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Larenz Tate‌

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Larenz Tate

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Larenz Tate

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1975-09-08

Popularity

star14.5

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 television movie The Women of Brewster Place before receiving the recurring role of Steve Urkel's nemesis, Willie Fuffner, in the family comedy series Family Matters (1989). He was also a cast member on the CBS series The Royal Family, starring Redd Foxx and Della Reese, which ended prematurely when Redd Foxx suddenly died. In the video game 187 Ride or Die, Tate voices the main character, Buck. Following numerous small-screen roles, offers began pouring in for Tate, and in late 1992, collaborative filmmaking siblings Albert and Allen Hughes approached him to star in their debut feature Menace II Society. A jarring vision of inner-city desperation and decay, the film found Tate channeling his substantial energy into creating "O-Dog", a trigger-happy teenager. Following up with the little-seen but often-praised television series South Central, Tate would later appear in the family comedy-drama The Inkwell (1994) before re-teaming with the Hughes brothers for Dead Presidents (1995) and taking on the role of a love-stricken young poet in the romantic drama Love Jones (1997). Larenz Tate also played the role of Kenny in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in the episode "That's no Lady That's my Cousin". There followed roles in The Postman (as the automotively monikered Ford Lincoln Mercury), the Frankie Lymon biopic Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1998, with Tate as Lymon), and 2000's Love Come Down. Though a big theatrical release had eluded Tate for the first few years of the millennial turnover, Tate would soon turn up opposite Laurence Fishburne in the high-octane but critically derided Biker Boyz (2003), A Man Apart (2003), Crash (2004), as music legend Quincy Jones in Ray (2004), and Waist Deep (2006). Larenz was also featured in R&B singer Ashanti's 2003 released music video Rain on Me, where he played the jealous, abusive spouse of Ashanti. The video touched on the subject of domestic abuse. He can be seen in the latest season of FX Network's Rescue Me. Tate is married to Tomasina 'Geneva' Parrott. They have two sons together named Myles and Zander.

Movie Credits

Crash

Crash‌
star7.2
calendar 2005

Ray

Ray‌
star7.5
calendar 2004

The Women of Brewster Place

The Women of Brewster Place‌
star6.9
calendar 1989

Dead Presidents

Dead Presidents‌
star6.6
calendar 1995

A Man Apart

A Man Apart‌
star6.1
calendar 2003

Menace II Society

Menace II Society‌
star7.5
calendar 1993

Love Jones

Love Jones‌
star7.4
calendar 1997

Waist Deep

Waist Deep‌
star6.5
calendar 2006

The Postman

The Postman‌
star6.2
calendar 1997

Why Do Fools Fall In Love

Why Do Fools Fall In Love‌
star6.7
calendar 1998

Los Angeles Plays Itself

Los Angeles Plays Itself‌
star7.6
calendar 2004

Love Come Down

Love Come Down‌
star6.4
calendar 2000

The Inkwell

The Inkwell‌
star5.4
calendar 1994

Seeds of Tragedy

Seeds of Tragedy‌
star6.7
calendar 1991

Gun Hill

Gun Hill‌
star7.2
calendar 2014

Unity

Unity‌
star7.5
calendar 2015

Michael

Michael‌
star0.0
calendar 2025

Bill Bellamy's Ladies Night Out Comedy Tour

Bill Bellamy's Ladies Night Out Comedy Tour‌
star9.0
calendar 2013

Beta Test

Beta Test‌
star5.3
calendar 2016

Girls Trip

Girls Trip‌
star6.8
calendar 2017

Deuces

Deuces‌
star5.8
calendar 2017

White Water

White Water‌
star8.5
calendar 2015

Business Ethics

Business Ethics‌
star7.8
calendar 2020

Biker Boyz

Biker Boyz‌
star6.3
calendar 2003

Gangsta Vision: Making ‘Menace 2 Society’

Gangsta Vision: Making ‘Menace 2 Society’‌
star9.5
calendar 2009

Tv Credits

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air‌
star7.9
calendar 1990

Matlock

Matlock‌
star7.2
calendar 1986

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone‌
star7.7
calendar 1985

Family Matters

Family Matters‌
star6.7
calendar 1989

The Wonder Years

The Wonder Years‌
star8.3
calendar 1988

Rescue Me

Rescue Me‌
star7.7
calendar 2004

Love Monkey

Love Monkey‌
star7.7
calendar 2006

Hunter

Hunter‌
star7.2
calendar 1984

The Royal Family

The Royal Family‌
star6.0
calendar 1991

South Central

South Central‌
star6.0
calendar 1994

New Attitude

New Attitude‌
star10.0
calendar 1990

Power Book II: Ghost

Power Book II: Ghost‌
star8.4
calendar 2020

Game of Silence

Game of Silence‌
star5.2
calendar 2016

Hell's Kitchen

Hell's Kitchen‌
star6.8
calendar 2005

The Mindy Project

The Mindy Project‌
star6.3
calendar 2012

Power

Power‌
star7.7
calendar 2014

Rush

Rush‌
star7.6
calendar 2014

Beat Shazam

Beat Shazam‌
star5.5
calendar 2017

Justified

Justified‌
star8.0
calendar 2010

The Jennifer Hudson Show

The Jennifer Hudson Show‌
star6.4
calendar 2022

Sherri

Sherri‌
star4.2
calendar 2022

21 Jump Street

21 Jump Street‌
star7.1
calendar 1987

Rescue Me

Rescue Me‌
star7.7
calendar 2004