Larenz Tate
Born	September 8, 1975 (1975-09-08) (age 32) Chicago, Illinois
Years active	1985-present
Official site	http://www.larenztate.com
Awards Screen Actors Guild Awards Best Cast - Motion Picture 2005 Crash

Larenz Tate (born September 8, 1975 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor. Born on the west side of Chicago, Tate is the youngest of three siblings (his two brothers, Larron and Lahmard, are also actors) whose family moved to California when he was nine years old. Convinced by their parents (whose father is teacher Larry Tate at Suva Intermediate School at the City of Bell Gardens, California) to enter a drama program at the Inner City Cultural Center, the trio didn't take the lessons seriously until classmate Malcolm-Jamal Warner's ascent to fame after being cast on the hugely popular 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 Twilight Zone -- The Series. Following appearances in such popular television series as 21 Jump Street and The Wonder Years, Tate was cast in the made-for-television feature The Women of Brewster Place before receiving a recurring role in the popular family comedy series Family Matters (1989). He was also a cast member on the short-lived CBS series The Royal Family, starring Redd Foxx and Della Reese. In the video game 187 Ride or Die, Tate voices the main character, Buck. is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... The Actor: The Screen Actors Guild Award Statue The Screen Actors Guild Awards are an annual award given by the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) to recognize outstanding performances by members. ... The SAG Award for Best Cast in a Motion Picture is an award given by the Screen Actors Guild to honor the finest acting achievements in film. ... Crash is an Academy Award-winning drama film directed by Paul Haggis. ... is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Lahmard Tate (Born in 1970 in Chicago, Illinois) is an African American actor and is the older brother famed actor Larenz Tate. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... Malcolm-Jamal Warner (born August 18, 1970 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an African-American actor. ... The Cosby Show is an American television sitcom starring Bill Cosby, first broadcast on September 20, 1984 and ran for eight seasons on the NBC television network, until April 30, 1992. ... The New Twilight Zone is the popular nickname for the 1985 revival of Rod Serlings acclaimed 1950/60s television series, The Twilight Zone; it was officially titled the same as the original. ... 21 Jump Street was an hour long police drama television series, developed by Fox Television Network. ... The Wonder Years is an Emmy Award winning American television dramedy created by Carol Black and Neal Marlens. ... Family Matters is an American sitcom about a middle-class, black family living in Chicago. ... CBS Broadcasting, Inc. ... The Royal Family was a 1991-1992 sitcom starring Redd Foxx and Della Reese. ... Redd Foxx (December 9, 1922 – October 11, 1991), born John Elroy Sanford, was an American comedian best known for his starring role on the television sitcom Sanford and Son. ... Della Reese (born Delloresse Patricia Early on July 6, 1931), is a famous American Emmy nominated actor and Grammy nominated singer. ... 187 Ride or Die is a video game on the PlayStation 2 and Xbox. ...

Film career

Following numerous small-screen roles, including a major role in the short lived television series, South Central, an episode of the The Wonder Years, 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). With subsequent roles in such films as 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, Tate continued to compel audiences well into the new millennium. 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 Biker Boyz (2003), A Man Apart (2003), Crash (2004), and 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 currently can be seen in the latest season of FX Network's Rescue Me. The Wonder Years is an Emmy Award winning American television dramedy created by Carol Black and Neal Marlens. ... The Hughes Brothers is the collective named for twin brothers Allen and Albert Hughes (b. ... Menace II Society is the directorial debut of twin brothers Allen and Albert Hughes. ... O-Dog with a cheeseburger Kevin O-Dog, or O-Dog, is a supporting character in the 1993 film Menace II Society, portrayed by Larenz Tate. ... South Central was a short-lived sitcom that aired on the Fox network from April 5, 1994 to June 4, 1994. ... The Inkwell is a 1994 romance-comedy-drama film, directed by Matty Rich. ... This article is about the American action movie. ... Love Jones is a 1997 romantic drama film written and directed by Theodore Witcher. ... For other uses, see Postman (disambiguation). ... Frank Joseph Frankie Lymon (September 30, 1942 – February 27, 1968) was an African-American rock and roll/Rhythm and blues singer, best known as the boy soprano lead singer of a New York City-based early rock and roll group called The Teenagers. ... Why Do Fools Fall in Love is a 1998 romantic drama, written by Tina Andrews and directed by Gregory Nava. ... Love Come Down is a major hit single by Evelyn Champagne King. ... Laurence John Fishburne III[1] (born July 30, 1961) is an American Academy Award-nominated, Emmy- and Tony Award-winning actor of screen and stage, as well as playwright, director, and producer. ... Biker Boyz is a 2003 film about a predominantly African-American group of underground motorcycle racers. ... A Man Apart - Poster 1 A Man Apart - Poster 2 A Man Apart is a 2003 action film starring Vin Diesel and directed by F. Gary Gray. ... Crash is an Academy Award-winning drama film directed by Paul Haggis. ... This article is about the producer and songwriter. ... Ray is a 2004 biographical film focusing on thirty years[2]of the life of legendary rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles. ... Waist Deep is an American action film released on June 23, 2006. ... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ... Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas (born October 13, 1980), better known as Ashanti, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, dancer, model and fashion designer who rose to fame in the early 2000s. ... Rain on Me is a single released by R&B singer Ashanti in 2003 from her second album Chapter II. Categories: | ...

External links

• Official website
• Larenz Tate at the Internet Movie Database