Originally from Arkansas, DeLance is the son of a saxophone player and a saint. He was first biten by the acting bug in kindergarden while playing Rudolf the Rednosed Reindeer in the Christmas Play. In High school, he was an all around athlete, playing football, baseball, and running track, but after playing Leroy in Fame his senior year, he realized all the sports were just an excuse to perform in front of an audience, and he never looked back.

DeLance is now based in New York after graduating from the American Repertory Theatre/ Moscow Art Theatre Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University.  He has performed in 4 countries and many regional theatres across the U.S, and was nominated for a “Best Actor in a Musical" award in Memphis, TN.   After leaving Arkansas, he spent time in Chicago and New York City, honing his craft and gaining experience, before deciding to attend graduate school.  He holds a MFA in Acting from ART/MXAT IATT and a BA in Theatre Arts, with Minor studies in Dance, from Henderson State University, and he is a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc.

Credits Include:
Huntington Theatre: Civil War Christmas Roger Gindi Produtions: Dust (Understudy) American Repertory Theatre: Donnie Darko, Cardenio (Understudy), Copenhagen (Understudy). ART/MXAT Institute: Trigger, Phoenician Women. Columbia University: ABK for Life. Amas Theatre(NYC): Damn Yankees. Neighborhood Playhouse: The A-Train Plays. Chicago Opera Theatre: Death in Venice. Chicago Shakespeare Theatre: Amistad Voices. Apple Tree Theatre (Chicago): Let The Circle Be Unbroken. Congo Square (Chicago): Homebound. Walden Media (Denver): Holes. Prather Productions: Smokey Joes Café (tour), and Civil War. Playhouse on the Square (Memphis): Smokey Joes Café*Nominated for “Best Actor in a Musical-Memphis Ostrander Awards.  Arkansas Repertory Theatre: A Soldier’s Play, Dreamgirls, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (tour), Anything Goes, Damn Yankees, Dracula, The Wizard of Oz, and Voices on the River. Arkansas Shakespeare Fest: Blood Knot.

Film:  Barbershop II: MGM.  Chasing the Dragon: Lifetime Entertainment. The Black Site: Flippant Films. Even if I told you: Hollywood Black Film Fest. The Missing Peace: Boston International Film Fest.

DeLance has toured Germany as a Dancer with BMG Music, toured the Mississippi Delta as a Storyteller, performed Greek tragedy at the World renowned Moscow Art Theatre, performed fraternity stepping on stage in Vietnam, and was the Assistant Director of Living History at the Historic Arkansas Museum.