Sterling K. Brown
Acting
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.
TV Shows(62)
Paradise: Official Podcast
Self
2026
Washington Black
Medwin Harris
2025
Paradise
Xavier Collins
2025
Interrupting Chicken
Papa (voice)
2022
Sherri
Self - Guest
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self - Guest
2022
INVINCIBLE
Angstrom Levy / Angstrom #646 (voice)
2021
Soul of a Nation
Self
2021
Amend: The Fight for America
Self
2021
Lincoln: Divided We Stand
Narrator
2021
Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II
Self
2020
Solar Opposites
Halk (voice)
2020
Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts
Lio Oak (voice)
2020
Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways
Self
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Big Mouth
2017
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Reggie
2017
This Is Us
Randall Pearson
2016
American Crime Story
Christopher Darden
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
IMDb on the Scene
Self
2015
Hot Ones
Self
2015
MLB Network Presents
Narrator
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
Self
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
Masters of Sex
Marcus
2013
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Philip Davidson
2013
Finding Your Roots
Self
2012
Person of Interest
Cal Beecher
2011
Harry's Law
Mr. Thomas
2011
Nikita
Nick Anson
2010
The Good Wife
Andrew Boylan
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Castle
Ed Redley
2009
The Mentalist
DEA Agent Higgins
2008
Eli Stone
David Mosley
2008
CNN Heroes
Self - Guest
2007
Army Wives
Roland Burton
2007
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Shark
Quenton North
2006
Supernatural
Gordon Walker
2005
Starved
Adam Williams
2005
Medium
Todd Gillis
2005
Boston Legal
Zeke Borns
2004
Tarzan
Detective Carey
2003
NCIS
Elijah Banner
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
Hack
Rasheed Morgan
2002
Without a Trace
Thomas Biggs
2002
Alias
Agent Rance
2001
Third Watch
Officer Dade
1999
The Daily Show
Self - Guest
1996
The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRA
Self
1995
ER
Bob Harris
1994
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
The Oscars
Self
1953
The Emmy Awards
Self
1949
Movies(37)
Is God Is
The Monster
2026
The Gallerist
Tom
2026
Atlas
Colonel Elias Banks
2024
American Fiction
Clifford Ellison
2023
Biosphere
Ray
2023
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Lee-Curtis Childs
2022
Bug Therapy
Stick Bug (voice)
2021
The Normal Heart
2021
Roll Up Your Sleeves
Self
2021
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
Leo McGarry
2020
Junior
Narrator (voice)
2020
The Rhythm Section
Serra
2020
One Day at Disney
Narrator (voice)
2019
Frozen II
Mattias (voice)
2019
Waves
Ronald
2019
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Self
2019
The Angry Birds Movie 2
Garry (voice)
2019
The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience
Sia
2019
The Predator
Traeger
2018
Hotel Artemis
Sherman / Waikiki
2018
Black Panther
N'Jobu
2018
Marshall
Joseph Spell
2017
Spaceman
Rodney Scott
2016
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Sgt. Hurd
2016
Mojave
Detective Fletcher (uncredited)
2016
The Suspect
The Other Suspect
2013
Our Idiot Brother
Officer Omar
2011
Righteous Kill
Rogers
2008
The Favor
Policeman #1
2007
Stay
Frederick / Devon
2005
Trust the Man
Rand
2005
Brown Sugar
Co-Worker
2002
Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon
Carl Jocelyn
2002
The Defender
Scipio Africanus Jones
Double Booked
Voltron
Zarkon
Better Than They Found It: Black Coaches Who Shaped the Modern NFL
Narrator (voice)