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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 8, 1981
Place of Birth
Oakland, California, USA
Also Known As
- Lance Darnell Gross
Lance Gross
1.4 Popularity
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
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Anthony
Sugar Baby
2025
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Linwood Simon
Robin Roberts Presents: I Will Survive: The Gloria Gaynor Story
2025
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Snatched
2024
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Dutch
Dutch II: Angel's Revenge
2024
4.8
Gabriel aka Black Caesar
Call Her King
2023
5.2
Andre
Unthinkably Good Things
2022
4.6
Erax
2022
7.7
Tyrique Freeman
Our Kind of People
2021
7.2
Benard 'dutch' James
Dutch
2021
7.2
Jason Washington
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019
Credits
Sugar Baby
as Anthony
2025
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Robin Roberts Presents: I Will Survive: The Gloria Gaynor Story
as Linwood Simon
2025
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Snatched
2024
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Dutch II: Angel's Revenge
as Dutch
2024
0.0
Call Her King
as Gabriel aka Black Caesar
2023
4.8
Unthinkably Good Things
as Andre
2022
5.2
Erax
2022
4.6
Our Kind of People
as Tyrique Freeman
2021
7.7
Dutch
as Benard 'dutch' James
2021
7.2
A Black Lady Sketch Show
as Jason Washington
2019
7.2
Too Old to Die Young
as Larry
2019
7.4
The Bobby Brown Story
as Steve Sealy
2018
7.0
When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story
as Dino
2017
8.1
Tales
as Reggie
2017
6.9
Deuces
as Jason
2017
5.8
Star
as Maurice
2016
7.9
MacGyver
as Billy Colton
2016
7.3
Crisis
as Marcus Finley
2014
6.4
Sleepy Hollow
as Daniel Reynolds
2013
7.4
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Say Yes
as Him
2013
4.5
Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
as Brice
2013
6.6
Steel Magnolias
as Sammy
2012
7.0
The Last Fall
as Kyle Bishop
2012
5.8
The Finder
as Frank Haywood
2012
7.0
Hawaii Five-0
as Lincoln Cole
2010
7.8
Our Family Wedding
as Marcus Boyd
2010
5.6
Meet the Browns
as Michael Brown
2008
6.6
Tyler Perry's House of Payne
as Calvin Payne
2007
7.6
Grey's Anatomy
as Ethan Boyd
2005
8.2