Sterling K. Brown 1976 49
Sterling K. Brown 1976 49
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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2025 The Gallerist
2025 Double Booked
2025 Voltron
2025 Is God Is
2025 Shadow Force Producer
2025 The Defender as Scipio Africanus Jones
2025 Better Than They Found It: Black Coaches Who Shaped the Modern NFL as Narrator (voice)
2025 Paradise as Xavier Collins Executive Producer
2024 Atlas as Colonel Elias Banks
2023 American Fiction as Clifford Ellison
2023 Biosphere as Ray
2022 Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. as Lee-Curtis Childs Producer
2021 Bug Therapy as Stick Bug (voice)
2021 The Normal Heart
2021 Roll Up Your Sleeves as Self
2020 A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote as Leo McGarry
2020 Junior as Narrator (voice)
2020 The Rhythm Section as Serra
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 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
2016 Spaceman as Rodney Scott
2016 Whiskey Tango Foxtrot as Sgt. Hurd
2016 Mojave as Detective Fletcher (uncredited)
2013 The Suspect as The Other Suspect
2011 Our Idiot Brother as Officer Omar
2008 Righteous Kill as Rogers
2007 The Favor as Policeman #1
2005 Stay as Frederick / Devon
2005 Trust the Man as Rand
2002 Brown Sugar as Co-Worker
2002 Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon as Carl Jocelyn