# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/morris-chestnut
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:49:43.017Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/morris-chestnut"
name: "Morris Chestnut"
slug: "morris-chestnut"
description: "Morris Lamont Chestnut  is an American actor. He first came to prominence for his role as Ricky Baker in the 1991 film Boyz n the Hood. He has appeared in feature films such as G.I. Jane, The Brothers, Like Mike, Ladder 49, The Game Plan, The Call, and Kick-Ass 2. He has also played Lance Sullivan in The Best Man (1999), reprising the role in the 2013 sequel film The Best Man Holiday, and 2022 follow-up series The Best Man: The Final Chapters."
tagline: "American actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Morris_Chestnut_in_2010_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1969-01-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           58.4
  momentum:             1.267179769103903
  historical:           24.02613066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "MorrisChestnut"
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/morrischestnutofficial/"
    handle:    "morrischestnutofficial"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
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    handle:    "morrischestnut"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
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    handle:    "morrischestnut"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    handle:    "nm0004820"
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    title: "موريس تشيسنت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "موريس تشيسنات"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مۆریس چێستنات"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Morris Chestnut"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Morris Chestnut"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "モリス・チェストナット"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "모리스 체스트넛"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Chestnut"
    title: "Morris Chestnut"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Chestnut"
    title: "Morris Chestnut"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Chestnut"
    title: "Morris Chestnut"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Честнат, Моррис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Моріс Честнат"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9779"
    title: "Morris Chestnut"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump