Eric Lane (actor)

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Eric Lane (born November 16, 1976) is an American actor from Chicago, Illinois. He is known for R. Kelly's hip-hopera, Trapped in the Closet , as the character Twan, from Chapter 7 and on.

He also appeared in the 2006 film Waist Deep , the lead role in the 2008 direct to video film Tactical and is the main character in the 2014 short film Night Thrasher: RAVE based on the Marvel comics superhero character Night Thrasher. He currently plays the role Black Magnum from the Amazon.com series The Girls & Rodney as well as the character Frank the Barber in the comedy series REL on FOX.

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