Sterling K. Brown

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1976-04-05

Place of Birth

St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Sterling K. Brown

Biography

Sterling Kelby Brown (born April 5, 1976) is an American actor. Known for his leading roles on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades, including three Primetime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a nomination for an Academy Award. He was included in Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2018. Brown portrayed Christopher Darden in the FXlimited series The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (2016), which earned the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. For his role as Randall Pearson in the NBC drama series This Is Us (2016–2022), he earned the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. He was further Emmy-nominated for his comedic roles in the Fox Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2018) and the Amazon Prime comedy series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2019). For his role in American Fiction (2023), he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Brown is also known for his leading roles in films such as Hotel Artemis (2019), Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. (2022), and Biosphere (2023) as well as supporting roles in Marshall (2017), Black Panther (2018), and Waves (2019). He has voiced roles in the 2019 animated films The Angry Birds Movie 2 and Frozen II. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sterling K. Brown, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Acting History

2026
Is God Is
2026
The Gallerist
2025
Washington Black as Medwin Harris
2025
Paradise as Xavier Collins
2024
Atlas as Colonel Elias Banks
2023
American Fiction as Clifford Ellison
2023
Biosphere as Ray
2022
Interrupting Chicken as Papa (voice)
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
2022
Sherri as Self - Guest
2022
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. as Lee-Curtis Childs
2021
Bug Therapy as Stick Bug (voice)
2021
The Normal Heart
2021
Roll Up Your Sleeves as Self
2021
INVINCIBLE as Angstrom Levy / Angstrom #646 (voice)
2021
INVINCIBLE as Angstrom Levy (voice)
2021
Soul of a Nation as Self
2021
Amend: The Fight for America as Self
2021
Lincoln: Divided We Stand as Narrator
2020
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote as Leo McGarry
2020
Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II as Self
2020
Junior as Narrator (voice)
2020
Solar Opposites as Halk (voice)
2020
The Rhythm Section as Serra
2020
Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts as Lio Oak (voice)
2019
Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways as Self
2019
One Day at Disney as Narrator (voice)
2019
Frozen II as Mattias (voice)
2019
Waves as Ronald
2019
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration as Self
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2019
The Angry Birds Movie 2 as Garry (voice)
2019
The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience as Sia
2018
The Predator as Traeger
2018
Hotel Artemis as Sherman / Waikiki
2018
Black Panther as N'Jobu
2017
Marshall as Joseph Spell
2017
Big Mouth
2017
Big Mouth as Michael Angelo (voice)
2017
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as Reggie
2016
This Is Us as Randall Pearson
2016
Spaceman as Rodney Scott
2016
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot as Sgt. Hurd
2016
American Crime Story as Christopher Darden
2016
Mojave as Detective Fletcher (uncredited)
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
2015
IMDb on the Scene as Self
2015
Hot Ones as Self
2015
MLB Network Presents as Narrator
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
2014
Running Wild with Bear Grylls as Self
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2013
Masters of Sex as Marcus
2013
Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Philip Davidson
2013
The Suspect as The Other Suspect
2012
Finding Your Roots as Self
2011
Person of Interest as Cal Beecher
2011
Our Idiot Brother as Officer Omar
2011
Harry's Law as Mr. Thomas
2010
Nikita as Nick Anson
2009
The Good Wife as Andrew Boylan
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2009
Castle as Ed Redley
2008
The Mentalist as DEA Agent Higgins
2008
Righteous Kill as Rogers
2008
Eli Stone as David Mosley
2007
The Favor as Policeman #1
2007
Army Wives as Roland Burton
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self
2006
Shark as Quenton North
2005
Stay as Frederick / Devon
2005
Supernatural as Gordon Walker
2005
Trust the Man as Rand
2005
Starved as Adam Williams
2005
Medium as Todd Gillis
2004
Boston Legal as Zeke Borns
2003
Tarzan as Detective Carey
2003
NCIS as Elijah Banner
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
2002
Brown Sugar as Co-Worker
2002
Hack as Rasheed Morgan
2002
Without a Trace as Thomas Biggs
2002
Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon as Carl Jocelyn
2001
Alias as Agent Rance
1999
Third Watch as Officer Dade
1996
The Daily Show as Self
1994
ER as Bob Harris
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1981
Entertainment Tonight as Self
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1953
The Oscars as Self
1953
The Oscars as Self - Presenter
1949
The Emmy Awards as Self
Double Booked
Voltron
Better Than They Found It: Black Coaches Who Shaped the Modern NFL as Narrator (voice)
The Defender as Scipio Africanus Jones