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Sterling K. Brown

Born 1976-04-05
📍 St. Louis, Missouri, USA

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.

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Filmography 102

Is God Is
as Man
2026
Paradise: Official Podcast
as Self
2026
The Gallerist
as Tom
2026
Washington Black
as Medwin Harris
2025
Paradise
as Xavier Collins
2025
Atlas
as Colonel Elias Banks
2024
American Fiction
as Clifford Ellison
2023
Biosphere
as Ray
2023
Interrupting Chicken
as Papa (voice)
2022
Sherri
as Self - Guest
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self - Guest
2022
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
as Lee-Curtis Childs
2022
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
2021
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)
2020
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 Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self - Guest
2019
The Angry Birds Movie 2
as Garry (voice)
2019
The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience
as Sia
2019
The Predator
as Traeger
2018
Hotel Artemis
as Sherman / Waikiki
2018
Black Panther
as N'Jobu
2018
Marshall
as Joseph Spell
2017
Big Mouth
2017
Big Mouth
as Michael Angelo (voice)
2017
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
as Reggie
2017
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)
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest
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
2015
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
2014
Masters of Sex
as Marcus
2013
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
as Philip Davidson
2013
The Suspect
as The Other Suspect
2013
Finding Your Roots
as Self
2012
Person of Interest
as Cal Beecher
2011
Our Idiot Brother
as Officer Omar
2011
Harry's Law
as Mr. Thomas
2011
Nikita
as Nick Anson
2010
The Good Wife
as Andrew Boylan
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
Castle
as Ed Redley
2009
The Mentalist
as DEA Agent Higgins
2008
Righteous Kill
as Rogers
2008
Eli Stone
as David Mosley
2008
CNN Heroes
as Self - Guest
2007
The Favor
as Policeman #1
2007
Army Wives
as Roland Burton
2007
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
Shark
as Quenton North
2006
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
2005
Boston Legal
as Zeke Borns
2004
Tarzan
as Detective Carey
2003
NCIS
as Elijah Banner
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
2003
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
2002
Alias
as Agent Rance
2001
Third Watch
as Officer Dade
1999
The Daily Show
as Self - Guest
1996
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
as Self
1995
ER
as Bob Harris
1994
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1988
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
1981
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975
The Oscars
as Self
1953
The Oscars
as Self - Presenter
1953
The Emmy Awards
as Self
1949