Lance Gross

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.

Most Known For

Grey's Anatomy

as Ethan Boyd

Hawaii Five-0

as Lincoln Cole

MacGyver

as Billy Colton

Sleepy Hollow

as Daniel Reynolds

Tyler Perry's House of Payne

as Calvin Payne

Star

as Maurice

The Finder

as Frank Haywood

A Black Lady Sketch Show

as Jason Washington

Too Old to Die Young

as Larry

Crisis

as Marcus Finley

Tales

as Reggie

Meet the Browns

as Michael Brown

Call Her King

as Gabriel aka Black Caesar

Our Kind of People

as Tyrique Freeman

Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor

as Brice

Our Family Wedding

as Marcus Boyd

The Bobby Brown Story

as Steve Sealy

Deuces

as Jason

Erax

Say Yes

as Him