Larenz Tate
Larenz Tate is an American film and television actor. He is best known for his roles as Peter Waters in Crash and as ODog in the 1993 hood film, Menace II Society. His other films include Dead Presidents, Love Jones, Why Do Fools Fall in Love, A Man Apart, Waist Deep, Biker Boyz and Ray.
Tate was born on the West Side of Chicago, the son of Peggy and Larry Tate. 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.
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