- Born
- Birth nameMorris Chester Chestnut Jr.
- Height1.83 m
- A tall, handsome, and versatile American actor, Morris Chestnut was born in Cerritos, California, to Shirley (Wynn) and Morris Chestnut, Sr. He first came to be recognized by moviegoers starring as Ricky in Boyz n the Hood : La Loi de la rue (1991), a role where he played a high school running back using his football skills to escape the violent surroundings of his South Central Los Angeles neighborhood. His half brother was played by Ice Cube who in the movie did not have the same motivation. Two years later, he landed a lead role in Civil Rights Drama The Ernest Green Story (1993), showing courage and perseverance as one of the Arkansas Nine high school students. He later starred in action films like Piège à grande vitesse (1995), À armes égales (1997) and Mission Alcatraz (2002) as well as the romantic comedies Le Mariage de l'année (1999), The Brothers (2001), L'amour n'est qu'un jeu (2001), and Rupture mode d'emploi (2004). In 2004, he appeared in Anacondas : À la poursuite de l'orchidée de sang (2004) and Piège de feu (2004).- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- SpousePam Byse(1995 - present) (2 children)
- ChildrenGrant ChestnutPaige Chestnut
- ParentsShirley ChestnutMorris Chestnut Sr.
- Has worked with Steven Seagal twice. He was both Seagal's character's partner and main enemy. In Piège à grande vitesse (1995), Chestnut is Seagal's character's reluctant partner. In Mission Alcatraz (2002), he co-starred as the main villain.
- Is an excellent Texas Hold 'Em poker player. Recently (2005), held his own against six established poker professionals in a television tournament.
- Has two children: Grant Chestnut and Paige Chestnut.
- Winner of the 1998 Madden Bowl, beating other celebrity talent as well as NFL stars in a tournament of John Madden Football.
- Had a cameo appearance, but was uncredited, in the movie Fièvre à Columbus University (1995) as one of the track runners on the team.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- And I think from a male perspective, we have men talking about their feelings and it being okay.
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