Larenz Tate
Biography: 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.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 08, 1975
Deathday: N/A
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Crash
2005-05-06
Crash
Overview: In post-Sept. 11 Los Angeles, tensions erupt when the lives of a Brentwood housewife, her district attorney husband, a Persian shopkeeper, two cops, a pair of carjackers and a Korean couple converge during a 36-hour period.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-05-06
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Ray
2004-10-29
Ray
Overview: Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered coupling gospel and country together.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-29
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The Women of Brewster Place
1989-03-19
The Women of Brewster Place
Overview: A multigenerational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-03-19
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Dead Presidents
1995-09-29
Dead Presidents
Overview: On the streets they call cash dead presidents. And that's just what a Vietnam veteran is after when he returns home from the war only to find himself drawn into a life of crime. With the aid of his fellow vets he plans the ultimate heist -- a daring robbery of an armored car filled with unmarked U.S. currency!
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-29
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A Man Apart
2003-04-04
A Man Apart
Overview: When Vetter's wife is killed in a botched hit organized by Diablo, he seeks revenge against those responsible. But in the process, Vetter and Hicks have to fight their way up the chain to get to Diablo but it's easier said than done when all Vetter can focus on is revenge.
Genres: Action Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-04-04
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Menace II Society
1993-05-26
Menace II Society
Overview: A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-05-26
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Love Jones
1997-03-14
Love Jones
Overview: Darius Lovehall is a young black poet in Chicago who starts dating Nina Moseley, a beautiful and talented photographer. While trying to figure out if they've got a "love thing" or are just "kicking it," they hang out with their friends, talking about love and sex. Then Nina tests the strength of Darius' feelings and sets a chain of romantic complications into motion.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-03-14
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Waist Deep
2006-06-23
Waist Deep
Overview: An ex-convict gets tangled up with a gang after his car is hijacked with his son inside.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-06-23
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The Postman
1997-12-25
The Postman
Overview: In 2013, there are no highways, no I-ways, no dreams of a better tomorrow, only scattered survivors across what was once the United States. Into this apocalyptic wasteland comes an enigmatic drifter with a mule, a knack for Shakespeare, and something yet undiscovered: the power to inspire hope.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-25
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Why Do Fools Fall In Love
1998-08-28
Why Do Fools Fall In Love
Overview: In the mid-80s, three women (each with an attorney) arrive at the office of New York entertainment manager, Morris Levy. One is an L.A. singer, formerly of the Platters; one is a petty thief from Philly; one teaches school in a small Georgia town. Each claims to be the widow of long-dead doo-wop singer-songwriter Frankie Lyman, and each wants years of royalties due to his estate, money Levy has never shared. During an ensuing civil trial, flashbacks tell the story of each one's life with Lyman, a boyish, high-pitched, dynamic performer, lost to heroin. Slowly, the three wives establish their own bond.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-28
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Los Angeles Plays Itself
2004-07-28
Los Angeles Plays Itself
Overview: From its distinctive neighborhoods to its architectural homes, Los Angeles has been the backdrop to countless movies. In this dazzling work, Andersen takes viewers on a whirlwind tour through the metropolis' real and cinematic history, investigating the myriad stories and legends that have come to define it, and meticulously, judiciously revealing the real city that lives beneath.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-07-28
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Love Come Down
2000-08-02
Love Come Down
Overview: Two brothers in their early 20s, one black, one white, each the other's keeper since their family was torn apart by a decade old tragedy. Neville is a comedian struggling with his comedy, and his brother, Matthew, is a boxer consumed with the pleasure and pain of his skin. Neville becomes enchanted with Niko, a beguiling young singer who becomes entangled with him on his journey of self-discovery. With the support of their long-time friend Julian and Sister Sarah, a nun with a past, Neville and Matthew come to understand love in all its forms. Written by Conquering Lion Productions/FilmWorks
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-08-02
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The Inkwell
1994-04-22
The Inkwell
Overview: The Inkwell is about a 16-year-old boy coming of age on Martha's Vineyard in the summer of 1976.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-04-22
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Seeds of Tragedy
1991-06-15
Seeds of Tragedy
Overview: Coca leaves making their way from Peru to Downtown Los Angeles.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-06-15
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Gun Hill
2014-07-02
Gun Hill
Overview: A con man, Bird Stevens, assumes the identity of his cop twin brother, Trane, after his death; and goes on a search for his own redemption.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-07-02
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Unity
2015-08-12
Unity
Overview: Despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, and so on -- none of these has assuaged humankind from killing one another, the animals, and nature. UNITY is a film about why we can't seem to get along, even after thousands and thousands of years.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-08-12
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Michael
2025-10-01
Michael
Overview: An in-depth portrayal of Michael Jackson, a complicated man, who became the King of Pop. The biopic will bring to life Jackson’s most iconic performances as it gives an informed insight into the entertainer’s artistic process and personal life.
Genres: Music Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-10-01
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Bill Bellamy's Ladies Night Out Comedy Tour
2013-02-22
Bill Bellamy's Ladies Night Out Comedy Tour
Overview: Bill Bellamy's groundbreaking comedy tour brings together some of today's hottest male comics on showcase for the ladies of America. Featuring comics Ali Siddiq, Jay Reid and D'Lai.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-02-22
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Beta Test
2016-07-22
Beta Test
Overview: While testing the latest first person shooter from global game developer, Sentinel, video game champion Max Troy discovers the events happening within the game are being reflected in the real world. He soon determines that the game's protagonist is real-life Orson Creed, an ex-Sentinel employee who is being remotely controlled by the corporation for reasons unknown. As virtual and real worlds collide, Max and Creed must join forces to unravel the conspiracy before the game's sinister events escalate and overwhelm the city.
Genres: Thriller Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-07-22
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Girls Trip
2017-07-21
Girls Trip
Overview: Four girlfriends take a trip to New Orleans for an annual festival and, along the way, rediscover their wild sides and strengthen the bonds of sisterhood.
Genres: Comedy Romance Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-07-21
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Deuces
2017-04-01
Deuces
Overview: Assigned to go undercover to take down an impenetrable crime ring, a detective finds himself falling under the sway of it's enigmatic leader.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-04-01
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White Water
2015-02-07
White Water
Overview: White Water is the story of a 7 year-old black kid in segregated 1963 Opelika, Alabama who becomes obsessed with the desire to taste the water from the "white's only" drinking fountain and sets out on a quest to do the unthinkable: drink from it.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-02-07
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Business Ethics
2020-10-23
Business Ethics
Overview: Fresh out of business school, Zachery Cranston seems to have all the tools necessary to succeed in the world of finance. But he is ambitious to a fault and finds himself lured by a dramatic new idea for a fund that may not be so legal.
Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-23
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Biker Boyz
2003-01-31
Biker Boyz
Overview: A mythic motorcycle tale of father and son", this is the story of Manuel Galloway, also known as "the King of Cali", the president of a motorcycle club whose members are all African-American men, mostly white-collar workers who exchange their suits and ties at night and on weekends for leather outfits and motorcycle helmets.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-31
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Gangsta Vision: Making ‘Menace 2 Society’
2009-09-08
Gangsta Vision: Making ‘Menace 2 Society’
Overview: Documentary about the making of "Menace 2 Society."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-08
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