Lance Gross

Lance Gross
Gross in 2017
Born	Lance Darnell Gross (1981-07-08) July 8, 1981 (age 43) Oakland, California, U.S.
Alma mater	Howard University
Occupations	Actor model photographer
Years active	2006–present
Spouse	Rebecca Jefferson ​ (m. 2015)​
Children	2

Lance Darnell Gross (born July 8, 1981)^[1] is an American actor and model. He is known for his role as Calvin Payne on the TBS/BET sitcom Tyler Perry's House of Payne (2007–2012; 2020–present), for which he won four NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.

Gross made his big screen debut starring in the 2008 romantic comedy-drama film, Meet the Browns. He later starred in films Our Family Wedding (2010), The Last Fall (2012) and Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (2013). On television, Gross starred as Secret Service Agent Marcus Finley in the short-lived NBC political drama series, Crisis (2014) and later was regular cast member in Sleepy Hollow (2015–2016), Star (2017–2019) and Our Kind of People (2021–2022).