Legate trained at the National Ballet School of Canada and the School of American Ballet, and appeared with the National Ballet of Canada before joining San Francisco Ballet as a soloist in 1991.
With San Francisco Ballet, he has appeared in the lead roles of artistic director Helgi Tomasson's Romeo and Juliet, Lar Lubovitch's Othello, and many other works.
Legate plans to attend chiropractic college after his retirement.