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Lance Gross
Actor, Writer, ProducerBorn July 8, 1981 (44 years)
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.
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
Lance Gross Filmography
| 2025 | Dutch III: International Gangster · as Dutch |
| 2025 | Sugar Baby · as Anthony |
| 2025 | Robin Roberts Presents: I Will Survive: The Gloria Gaynor Story · as Linwood Simon |
| 2024 | |
| 2024 | Dutch II: Angel's Revenge · as Dutch |
| 2023 | Call Her King · as Gabriel Aka Black Caesar |
| 2022 | Unthinkably Good Things · as Andre |
| 2022 | |
| 2021 | Our Kind of People (TV Series) · as Tyrique Freeman |
| 2021 | |
| 2019 | A Black Lady Sketch Show (TV Series) · as Jason Washington |
| 2019 | Too Old to Die Young (TV Series) · as Larry |
| 2018 | The Bobby Brown Story (TV Series) · as Steve Sealy |
| 2018 | The Paynes (TV Series) · as Calvin Payne |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | Tales (TV Series) · as Reggie |
| 2016 | Deuces · as Jason |
| 2016 | Star (TV Series) · as Maurice |
| 2016 | MacGyver (2016) (TV Series) · as Billy Colton |
| 2014 | Crisis (TV Series) · as Marcus Finley |
| 2013 | Sleepy Hollow (TV Series) · as Daniel Reynolds |
| 2013 | |
| 2012 | Steel Magnolias · as Sammy |
| 2012 | The Last Fall · as Kyle Bishop |
| 2012 | The Finder (TV Series) · as Frank Haywood |
| 2010 | Hawaii Five-0 (TV Series) · as Lincoln Cole |
| 2010 | Our Family Wedding · as Marcus Boyd |
| 2009 | Royal Pains (TV Series) · as Dr. London |
| 2008 | Meet the Browns · as Michael Brown |
| 2006 | Tyler Perry's House of Payne (TV Series) · as Calvin Payne |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy (TV Series) · as Ethan Boyd |
| 2003 | Eve (TV Series) · as Choir Member |
Dutch II: Angel's Revenge · as Cast |
| 2023 | Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story · as Self - Calvin Payne, Tyler Perry's House Of Payne |
| 2020 | Homecoming 2020: Meet Me on the Yard · as Self |
| 2020 | GMA3: What You Need to Know (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | Patti LaBelle's Place (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | 2014 Soul Train Awards · as Self |
| 2014 | Unsung Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | The Arsenio Hall Show (2013) (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2013 | 44th NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 2011 | 2011 Soul Train Awards · as Self |
| 2011 | 42nd NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 2010 | 41st NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 2009 | The 40th NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 2009 | The BET Honors · as Self |
| 2008 | The Wendy Williams Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2008 | 39th NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | Tyler Perry's House of Payne (TV Series) |
| 2025 | Sugar Baby · as Executive Producer |
| 2012 | The Last Fall · as Executive Producer |