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Morris Chestnut
Birth at
1 January 1969
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Actor Morris Chestnut was born in Cerritos, California, on April 1, 1969. After graduating from the Richard Gar School in 1987, he entered the University of California, where he studied financial affairs, simultaneously paying attention to acting.
In 1990, Morris played his first role as Jason Woodman in the TV series Freddie's Nightmares.
On the big screen, for the first time, viewers saw Morris in the drama “Guys Next Door”, where he played the role of athlete Ricky Baker, who died in the fight
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Actor Morris Chestnut was born in Cerritos, California, on April 1, 1969. After graduating from the Richard Gar School in 1987, he entered the University of California, where he studied financial affairs, simultaneously paying attention to acting.
In 1990, Morris played his first role as Jason Woodman in the TV series Freddie's Nightmares.
On the big screen, for the first time, viewers saw Morris in the drama “Guys Next Door”, where he played the role of athlete Ricky Baker, who died in the fight for the championship of two gangs. After this work, the young actor was immediately noticed in the film world, and other proposals began to arrive. He went on to star in a number of television series, The Last Boy Scout and the sitcom Out All Night.
Basically, the directors invited him to the roles of the second plan. After working in Capture 2: Dark Territory, Soldier Jane in 1998, he won the annual Madden Bowl video game tournament.
In 1999,
Schafer cinema Morris played one of the main roles, working in a team with Tay Diggs and Nia Long. In this film, he played a professional American football player, for which he was nominated for the NaaCP Image Award.
2001 brought the actor a role in the romantic film “Brothers” about four inseparable bachelors.
In 2007, he again got the role of a football player in the comedy film Game Plan.
Twice the actor was lucky to work on the same set with Steven Seagal in the films “Capture 2” and “Neither alive nor dead”. In addition, on television during these years, he starred in the television series “C-16: FBI”, “Ambulance”, “Bones”, “Visitors”.
In 1995, Morris and Pam Bayes married. In this marriage, a son and daughter were born. The actor is fond of poker and football, he talks about his private life very reluctantly.