
Lance Gross
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1981-07-08
Place of birth: 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

Our Family Wedding
2010Marcus Boyd
Meet the Browns
2008Michael Brown
Erax
2022
Call Her King
2023Gabriel aka Black Caesar
Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
2013Brice
Unthinkably Good Things
2022Andre
Steel Magnolias
2012SammySay Yes
2013Him
The Last Fall
2012Kyle Bishop
Dutch II: Angel's Revenge
2024Dutch
Snatched
2024
Deuces
2017Jason
When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story
2017Dino
Dutch
2021Benard 'dutch' James
Robin Roberts Presents: I Will Survive: The Gloria Gaynor Story
2025Linwood Simon
Sugar Baby
2025Anthony