Larenz Tate
| Larenz Tate | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 8, 1975 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Spouse(s) | Tomasina Parrott (m. 2006) |
| Children | 3 |
Larenz Tate (born September 8, 1975) is an American film and television actor. He is best known for his roles as Peter Waters in Crash and as O-Dog in the 1993 hood film, Menace II Society. His other films include Dead Presidents, Love Jones, Why Do Fools Fall in Love, A Man Apart, Waist Deep, Biker Boyz and Ray.
Tate was born on the West Side of Chicago, in a middle-class suburb to Peggy and Larry Tate. He is the youngest of three siblings (his two brothers, Larron and Lahmard, are also actors) whose family moved to California when he was 4 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 after Redd Foxx died. In the video game 187 Ride or Die, Tate voices the main character, Buck.
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