Lance Darnell Gross is an American actor and photographer, best known for his role as Calvin Payne on the TBS sitcom Tyler Perry's House of Payne, 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." On November 20 2014 on social media app instagram Jefferson And Gross announced the birth of their daughter Berkely Brynn Gross