
Lance Gross
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 8, 1981 (age 45)
- Birthplace
- Oakland, California, USA
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. 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.
Known For
Filmography

Robin Roberts Presents: I Will Survive: The Gloria Gaynor Story
Movie · as Linwood Simon

Sugar Baby
Movie · as Anthony

Dutch III: International Gangster
Movie · as Dutch

Dutch II: Angel's Revenge
Movie · as Dutch

Snatched
Movie · as Bryon

Call Her King
Movie · as Gabriel aka Black Caesar

Erax
Movie · as Cliff

Unthinkably Good Things
Movie · as Andre

Dutch
Movie · as Benard 'dutch' James

Our Kind of People
TV · as Tyrique Freeman · 12 eps

A Black Lady Sketch Show
TV · as Jason Washington · 1 ep

Too Old to Die Young
TV · as Larry · 1 ep

The Bobby Brown Story
TV · as Steve Sealy · 2 eps

Deuces
Movie · as Jason

When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story
Movie · as Dino

Tales
TV · as Reggie · 1 ep

MacGyver
TV · as Billy Colton · 6 eps

Star
TV · as Maurice · 34 eps

Crisis
TV · as Marcus Finley · 13 eps

Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
Movie · as Brice
Say Yes
Movie · as Him

Sleepy Hollow
TV · as Daniel Reynolds · 18 eps

Steel Magnolias
Movie · as Sammy

The Last Fall
Movie · as Kyle Bishop

The Finder
TV · as Frank Haywood · 1 ep

Our Family Wedding
Movie · as Marcus Boyd

Hawaii Five-0
TV · as Lincoln Cole · 2 eps

Meet the Browns
Movie · as Michael Brown

Tyler Perry's House of Payne
TV · as Calvin Payne · 436 eps

Grey's Anatomy
TV · as Ethan Boyd · 2 eps