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Lance Gross
Actor

Lance Gross

8 Jul 1981Born
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Oakland, California, USABirthplace

Biography

Lance Darnell Gross (born July 8, 1981) is an American actor, producer and photographer. He's best known for his roles as Calvin Payne on TBS' 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 Ferreira, and Michael Brown in Meet the Browns.

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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.

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Filmography

  1. 2025Dutch III: International GangsterFilm: Dutch
  2. 2025Sugar BabyFilm: Anthony
  3. 2025Robin Roberts Presents: I Will Survive: The Gloria Gaynor StoryFilm: Linwood Simon
  4. 2024SnatchedFilm: Bryon
  5. 2024Dutch II: Angel's RevengeFilm: Dutch
  6. 2023Call Her KingFilm: Gabriel aka Black Caesar
  7. 2022Unthinkably Good ThingsFilm: Andre
  8. 2022EraxFilm
  9. 2021Our Kind of PeopleSeries: Tyrique Freeman (12 episodes)
  10. 2021DutchFilm: Benard 'dutch' James
  11. 2019A Black Lady Sketch ShowSeries: Jason Washington (1 episode)
  12. 2019Too Old to Die YoungSeries: Larry (1 episode)
  13. 2018The Bobby Brown StorySeries: Steve Sealy (2 episodes)
  14. 2017When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely StoryFilm: Dino
  15. 2017TalesSeries: Reggie (1 episode)
  16. 2017DeucesFilm: Jason
  17. 2016StarSeries: Maurice (34 episodes)
  18. 2016MacGyverSeries: Billy Colton (6 episodes)
  19. 2014CrisisSeries: Marcus Finley (13 episodes)
  20. 2013Sleepy HollowSeries: Daniel Reynolds (18 episodes)
  21. 2013Say YesFilm: Him
  22. 2013Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage CounselorFilm: Brice
  23. 2012Steel MagnoliasFilm: Sammy
  24. 2012The Last FallFilm: Kyle Bishop
  25. 2012The FinderSeries: Frank Haywood (1 episode)
  26. 2010Hawaii Five-0Series: Lincoln Cole (2 episodes)
  27. 2010Our Family WeddingFilm: Marcus Boyd
  28. 2008Meet the BrownsFilm: Michael Brown
  29. 2007Tyler Perry's House of PayneSeries: Calvin Payne (436 episodes)
  30. 2005Grey's AnatomySeries: Ethan Boyd (2 episodes)

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