Lance Gross Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Lance Gross Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Lance Darnell Gross (born July 8, 1981) is an Ghanaian American actor,

model and photographer. 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., 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.Gross was born in Oakland, California, the child of a Ghanaian

father and African American mother, and later moved to Las Vegas,

Nevada, to attend and graduate from Bonanza High School. He went on to

attend Howard University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in

theater. He then trained at The Ivanna Chubbuck Studio as well as the

Tasha Smith Acting Studio.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. In 2006, he had minor roles in Eve and The

Bernie Mac Show. It was while he was performing in the Tasha Smith

Acting Studio that he was discovered by Tyler Perry. 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.2008 saw Gross make his film debut in the romantic comedy Meet

the Browns. 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. In 2012 he starred in the independent film The Last Fall,

the story of a retired NFL player dealing with financial and family

difficulties. Currently Gross plays a major role on the Fox musical

drama Star.
Lance Gross Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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