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Lance Darnell Kwaku Gross (born July 8, 1981)[1] is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Calvin Payne on the TBS sitcom Tyler Perry's House of Payne and OWN sitcom Tyler Perry's The Paynes.,[2] as well as appearing in other Tyler Perry productions such as the Meet the Browns (2008) film and Tyler Perry's Temptations: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (2013). He also co-starred in 2010's Our Family Wedding alongside Forest Whitaker, Carlos Mencia, America Ferrera, and Regina King. He also starred as Secret Service Agent Marcus Finley in NBC's political drama Crisis.

Lance Gross
Gross in 2017
Born	Lance Darnell Kwaku Gross (1981-07-08) July 8, 1981 (age 41) Oakland, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Howard University
Occupation	Actor model
Years active	2006–present
Spouse	Rebecca Jefferson ​ (m. 2015)​
Children	2

Early life and career

Gross was born in Oakland, California, the child of an African American mother and Ghanaian immigrant father, and later moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, to attend and graduate from Bonanza High School.[3] He went on to attend Howard University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in theater.^{[citation needed]} He then trained at The Ivanna Chubbuck Studio as well as the Tasha Smith Acting Studio.[4]

Gross began his career by modeling for Karl Kani and appearing in music videos for artists such as Mary J. Blige, Rihanna and Mariah Carey.[5] In 2006, he had minor roles in Eve and The Bernie Mac Show.[6] It was while he was performing in the Tasha Smith Acting Studio that he was discovered by Tyler Perry.^{[citation needed]} He was consequently cast as Calvin Payne on Perry's new sitcom House of Payne. In the show Gross plays Calvin, a young professional who has attended college for seven years. He has been awarded four NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for this role.[7]

2008 saw Gross make his film debut in the romantic comedy Meet the Browns.^{[citation needed]} His next big screen appearance was in Our Family Wedding in 2010 alongside America Ferrera, in which they portrayed a recently engaged young couple whose wedding preparations are disrupted by their families.[8] In 2012 he starred in the independent film The Last Fall, the story of a retired NFL player dealing with financial and family difficulties.[9] Currently Gross plays a major role on the Fox musical drama Star.

In 2018, on OWN's The Paynes, he makes an appearance as a recurring character in the episodes "A Surprise for the Paynes", "Revelations of Payne" and "A Confrontation of Payne", along with Allen Payne, Demetria McKinney, Larramie "Doc" Shaw and China Anne McClain.

Personal life

In July 2006, Gross began dating actor Eva Marcille. The couple became engaged on December 24, 2008 and split up in March 2010. Later on May 23, 2015 Gross married fashion stylist Rebecca Jefferson [10] The couple are parents to two kids, one daughter, Berkeley Brynn Gross (born November 20, 2014),[11] and one son, Lennon Lorin Gross (born July 10, 2018).

In November 2021 Gross became initiated as an official member of Kappa Alpha Psi.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Meet the Browns	Michael Brown	Lead role
2010	Our Family Wedding	Marcus Boyd	Lead role
2012	The Last Fall	Kyle Bishop	Lead role
2013	Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor	Brice	Lead role
2016	The Phenom	Lee Brooks
2017	Deuces	Jason Foster
2017	When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story	Dino
2021	Dutch	Benard "Dutch" James	Lead role
2022	Erax	Cliff	Short
2022	Unthinkably Good Things	Andre
TBA	Dutch II: Nina's Story	Benard "Dutch" James	Lead role
TBA	Dutch III	Benard "Dutch" James	Lead role

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Eve	Choir Member	1 episode
	The Bernie Mac Show	Krumper #1	1 episode
2007–2012; 2020–present	Tyler Perry's House of Payne	Calvin Payne	Main role; 188 episodes
2012	Steel Magnolias	Sammy Desoto	TV movie
	The Finder	Frank Haywood	1 episode
	Royal Pains	Dr. London	1 episode
2013	Dice City	Derek	Main role
2014	Crisis	U.S. Secret Service Agent Marcus Finley	Main role
2015	Grey's Anatomy	Ethan	Supporting role
2015–16	Sleepy Hollow	Daniel Reynolds	Main role
2017–2019	Tales	Reggie	Episodes: "Trap Queen" and "Ex-Factor" (co-writer)
	Star	Maurice Jetter, (A&R)	Recurring/Main role
	MacGyver	Billy Colton	Recurring role
2018	The Paynes	Calvin Payne	3 episodes
	The Bobby Brown Story	Steven Sealy	Main role
2020	Hawaii Five-0	Lincoln Cole	2 episodes
2021	Our Kind of People	Tyrique Freeman	Main role

References

External links

• Lance Gross at IMDb

На других языках

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[ru] Гросс, Лэнс

Лэнс Гросс (англ. Lance Gross, род. 8 июля 1981 (1981-07-08), Окленд, Калифорния) — американский актёр и модель. Гросс наиболее известен благодаря своей роли в ситкоме «Дом семейства Пэйн», где он снимался с 2007 по 2012 год, а также фильмам «Знакомство с Браунами» (2008), «Семейная свадьба» (2010) и «Семейный консультант» (2013).

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