Larenz Tate

Larenz Tate Movies and TV Shows

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.

Personal info

  • Gender: Male
  • Date of birth: 9/8/1975 (48 years old)
  • Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • nationality: American
  • height: 1.7 m
  • Net worth: $4,500,000
  • twitter: LarenzTate
  • instagram: larenztate
Year
Genre
IMDB
TMDB
Available on the following streaming services in the United States
Power Book II: Ghost
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 85%
role:
Councilman Tate
2020

Crime

Drama

7.5
85%
Girls Trip
IMDB 6.2
TMDB 68%
role:
Julian Stevens
2017

Comedy

6.2
68%
Deuces
IMDB 5.8
TMDB 54%
role:
Deuces
Not available
2017

Crime

Drama

5.8
54%
Not available
Beta Test
IMDB 4.7
TMDB 54%
role:
Producer & 1 more
2016

Action

Thriller

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

4.7
54%
Game of Silence
IMDB 7.0
TMDB 52%
role:
Shawn Polk
2016

Drama

7.0
52%
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Unity
IMDB 7.3
TMDB 75%
role:
Himself - Narrator (voice)
2015

Documentary

7.3
75%
Rush
IMDB 7.6
TMDB 76%
role:
Dr. Alex Burke
2014

Drama

7.6
76%
Gun Hill
IMDB 6.4
TMDB 64%
role:
Bird Stevens
Not available
2014

Action

6.4
64%
Not available
Power
IMDB 8.1
TMDB 77%
role:
Rashad Tate
2014

Crime

Drama

8.1
77%
Waist Deep
IMDB 5.8
TMDB 66%
role:
Lucky
2006

Action

Adventure

Drama

Thriller

5.8
66%
Crash
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 72%
role:
Peter Waters
Not available
2005

Drama

7.7
72%
Not available
Ray
IMDB 7.7
TMDB 74%
role:
Quincy Jones
2004

Drama

Music

7.7
74%
Rescue Me
IMDB 8.3
TMDB 78%
role:
Bart 'Black Shawn' Johnston
2004

Comedy

Drama

8.3
78%
A Man Apart
IMDB 6.0
TMDB 61%
role:
Demetrius Hicks
2003

Action

Drama

6.0
61%
Biker Boyz
IMDB 4.6
TMDB 61%
role:
Wood
2003

Action

Drama

4.6
61%
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The Postman
IMDB 6.1
TMDB 62%
role:
Ford Lincoln Mercury
1997

Action

Adventure

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

War & Politics

6.1
62%
Dead Presidents
IMDB 6.9
TMDB 66%
role:
Anthony Curtis
1995

Action

Crime

Drama

6.9
66%
Menace II Society
IMDB 7.5
TMDB 75%
role:
Kevin 'O-Dog'
1993

Crime

Drama

7.5
75%

FAQs

Some movies or TV shows available in the United States starring or involving Larenz Tate are, for example, Power Book II: Ghost, Girls Trip and Beta Test.
The streaming services with the largest selection are Amazon, Google Play and Microsoft.
The best Anystream ratings are Rescue Me (8.1), Power Book II: Ghost (8.0) and Power (7.9).
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