Greg Tate

Gregory Stephen Tate (October 14, 1957 – December 7, 2021) was an American writer, musician, and producer. A long-time critic for The Village Voice, Tate focused particularly on African-American music and culture, helping to establish hip-hop as a genre worthy of music criticism. Flyboy in the Buttermilk: Essays on Contemporary America (1992) collected 40 of his works for the Voice and he published a sequel, Flyboy 2, in 2016. A musician himself, he was a founding member of the Black Rock Coalition and the leader of Burnt Sugar. In 2024, Tate was posthumously awarded a Pulitzer Prize, a Special Citation award.

Greg Tate is known for work in acting across film and television. New Release currently presents 13 verified screen credits connected to this profile. Selected work includes Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (2019), Sidney (2022), The Andy Warhol Diaries (2022), Seven Songs for Malcolm X (1993), Betty: They Say I’m Different (2017), I Am Richard Pryor (2019), The Last Angel of History (1996), Two Trains Runnin' (2016). The recorded credits span 1993 to 2023, including 12 movies and 1 TV show. The filmography below lists available titles, release years and known roles. This profile is updated as additional verified information becomes available.