Larenz Tate

Larenz Tate was born on Chicago, Illinois\' west side, in a middle-class suburb, to Peggy and Larry Tate. Tate is the youngest of three siblings (his two brothers, Larron and Lahmard, are also actors) whose family moved to California when he was 4 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.[citation needed] Tate attended Palmdale High School, graduating in 1993.\n', '

Following appearances in such television series as 21 Jump Street and The Wonder Years, Tate was cast in t…