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Home · Love & Sex

Happy Birthday Lance Gross: His Finest Moments

Actor Lance Gross turns 34 today! We're celebrating by reviewing his all-time sexiest moments. Join the party!

By Charli Penn · March 17, 2014October 27, 2020
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HBD, Lance!

Actor Lance Gross turns 34 today! We’re celebrating by reviewing his all-time sexiest moments. Join the party!

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Hot Shots

We can’t ever complain about getting “instaclose” with Gross on Instagram. #gorgeous

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Sexy and Sophisticated

Gross makes the ladies scream. He’s handsome, hard-working and as sexy as can be. Oh, and we just love him in glasses.

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Lance Gross

Hot chocolate alert!

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Lending A Hand

We just want to get lost in Lance Gross’ gorgeous smile. Here, the cutie shared a photo of himself lending a hand at a charity event.

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Lance, Lance, Lance!

If you want to see more of Crisis star Lance Gross, you need not look any further than Instagram. His feed is full of inviting selfies like this one.

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Lance Gross

It looks like Gross is a big fan of mirror selfies, and guess what? We’re even bigger fans of any one with him in it.

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Looking Good

Lance Gross attends the Heineken Filmmaker Party in New York City.

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Easy Does It

Lance Gross attends a photo call at Chelsea Day Light Studio in New York City.

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Steaming Hot Chocolate

Seriously, we’re melting right now. Oh Lance, you sure know how to pose.

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So Handsome!

Lance Gross attends 2013 NBC Upfront Presentation Red Carpet Event at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

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Tall, Dark and Handsome

Lance Gross attends Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution’s 2013 LA Screenings Lot Party at Twentieth Century Fox Studio Lot in Los Angeles, California.

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So Sexy

Lance Gross attends the kickoff for Max Schneider’s ‘Nothing Without Love’ summer tour at The Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, CA.

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Hot Shots

Someone’s looking good. Can we get more dashboard selfies, Lance Gross?

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Summer Casual

Lance Gross attends the 2013 Los Angeles Film Festival Premiere Of The Weinstein Company’s Fruitvale Station at Regal Cinemas L.A. Live in Los Angeles, California.

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Man in Black

Lance Gross looks sexy as ever at the 2013 ESSENCE Festival.

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The Dream Team

Gross could have become a professional track and field star but instead decided to set his sights on Hollywood to pursue his acting dreams.

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The Marrying Kind

In 2010, cutie-pie Gross starred alongside veteran actors Regina King and Forest Whitaker in the romantic comedy Our Family Wedding. He played a romantic guy who whisked the woman of his dreams off her feet, but faced difficulties trying to win over her family.

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The Consummate Professional

After graduating from Howard, Gross trained at The Ivanna Chubbuck Studio for acting and the Tasha Smith Acting Studio.

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Hats Off to You

Not many men can rock a fedora as well as Gross does. He’s frequently spotted on and off the red carpet wearing a trendy trilby hat.

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Too Cool for School

Gross is an HBCU alum. He once ruled the school at Howard University in Washington, D.C., where he earned a bachelor’s degree and was very active in theater and entertainment on campus.

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Rising Star

NAACP Image Award winning actor Gross’ star has been on the rise for quite some time. He’s best known for his starring role in the TBS sitcom Tyler Perry’s House of Payne and all of the famed director’s Meet the Browns films.

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Mr. Cool

Lance Gross stays cool on his way to attend the annual CIAA in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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2013 NAACP Image Awards

Lance Gross, winner of Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for Tyler Perry’s House of Payne, poses for a portrait during the 44th NAACP Image Awards at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California.

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On The Move

Lance Gross goes shopping at the Apple store at the Grove in Hollywood, California.

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Dapper Don

Actor Lance Gross is all smiles while doing press at the Diamonds & Caviar Gala, a charity event in Bermuda to benefit uninsured mothers with premature babies.

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Come Here Baby

Now this is what we call a welcoming smile! Sexy leading man Lance Gross knows exactly what he’s doing.

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Lance Gross

We could stare at this close up of actor Lance Gross all day. Look at that sexy, sensual smirk. He knows what he’s doing. Just gorgeous!

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Denim Delight

Lance Gross attends the Youth Summit hosted by Dwyane Wade.

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Suited Up

Lance Gross is a heavenly vision in this white double breasted suit.

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True Blue

Lance Gross arrives at the 5th anniversary ‘Creme of the Crop’ post BET Awards Dinner Celebration in Beverly Hills.

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A Chocolate Break

Lance Gross arrives at ‘The Jill Scott Experience Pre-BET Awards Party’ in Hollywood.

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Lance Gross

Now Lance has been traveling all over the world lately, but some how forgot to tweet this photo of him and a cute monkey in the Dominican Republic!

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