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Lance Gross

Lance Gross
© in TYLER PERRY'S TEMPTATION: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor. Photo courtesy of Lionsgate
Actor
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African American Actor.

Lance Gross recently appeared in the remake of "Steel Magnolias," starring opposite Queen Latifah, Alfre Woodard, Phylicia Rashad, and Jill Scott for the Lifetime Movie Network.

Lance next stars in the Tyler Perry film Tyler Perry's Temptation (as Brice) opposite Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Vanessa Williams, and Brandy Norwood for Lionsgate.

Earlier this year, Lance produced and starred in the independent feature, The Last Fall, written and directed by Matthew A. Cherry. In the film, Lance portrays an NFL player who finds himself unemployed and struggling to reconnect with his family and high school sweetheart. The film premiered at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival.

Lance starred for 6 seasons on Tyler Perry's "House of Payne" and received the 2010 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.

He has also starred alongside America Ferrera, Forest Whitaker and Carlos Mencia in Fox Searchlight's Our Family Wedding and guest starred on USA Network's "Royal Pains."

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