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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.

Girls Trip ( 2017) | IMDb: 6.2

Adventure , Comedy , Romance

Four girlfriends take a trip to New Orleans for an annual festival and, along the way, rediscover their wild sides and strengthen the bonds of sisterhood.

Starring:

Regina Hall , Queen Latifah , Jada Pinkett Smith , Tiffany Haddish , Larenz Tate , Mike Colter

Directed by:

Eric Scott Williamson , Malcolm D. Lee , Brooke Satrazemis

Produced by:

Amelia Chen Miley , Malcolm D. Lee , Mary Vernieu

Crash ( 2005) | IMDb: 7.7

Drama

In post-Sept. 11 Los Angeles, tensions erupt when the lives of a Brentwood housewife, her district attorney husband, a Persian shopkeeper, two cops, a pair of carjackers and a Korean couple converge during a 36-hour period.

Starring:

Sandra Bullock , Don Cheadle , Matt Dillon , Michael Peña , Jennifer Esposito , Brendan Fraser

Directed by:

Ime Etuk , Simone Farber , Paul Haggis

Produced by:

Sarah Halley Finn , Robert Katz , Jennifer Dunne

Ray ( 2004) | IMDb: 7.7

Drama , Music

Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered coupling gospel and country together.

Starring:

Jamie Foxx , Kerry Washington , Regina King , Harry Lennix , Clifton Powell , Bokeem Woodbine

Directed by:

Pamela Alch , Jerry Grandey , Raymond Prado

Produced by:

Karen Elise Baldwin , Ray Charles Robinson Jr. , Barbara A. Hall

A Man Apart ( 2003) | IMDb: 6

Action , Crime , Drama

When Vetter's wife is killed in a botched hit organized by Diablo, he seeks revenge against those responsible. But in the process, Vetter and Hicks have to fight their way up the chain to get to Diablo but it's easier said than done when all Vetter can focus on is revenge.

Starring:

Vin Diesel , Larenz Tate , Timothy Olyphant , Geno Silva , Jacqueline Obradors , Steve Eastin

Directed by:

F. Gary Gray

Produced by:

F. Gary Gray , Ken Halsband , Michael De Luca

Biker Boyz ( 2003) | IMDb: 4.6

Action , Drama

A mythic motorcycle tale of father and son", this is the story of Manuel Galloway, also known as "the King of Cali", the president of a motorcycle club whose members are all African-American men, mostly white-collar workers who exchange their suits and ties at night and on weekends for leather outfits and motorcycle helmets.

Starring:

Laurence Fishburne , Derek Luke , Orlando Jones , Djimon Hounsou , Meagan Good , Lisa Bonet

Directed by:

Reggie Rock Bythewood

Produced by:

Don Kurt , Stephanie Allain , Erwin Stoff

The Postman ( 1997) | IMDb: 6.1

Action , Adventure , Science fiction

In 2013, there are no highways, no I-ways, no dreams of a better tomorrow, only scattered survivors across what was once the United States. Into this apocalyptic wasteland comes an enigmatic drifter with a mule, a knack for Shakespeare, and something yet undiscovered: the power to inspire hope.

Starring:

Kevin Costner , Will Patton , Larenz Tate , Olivia Williams , James Russo , Daniel von Bargen

Directed by:

Kevin Costner , Alexander Witt

Produced by:

Lester Berman , Mindy Marin , Steve Tisch

Love Jones ( 1997) | IMDb: 7.3

Comedy , Drama , Romance

Darius Lovehall is a young black poet in Chicago who starts dating Nina Moseley, a beautiful and talented photographer. While trying to figure out if they've got a "love thing" or are just "kicking it," they hang out with their friends, talking about love and sex. Then Nina tests the strength of Darius' feelings and sets a chain of romantic complications into motion.

Starring:

Larenz Tate , Nia Long , Isaiah Washington , Bill Bellamy , Lisa Nicole Carson , Marie-Françoise Theodore

Directed by:

Theodore Witcher

Produced by:

Jeremiah Samuels , Nick Wechsler

Dead Presidents ( 1995) | IMDb: 6.9

Action , Crime , Drama , Thriller , War

On the streets they call cash dead presidents. And that's just what a Vietnam veteran is after when he returns home from the war only to find himself drawn into a life of crime. With the aid of his fellow vets he plans the ultimate heist -- a daring robbery of an armored car filled with unmarked U.S. currency!

Starring:

Larenz Tate , Keith David , Chris Tucker , Freddy Rodríguez , Rose Jackson , N'Bushe Wright

Directed by:

Jeff Ward , Allen Hughes , Heidi McGowen

Produced by:

Albert Hughes , Jay Horne , Mike Phillips

Menace II Society ( 1993) | IMDb: 7.5

Crime , Drama , Thriller

A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.

Starring:

Tyrin Turner , Larenz Tate , Glenn Plummer , Jada Pinkett Smith , Samuel L. Jackson , June Kyoto Lu

Directed by:

Allen Hughes , Albert Hughes

Produced by:

Kevin Moreton , Darin Scott

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