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.
Marcus Boyd
Our Family Wedding
Michael Brown
Meet the Browns
Erax
Gabriel aka Black Caesar
Call Her King
Brice
Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
Andre
Unthinkably Good Things
Sammy
Steel Magnolias
Him
Say Yes
Kyle Bishop
The Last Fall
Dutch
Dutch II: Angel's Revenge
Snatched
Jason
Deuces
Dino
When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story
Benard 'dutch' James
Dutch
Linwood Simon
Robin Roberts Presents: I Will Survive: The Gloria Gaynor Story
Anthony
Sugar Baby
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
16
Gender
Male
Birthday
1981-07-08
Place of Birth
Oakland, California, USA
Also Known As
Lance Darnell Gross