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Sterling K. Brown

Acting

Born April 5, 1976 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Also known as Sterling K Brown · Sterling 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.

Awards & recognition

  • Golden Globe AwardBest Actor – Television Series Drama · 2018
  • Time 100 · 2018
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series · 2017
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie · 2016
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actor · 2024 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration

2019as Self

Lincoln: Divided We Stand

as Narrator

INVINCIBLE

2021as Angstrom Levy (voice)

The Mentalist

2008as DEA Agent Higgins

Supernatural

2005as Gordon Walker

Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts

2020as Lio Oak (voice)

This Is Us

2016as Randall Pearson

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

2013as Philip Davidson

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

2017as Reggie

Person of Interest

2011as Cal Beecher

Castle

2009as Ed Redley

MLB Network Presents

as Narrator

A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote

2020as Leo McGarry

Boston Legal

2004as Zeke Borns

Third Watch

1999as Officer Dade

Solar Opposites

2020as Halk (voice)

ER

1994as Bob Harris

Big Mouth

2017

American Crime Story

2016as Christopher Darden

The Good Wife

2009as Andrew Boylan

NCIS

2003as Elijah Banner

Paradise

2025as Xavier Collins

Army Wives

2007as Roland Burton

Medium

2005as Todd Gillis

Waves

2019as Ronald

Black Panther

2018as N'Jobu

American Fiction

2023as Clifford Ellison

Marshall

2017as Joseph Spell

Nikita

2010as Nick Anson

Without a Trace

2002as Thomas Biggs

Frozen II

2019as Mattias (voice)

The Graham Norton Show

2007as Self

Amend: The Fight for America

2021as Self

The Angry Birds Movie 2

2019as Garry (voice)

Hot Ones

2015as Self

Masters of Sex

2013as Marcus

Interrupting Chicken

as Papa (voice)

Into the Unknown: Making Frozen 2

2020as Self

One Day at Disney

2019as Narrator (voice)

Running Wild with Bear Grylls

2014as Self

Saturday Night Live

1975as Self - Host

Alias

2001as Agent Rance

Atlas

2024as Colonel Elias Banks

Eli Stone

2008as David Mosley

Shark

2006as Quenton North

Stay

2005as Frederick / Devon

Brown Sugar

2002as Co-Worker

The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience

2019as Sia

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019as Self

Finding Your Roots

2012as Self