Sterling K. Brown

Known For: Acting
Born: April 5, 1976
Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Sterling K. Brown

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…

Filmography

Is God Is

2026 · Man

Paradise: Official Podcast

2026 · Self

The Gallerist

2026 · Tom

Washington Black

2025 · Medwin Harris, Executive Producer

Shadow Force

2025 · Producer

Paradise

2025 · Xavier Collins, Executive Producer

Atlas

2024 · Colonel Elias Banks

American Fiction

2023 · Clifford Ellison

Biosphere

2023 · Ray

Interrupting Chicken

2022 · Papa (voice)

Sherri

2022 · Self - Guest

The Jennifer Hudson Show

2022 · Self - Guest

Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.

2022 · Lee-Curtis Childs, Producer

Bug Therapy

2021 · Stick Bug (voice)

The Normal Heart

2021

Roll Up Your Sleeves

2021 · Self

INVINCIBLE

2021 · Angstrom Levy / Angstrom #646 (voice), Angstrom Levy (voice)

Soul of a Nation

2021 · Self

Amend: The Fight for America

2021 · Self

Lincoln: Divided We Stand

2021 · Narrator

A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote

2020 · Leo McGarry

Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II

2020 · Self

Solar Opposites

2020 · Halk (voice)

The Rhythm Section

2020 · Serra

Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts

2020 · Lio Oak (voice)

Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways

2019 · Self

One Day at Disney

2019 · Narrator (voice)

Frozen II

2019 · Mattias (voice)

Waves

2019 · Ronald

Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration

2019 · Self

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019 · Self, Self - Guest

The Angry Birds Movie 2

2019 · Garry (voice)

The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience

2019 · Sia

The Predator

2018 · Traeger

Hotel Artemis

2018 · Sherman / Waikiki

Black Panther

2018 · N'Jobu

Marshall

2017 · Joseph Spell

Big Mouth

2017 · Michael Angelo (voice)

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

2017 · Reggie

This Is Us

2016 · Randall Pearson

Spaceman

2016 · Rodney Scott

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

2016 · Sgt. Hurd

American Crime Story

2016 · Christopher Darden

Mojave

2016 · Detective Fletcher (uncredited)

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015 · Self - Guest

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

2015 · Self

IMDb on the Scene

2015 · Self

Hot Ones

2015 · Self

MLB Network Presents

2015 · Narrator

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

2014 · Self

Running Wild with Bear Grylls

2014 · Self

Galyntine

2014 · Samhir

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014 · Self, Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014 · Self - Guest

Masters of Sex

2013 · Marcus

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

2013 · Philip Davidson

The Suspect

2013 · The Other Suspect

Finding Your Roots

2012 · Self

Person of Interest

2011 · Cal Beecher

Our Idiot Brother

2011 · Officer Omar

Harry's Law

2011 · Mr. Thomas

Nikita

2010 · Nick Anson

The Good Wife

2009 · Andrew Boylan

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

2009 · Self - Guest

Castle

2009 · Ed Redley

The Mentalist

2008 · DEA Agent Higgins

Righteous Kill

2008 · Rogers

Eli Stone

2008 · David Mosley

CNN Heroes

2007 · Self - Guest

The Favor

2007 · Policeman #1

Army Wives

2007 · Roland Burton

The Graham Norton Show

2007 · Self

Shark

2006 · Quenton North

Stay

2005 · Frederick / Devon

Supernatural

2005 · Gordon Walker

Trust the Man

2005 · Rand

Starved

2005 · Adam Williams

Medium

2005 · Todd Gillis

Boston Legal

2004 · Zeke Borns

Tarzan

2003 · Detective Carey

NCIS

2003 · Elijah Banner

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003 · Self, Self - Guest

Brown Sugar

2002 · Co-Worker

Hack

2002 · Rasheed Morgan

Without a Trace

2002 · Thomas Biggs

Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon

2002 · Carl Jocelyn

Alias

2001 · Agent Rance

Third Watch

1999 · Officer Dade

The Daily Show

1996 · Self - Guest

The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA

1995 · Self

ER

1994 · Bob Harris

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988 · Self - Guest

Entertainment Tonight

1981 · Self

Saturday Night Live

1975 · Self - Host

The Oscars

1953 · Self, Self - Presenter

The Emmy Awards

1949 · Self

The Defender

— · Scipio Africanus Jones

Double Booked

—

Voltron

— · Zarkon

Better Than They Found It: Black Coaches Who Shaped the Modern NFL

Better Than They Found It: Black Coaches Who Shaped the Modern NFL

— · Narrator (voice)

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