More Larenz Tate Bios & Profiles
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Biography #2 (for Ray)
Larenz Tate has earned the reputation as one of the most promising young actors in Hollywood. Tate, who received a Best Actor NAACP Image Award nomination for his role in Theodore Witcher's Love Jones (which won the Audience Award for Best Film at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival), will next be seen in the Paul Haggis-directed Crash.Tate made his feature film debut in the Allen and Albert Hughes' drama Menace II Society. His other film credits include Clement Virgo's Love Come Down; Warner Bros.' Why Do Fools Fall in Love, opposite Halle Berry; Warner Bros.' The Postman, opposite Kevin Costner; the Matty Rich comedy The Inkwell; the Hughes brothers' acclaimed Dead Presidents; DreamWorks' Biker Boyz, opposite Laurence Fishburne; and F. Gary Gray's A Man Apart, opposite Vin Diesel.
On television, Tate earned recognition for his performance in the critically lauded Fox series South Central; the ABC series New Attitudes; and the CBS series Royal Family.
Tate studied music, theater and art with his two brothers Larron and Lahmard at the Inner City Cultural Center in Los Angeles. He made his professional acting debut in an episode of The Twilight Zone - The Series.
Born in Chicago, Tate now resides in Los Angeles.
Bio courtesy Universal Pictures for "Ray" (01-Jan-2005)
Biography #3 (for A Man Apart)
In a relatively short span of time, Larenz Tate has earned his reputation as one of the most promising young actors in Hollywood. He has been noted for his fine performances, including a Best Actor NAACP Image Award nomination for his role in Theodore Witcher's love jones. Tate starred opposite Nia Long in this love story, which won the Audience Award for Best Film at the1997 Sundance Film Festival.Tate has most recently been seen in the Dreamworks action film Biker Boyz. Previously he played the starring role of Frankie Lymon in Why Do Fools Fall in Love, for Warner Bros. The film also starred Halle Berry, Lela Rochon, and Vivica A. Fox. Tate also starred opposite Kevin Costner in Warner Bros.' The Postman.
Tate made his feature film debut in the Allen and Albert Hughes' drama Menace II Society, followed by a starring role in the Matty Rich comedy The Inkwell. He teamed up once again with the Hughes brothers in the acclaimed film Dead Presidents.
On television, Tate earned recognition for his performance in the critically lauded Fox series South Central, the ABC series New Attitudes and the CBS series Royal Family.
Tate studied music, theater and art with his two brothers Larron and Lahmard at the Inner City Cultural Center in Los Angeles. He made his professional acting debut in an episode of The Twilight Zone - The Series.
Born in Chicago, Tate now resides in Los Angeles.
Bio courtesy New Line Cinema for "A Man Apart" (15-Mar-2003)