Morris Chestnut was born on 1 January 1969 in Cerritos, California USA, to parents Shirley and Morris Chestnut. Morris is an actor, perhaps best known for his ability to portray a variety of characters in very different films and TV series’, obviously a strength which has enabled him to work consistently since his acting debut in 1990.
So just how rich is Morris Chestnut? Sources have recently estimated that Morris has a net worth of $14 million, all accumulated from his acting on TV and the big screen.
Morris Chestnut Net Worth $14 Million
Morris Chestnut attended Richard Gahr High School until 1986, and then graduated with a degree in finance and drama from California State University, Northridge, in 1989.
The first significant source increasing Morris Chestnut’s net worth was his TV acting debut in “Freddy`s Nightmares: a Nightmare on Elm Street: The Series”, portraying the character named Jadon in season 2 which was aired in 1990. “Boyz ‘n the Hood” is recognized as being Morris`s first big screen film role, which added to his net worth, plus in “Chestnut” while portraying Ricky Baker.
Morris Chestnut has worked a few times in collaboration with the highly-rated Steven Seagal. Their partnership has featured in “Under Siege 2: Dark Territory” (1995), “Half Past Dead(2002)”, and “Prince of Pistols”(2008), generally playing the villain..
In demonstrating Morris Chestnut’s versatility, he starred in “The Brothers” in 2001, which featured the quite unique topic of successful young professionals. In “Ladder 49”, Morris portrayed a firefighter. In “The Best Man” he starred as a professional football player along with Nia Long, Taye Diggs, which was received very well by the critics, and Morris even received a nomination for an NAACP Image Award. As for football, in “The Game Plan” Morris also starred as a playerl. There are no doubts these performances added significant revenues to the total size of Morris Chestnut’s net worth.
Morris Chestnut’s other notable TV and film credits include “Like Mike”, “Two Can Play That Game”, “The Best Man”, “Think Like a Man”, “Not Easily Broken”, “The Perfect Holiday”,” V”, “Out All Night, and “G. I. Jane” All these performances undoubtedly boosted the total size of Morris Chestnut’s net worth. Morris Chestnut has also had roles in such films as “The Inkwell”, “Higher Learning”, “Like Mike”, “Confidence”, “Breakin` All the Rules”, “The Cave”, “Identify Thief”, and “Nurse Jackie”.
Additionally, Morris Chestnut`s career has featured such theatrical performances as “What Your Husband Doesn`t Know”, and “Love in the Nick of Tyme”. Currently, Morris has been hosting the show called “Vindicated”.
What is more, Morris became a winner of the TV Madden Bowl video game competition, held during the Super Bowl, in 1998.
As regards Morris Chestnut’s personal life, in 1995 he married Pam Byse; the couple have welcomed two children.
