Larenz Tate

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 MalcolmJamal Warners 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 smallscreen 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 Urkels 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 smallscreen 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 innercity desperation and decay the film found Tate channeling his substantial energy into creating ODog a triggerhappy teenager Following up with the littleseen but oftenpraised television series South Central Tate would later appear in the family comedydrama The Inkwell 1994 before reteaming with the Hughes brothers for Dead Presidents 1995 and taking on the role of a lovestricken young poet in the romantic drama Love Jones 1997 Larenz Tate also played the role of Kenny in The Fresh Prince of BelAir in the episode Thats no Lady Thats 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 2000s 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 highoctane 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 RampB singer Ashantis 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 Networks Rescue Me Tate is married to Tomasina Geneva Parrott They have two sons together named Myles and Zander