Lance Gross

Lance Darnell Gross is an American actor, model and photographer, best known for his role as Calvin Payne on the TBS sitcom Tyler Perrys House of Payne, as well as appearing in other Tyler Perry productions such as the Meet the Browns film and Tyler Perrys Temptations Confessions of a Marriage Counselor . He also costarred in 2010s Our Family Wedding alongside Forest Whitaker, Carlos Mencia, America Ferrera, and Regina King. He also starred as Secret Service Agent Marcus Finley in NBCs political drama Crisis.

Gross was born in Oakland, California,by a ghanaian father and African American woman and later moved to Las Vegas, Nevada to attend and graduate from Bonanza High School. At Bonanza High School, Lance was a top athlete in football and track and field. He was always popular and even won Prom King his senior year. He went on to attend Howard University, where he passed up the opportunity of becoming a Pro Track amp Field athlete in order to pursue his dream of acting. He received a Bachelor of Arts in theater and then trained at The Ivanna Chubbuck Studio as well as the Tasha Smith Acting Studio.

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