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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 5, 1976
Place of Birth
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Also Known As
- Sterling K Brown
- Sterling Brown
Sterling K. Brown
1.8 Popularity
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.
Known For
Credits
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Is God Is
2026
0.0
The Gallerist
2026
0.0
Washington Black
as Medwin Harris
2025
5.9
Paradise
as Xavier Collins
2025
7.6
Atlas
as Colonel Elias Banks
2024
6.7
American Fiction
as Clifford Ellison
2023
7.3
Biosphere
as Ray
2023
4.9
Interrupting Chicken
as Papa (voice)
2022
7.1
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
2022
5.6
Sherri
as Self - Guest
2022
3.0
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
as Lee-Curtis Childs
2022
4.7
Bug Therapy
as Stick Bug (voice)
2021
9.5
The Normal Heart
2021
0.0
Roll Up Your Sleeves
as Self
2021
7.5
INVINCIBLE
as Angstrom Levy / Angstrom #646 (voice)
2021
8.6
INVINCIBLE
as Angstrom Levy (voice)
2021
8.6
Soul of a Nation
as Self
2021
4.3
Amend: The Fight for America
as Self
2021
7.1
Lincoln: Divided We Stand
as Narrator
2021
9.2
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
as Leo McGarry
2020
8.0
Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II
as Self
2020
6.9
Junior
as Narrator (voice)
2020
8.0
Solar Opposites
as Halk (voice)
2020
7.8
The Rhythm Section
as Serra
2020
5.5
Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts
as Lio Oak (voice)
2020
8.2
Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways
as Self
2019
0.0
One Day at Disney
as Narrator (voice)
2019
6.9
Frozen II
as Mattias (voice)
2019
7.2
Waves
as Ronald
2019
7.4
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
2019
9.3
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
6.3
The Angry Birds Movie 2
as Garry (voice)
2019
7.1
The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience
as Sia
2019
6.4
The Predator
as Traeger
2018
5.6
Hotel Artemis
as Sherman / Waikiki
2018
6.1
Black Panther
as N'Jobu
2018
7.4
Marshall
as Joseph Spell
2017
7.2
Big Mouth
2017
7.6
Big Mouth
as Michael Angelo (voice)
2017
7.6
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
as Reggie
2017
8.1
This Is Us
as Randall Pearson
2016
8.2
Spaceman
as Rodney Scott
2016
5.8
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
as Sgt. Hurd
2016
6.3
American Crime Story
as Christopher Darden
2016
7.6
Mojave
as Detective Fletcher (uncredited)
2016
5.0
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
2015
6.2
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
2015
6.2
IMDb on the Scene
as Self
2015
6.5
Hot Ones
as Self
2015
7.2
MLB Network Presents
as Narrator
2015
8.0
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
4.6
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
as Self
2014
6.8
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
2014
5.3
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest
2014
5.9
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.9
Masters of Sex
as Marcus
2013
7.1
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
as Philip Davidson
2013
8.2
The Suspect
as The Other Suspect
2013
5.4
Finding Your Roots
as Self
2012
6.6
Person of Interest
as Cal Beecher
2011
8.1
Our Idiot Brother
as Officer Omar
2011
6.1
Harry's Law
as Mr. Thomas
2011
7.3
Nikita
as Nick Anson
2010
7.2
The Good Wife
as Andrew Boylan
2009
7.6
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
5.1
Castle
as Ed Redley
2009
8.0
The Mentalist
as DEA Agent Higgins
2008
8.4
Righteous Kill
as Rogers
2008
5.9
Eli Stone
as David Mosley
2008
6.8
The Favor
as Policeman #1
2007
5.8
Army Wives
as Roland Burton
2007
7.5
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
Shark
as Quenton North
2006
6.7
Stay
as Frederick / Devon
2005
6.6
Supernatural
as Gordon Walker
2005
8.3
Trust the Man
as Rand
2005
5.1
Starved
as Adam Williams
2005
3.6
Medium
as Todd Gillis
2005
7.5
Boston Legal
as Zeke Borns
2004
7.9
Tarzan
as Detective Carey
2003
7.4
NCIS
as Elijah Banner
2003
7.6
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
5.5
Brown Sugar
as Co-Worker
2002
6.6
Hack
as Rasheed Morgan
2002
7.7
Without a Trace
as Thomas Biggs
2002
7.2
Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon
as Carl Jocelyn
2002
6.8
Alias
as Agent Rance
2001
6.8
Third Watch
as Officer Dade
1999
7.9
The Daily Show
as Self
1996
6.4
ER
as Bob Harris
1994
7.8
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1988
5.4
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
1981
4.1
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
7.0
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
The Oscars
as Self - Presenter
1953
7.0
The Emmy Awards
as Self
1949
7.9
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Double Booked
N/A
0.0
🎬
Voltron
N/A
0.0
🎬
Better Than They Found It: Black Coaches Who Shaped the Modern NFL
as Narrator (voice)
N/A
0.0
🎬
The Defender
as Scipio Africanus Jones
N/A
0.0