Biography
Handsome, charismatic and emotionally expressive, Tate acted in L. A. community theater before making his TV debut on an episode of CBS' 1985 revival of "The Twilight Zone". Other TV credits followed on series including "21 Jump Street", "Matlock" and "The Wonder Years". Tate appeared in Oprah Winfrey's high-profile miniseries "The Women of Brewster Place" (ABC, 1989) before landing a succession of stints as a TV series regular, notably as …
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Career Milestones
2007 | Joined season four of the FX drama, "Rescue Me" playing 'Black Shawn' | |
2006 | Co-starred with Tyrese Gibson in Vondie Curtis-Hall's "Waist Deep" | |
2006 | Cast opposite Jeremy Piven in the indie comedy, "Keeping Up with the Steins" | |
2005 | Joined an ensemble cast for Paul Haggis' directorial debut, "Crash" | |
2004 | Portrayed Quincy Jones in "Ray," the biopic of legendary blues singer Ray Charles (played by Jamie Foxx) | |
2003 | Co-starred with Vin Diesel in "A Man Apart" | |
2003 | Featured in the action feature, "Biker Boyz" | |
2000 | Produced and starred in the independent feature, "Love Come Down" | |
1998 | Portrayed pop singer Frankie Lymon in "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" | |
1997 | Had featured role in "The Postman" | |
1995 | Re-teamed with the Hughes brothers for "Dead Presidents" | |
1994 | Starred in the feature, "The Inkwell" | |
1994 | Cast as a regular on the FOX series, "South Central" | |
1993 | Made feature debut a trigger-happy teenager in the Hughes brothers' "Menace II Society" | |
1991 | Played the teenaged son of Della Reese on the CBS series, "The Royal Family" | |
1990 | Made debut as a TV series regular in the short-lived ABC sitcom, "New Attitude" | |
1989 | TV miniseries debut, "The Women of Brewster Place" (ABC) | |
1985 | Made TV debut in the CBS revival of "The Twilight Zone" | |
| Began a drama program at the Inner City Cultural Center with his brothers | ||
| Moved with family to Los Angeles at nine years old | ||
Awards
2006 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in Crash |
2005 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in Ray |