Larenz Tate

Acting · Born 1975-09-08 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

Larenz Tate (born September 8, 1975) is an American film and television actor. Tate was born on the west side of Chicago, Illinois. He is the youngest of three siblings whose family moved to California when he was nine years old. Convinced by their parents to enter a drama program at the Inner City Cultural Center, the trio did not take the lessons seriously until classmate Malcolm-Jamal Warner's ascent to fame after being cast on the sitcom The Cosby Show. Subsequently realizing that they could parlay their efforts into a tangible form of success, the siblings began to receive small roles and in 1985, Tate made his small-screen debut in an episode of The New Twilight Zone series. Following appearances in such television series as 21 Jump Street and The Wonder Years, Tate was cast in the…

Filmography

  • Crash as Peter
  • Ray as Quincy Jones
  • Menace II Society as Kevin 'O-Dog'
  • The Women of Brewster Place as Sammy
  • Dead Presidents as Anthony Curtis
  • A Man Apart as Demetrius Hicks
  • Love Jones as Darius Lovehall
  • Waist Deep as Lucky
  • The Postman as Ford
  • Why Do Fools Fall In Love as Frankie Lymon

TV