Person · Actor

Lance Gross

Born

July 8, 1981

From

Oakland, California, USA

Height

1.83 m (6'0")

Also:
Producer
Writer

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Decades active

In short · Acting since 2005, 3 decades active, 33 credits.

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Biography

Lance Darnell Gross (born July 8, 1981) is an American actor, producer, and photographer. He is best known for his role as Calvin Payne on TBS's *House of Payne*, Tyrique Freeman on Fox's *Our Kind of People*, Maurice Jetter on Fox’s *Star*, Billy Colton on the CBS remake of *MacGyver*, Marcus Finley on the NBC drama *Crisis*, Daniel Reynolds on Fox’s *Sleepy Hollow*, Brice in the Tyler Perry film *Temptation*, Sammy in the Lifetime remake of *Steel Magnolias*, Marcus Boyd in the movie *Our Family Wedding* alongside America Ferrera, and Michael Brown in *Meet the Browns*. He is the first actor to win four NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his role on Tyler Perry’s *House of Payne*.

Gross starred in TV One’s *When Love Kills: The Felicia Blakely Story*, directed by Tasha Smith, the BET anthology series *Tales: Trap Queen*, directed by Benny Boom, and BET’s *The Bobby Brown Story*.

He is also the creator, producer, and star of the MACRO digital series *I Turned My Camera On* on Essence, which combined his love of photography with a series of celebrity interviews. The series featured Michael B. Jordan, Omari Hardwick, and Kelly Rowland, among others.