Morris Chestnut

Morris Lamont Chestnut is an American film and television actor He is known for his roles as teenage father Ricky Baker in the 1991 film Boyz n the Hood groomtobe Lance Sullivan in the 1999 film The Best Man as NBA star Tracy Reynolds in the 2002 film Like Mike and as the Visitor Ryan Nichols in the TV series V 2009 His first professional acting role was as Jadon in Freddys Nightmares A Nightmare on Elm Street The Series in the episode A Family Affair season 2 episode 19 which aired on February 18 1990 His first feature film role was as Ricky Baker in Boyz n the Hood 1991 He followed with roles in various TV movies Chestnut also played a role on Patti LaBelles shortlived sitcom Out All Night His career continued to rise steadily with costarring roles in standard bigbudget studio films like Under Siege 2 1995 and GI Jane 1997 In 1998 he won the annual Madden Bowl video game competition In 1999 he starred in The Best Man with Taye Diggs and Nia Long in which he played a professional football player on the eve of his wedding He reprised his role in Best Man Holiday For both of his performances he earned NAACP Image Award nominations He then starred in The Brothers 2001 another film centering on the themes of fidelity and success among urban professionals He has worked with Steven Seagal three times in Under Siege 2 Dark Territory Half Past Dead and Prince of Pistols He starred In Two Can Play That Game 2001 Breakin All the Rules 2004 and Ladder 49 2004 He again played a football player in The Game Plan 2007 He produced and starred in the film Not Easily Broken 2009 He starred as Ryan Nichols in the TV series reboot of V 2009 He then appeared in the films Think Like a Man 2012 and in 2013 the films Identity Thief KickAss 2 and The Call In 2013 he joined the cast of HBOs Nurse Jackie playing war veteran Dr Ike Prentiss The following year he won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series In 2015 Morris Chestnut played Derrick Dog Prince in the movie Heist and People magazine named him as one of the Sexiest Men Alive in 2015 He then starred in the films The Perfect Guy 2016 and When the Bough Breaks 2017 He played the lead role of pathologist Dr Beaumont Rosewood Jr in the series Rosewood receiving another NAACP image Award nomination He had recurring roles in the TV series Legends The Enemy Within and Our Kind of People He had a starring guest role on the medical drama The Resident