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Lance Gross
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 F…
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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.
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2025
Dutch III: International Gangster
Movie Dutch
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2025
Sugar Baby
Movie Anthony
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2025
Robin Roberts Presents: I Will Survive: The Gloria Gaynor Story
Movie Linwood Simon
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2024
Snatched
Movie Bryon
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2024
Dutch II: Angel's Revenge
Movie Dutch
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2023
Call Her King
Movie Gabriel aka Black Caesar
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2022
Unthinkably Good Things
Movie Andre
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2022
Erax
Movie
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2021
Our Kind of People
TV show Tyrique Freeman
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2021
Dutch
Movie Benard 'dutch' James
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2019
A Black Lady Sketch Show
TV show Jason Washington
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2019
Too Old to Die Young
TV show Larry
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2018
The Bobby Brown Story
TV show Steve Sealy
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2017
When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story
Movie Dino
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2017
Tales
TV show Reggie
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2017
Deuces
Movie Jason
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2016
Star
TV show Maurice
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2016
MacGyver
TV show Billy Colton
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2014
Crisis
TV show Marcus Finley
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2013
Sleepy Hollow
TV show Daniel Reynolds
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2013
Say Yes
Movie Him
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2013
Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
Movie Brice
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2012
Steel Magnolias
Movie Sammy
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2012
The Last Fall
Movie Kyle Bishop
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2012
The Finder
TV show Frank Haywood
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2010
Hawaii Five-0
TV show Lincoln Cole
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2010
Our Family Wedding
Movie Marcus Boyd
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2008
Meet the Browns
Movie Michael Brown
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2007
Tyler Perry's House of Payne
TV show Calvin Payne
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2005
Grey's Anatomy
TV show Ethan Boyd
