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LARENZ TATE
Born on the west side of Chicago in September 1975, Tate was 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 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 (both
1989). |
Offers soon began pouring in and, following numerous
small-screen roles, collaborative filmmaking siblings Albert and
Allen Hughes approached Tate 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
a truly memorable character that audiences would not soon forget.
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