* Chicago, IL 8.9.1975

Handsome, charismatic and emotionally expressive, Tate acted in L.A. community theater before making his TV debut on an episode of CBS's 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 Andre, a young man impatient for independence, on the ambitious comedy-drama "South Central" (Fox, 1994).

Tate gained considerable attention the year before with his showy feature debut in the Hughes Brothers' explosive MENACE II SOCIETY (1993), delivering a profoundly disturbing performance as O-Dog, a murderously nihilistic gun-toting teen. Tate displayed a kinder, gentler side in Matty Rich's THE INKWELL (1994) as a socially maladept young man coping with interracial class conflict and his own budding sexuality. He reteamed with the Hughes Brothers for DEAD PRESIDENTS (1995) to play an embittered and disillusioned Vietnam vet who turns to bank robbery in the early 1970s.

Filmografie

1993   MENACE II SOCIETY 
1994   THE INKWELL
1995   DEAD PRESIDENTS