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Preston Tate Jr.

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As a 2012 Non-Equity Jeff Award Nominee for Best Principle Actor, a 2012 Black Theatre Alliance Award Winner for The Denzel Washington Award for Most Promising Actor and a 2012 BroadwayWorld Chicago Award Winner for Best Actor, Preston Tate Jr., has made a name for himself in the Chicago industry. He has been active for several years with work in film, television and theatre. He has managed to garner local attention with his award-winning performance of Superior Donuts during the course of it's three runs and also appearing on popular television shows such as "Empire" and "Chicago Fire".
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    • Known for

    Detroit 1-8-7 (2010)
    Detroit 1-8-7
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Tagger
    Harry Shum Jr. in Broadcast Signal Intrusion (2021)
    Broadcast Signal Intrusion
    5.4
    • Manfred
    • 2021
    Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory (2010)
    Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory
    TV Series
    • Nate
    Patriot (2015)
    Patriot
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Fourth Guy

    Credits

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    Actor

    • Cowl Girl
      • Bobby
      • Released
      • TV Series
      • 2015
    • Recipiphany (2025)
      Recipiphany
      Short
      • Homeless Man
      • 2025
    • Freudian Slip (2024)
      Freudian Slip
      • Student
      • 2024
    • Oliver Platt, Steven Weber, and S. Epatha Merkerson in Chicago Med (2015)
      Chicago Med
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Brendan Metz
      • 2023
    • Harry Shum Jr. in Broadcast Signal Intrusion (2021)
      Broadcast Signal Intrusion
      5.4
      • Manfred
      • 2021
    • Seven: The Short Film Combating Domestic Violence (2019)
      Seven: The Short Film Combating Domestic Violence
      Short
      • Jaime
      • 2019
    • Patriot (2015)
      Patriot
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Fourth Guy
      • 2017
    • Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson in Empire (2015)
      Empire
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Patron
      • 2016
    • Tika Sumpter and Parker Sawyers in Southside with You (2016)
      Southside with You
      6.3
      • Kyle
      • 2016
    • The Origins of Wit and Humor (2015)
      The Origins of Wit and Humor
      6.9
      • Dan
      • 2015
    • Unexpected (2015)
      Unexpected
      5.8
      • Jamal
      • 2015
    • Unknown Unknown (2014)
      Unknown Unknown
      4.4
      Short
      • Stockboy #1
      • 2014
    • William H. Macy, Steve Howey, Cameron Monaghan, Shanola Hampton, Jeremy Allen White, Ethan Cutkosky, and Emma Kenney in Shameless (2011)
      Shameless
      8.5
      TV Series
      • Bag Boy
      • 2014
    • Kevin Daniels, Michael Mosley, and Kevin Bigley in Sirens (2014)
      Sirens
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Dude #2
      • 2014
    • The Persistence of Loss
      Short
      • Colleague
      • 2013
    • Critical Nexus (2013)
      Critical Nexus
      3.0
      • Teen Boy 1
      • 2013

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    Southside with You
    Clip 0:47
    Southside with You
    Never Have I Ever
    Trailer 1:39
    Never Have I Ever
    Never Have I Ever
    Trailer 1:39
    Never Have I Ever
    Recipiphany Trailer
    Trailer 1:24
    Recipiphany Trailer

    Personal details

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    • Height
      • 5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
    • Other works
      (2011-2012 Season) He acted in Tracy Letts's play, "Superior Donuts," at the Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois with Preston Tate Jr. and Susan Monts-Bologna in the cast. David Woolley was the fight coordinator.

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    • Trivia
      He was nominated for a 2012 Non-Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for "Superior Donuts," at the Mary-Arrchie Theatre Company in Chicago, Illinois.

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