Fire: Making an Urban Legend 2003 Video documentary short Himself Self
2nd Annual BET Awards 2002 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
The Ananda Lewis Show 2001 TV Series Himself Self
32nd NAACP Image Awards 2001 TV Special Himself Self
31st NAACP Image Awards 2000 TV Special Himself Self
The Martin Short Show 1999 TV Series Himself Self
26th NAACP Image Awards 1994 TV Special Himself Self
Ebony/Jet Showcase 1993 TV Series Himself Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 1992 TV Series Himself Self
Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2015-2016 TV Series Himself Self
Live with Kelly and Michael 2016 TV Series Himself – Guest Co-Host / Himself – Guest Self
Good Morning America 2016 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
Made in Hollywood 2013-2016 TV Series Himself Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2016 TV Series Himself Self
Young Hollywood 2016 TV Series Himself Self
The Real 2013-2016 TV Series Himself Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers 2016 TV Series Himself Self
The Wendy Williams Show 2009-2016 TV Series Himself / Himself – Guest Self
Today 2016 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
The Daily Show 2016 TV Series Himself Self
The 47th NAACP Image Awards 2016 TV Movie Himself – Presenter Self
Conan 2015 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
The Talk 2013-2015 TV Series Himself – Guest Self
The Dr. Oz Show 2015 TV Series Himself Self
Access Hollywood Live 2015 TV Series Himself Self
Rachael Ray 2015 TV Series Himself Self
V 2010 TV Series Ryan Nichols Archive Footage

Morris Chestnut Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie Category
2014 Hollywood Award Acapulco Black Film Festival Best Ensemble Cast The Best Man Holiday (2013) Won
2014 Image Award Image Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Nurse Jackie (2009) Won
2014 Hollywood Award Acapulco Black Film Festival Best Ensemble Cast The Best Man Holiday (2013) Nominated
2014 Image Award Image Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Nurse Jackie (2009) Nominated