Social Entertainment / People

Lance Gross

Acting · Born July 8, 1981 · Oakland, California, USA

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.

Movies with Lance Gross

• Our Family Wedding (2010) — Marcus Boyd
• Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (2013) — Brice
• Meet the Browns (2008) — Michael Brown
• Dutch II: Angel's Revenge (2024) — Dutch
• Steel Magnolias (2012) — Sammy
• When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story (2017) — Dino
• Deuces (2017) — Jason
• Dutch (2021) — Benard 'dutch' James
• Dutch III: International Gangster (2025) — Dutch
• Snatched (2024) — Bryon
• Erax (2022)
• Call Her King (2023) — Gabriel aka Black Caesar

TV shows with Lance Gross

• MacGyver (2016) — Billy Colton
• Sleepy Hollow (2013) — Daniel Reynolds
• Tyler Perry's House of Payne (2007) — Calvin Payne
• Star (2016) — Maurice
• Crisis (2014) — Marcus Finley
• Our Kind of People (2021) — Tyrique Freeman