Discover
Sterling Kelby Brown is an American actor. He has portrayed Christopher Darden in the FX limited series The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (2016) and starred as Randall Pearson in the NBC drama series This Is Us (2016–present). Both roles have earned him Primetime Emmy Awards and the latter also won him a Golden Globe Award. Brown has also played supporting roles in the films Black Panther (2018) and Waves (2019), and his most recent role was that of manager for “Shy Baldwin,” fictitious character on Amazon Prime’s original series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel .
Birth Name
Sterling Kelby Brown
Born
Monday, 05 April 1976
Links
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
---|
Washington Black | Medwin Harris | 3172 |
Atlas | 2024 | |
The 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Self - Nominee & Presenter | 2024 |
American Fiction | Clifford Ellison | 2023 |
Biosphere | Ray | 2023 |
Interrupting Chicken | Papa | 2022 |
Sherri | Self | 2022 |
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. | Lee-Curtis Childs | 2022 |
Invincible | Angstrom Levy / Angstrom #646 / Angstrom | 2021 |
Soul of a Nation | Self - Host / Self | 2021 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
---|
Washington Black | Medwin Harris | 3172 |
Atlas | 2024 | |
The 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Self - Nominee & Presenter | 2024 |
American Fiction | Clifford Ellison | 2023 |
Biosphere | Ray | 2023 |
Interrupting Chicken | Papa | 2022 |
Sherri | Self | 2022 |
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. | Lee-Curtis Childs | 2022 |
Invincible | Angstrom Levy / Angstrom #646 / Angstrom | 2021 |
Soul of a Nation | Self - Host / Self | 2021 |
Amend: The Fight for America | Self | 2021 |
Lincoln: Divided We Stand | Narrator | 2021 |
Yearly Departed | Self | 2020 |
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote | Leo McGarry | 2020 |
The Drew Barrymore Show | Self - Guest | 2020 |
Into the Unknown: Making Frozen 2 | Self | 2020 |
GMA3: What You Need to Know | Self | 2020 |
Solar Opposites | Halk | 2020 |
The Rhythm Section | Mark Serra / Serra | 2020 |
Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts | Lio Oak | 2020 |
Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways | Self | 2019 |
One Day at Disney | Narrator | 2019 |
Frozen II | Mattias / Mattias (voice) | 2019 |
Waves | Ronald / Ronald Williams | 2019 |
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration | Self | 2019 |
Hollywood's Stories | Self | 2019 |
The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self - Guest | 2019 |
The Angry Birds Movie 2 | Garry / Garry (voice) | 2019 |
The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience | Sia | 2019 |
The Predator | Traeger | 2018 |
Hotel Artemis | Waikiki | 2018 |
Hollywood Insider | Self | 2018 |
Black Panther | N'Jobu | 2018 |
49th NAACP Image Awards | Self | 2018 |
75th Golden Globe Awards | Self - Winner | 2018 |
The IMDb Show | Self - Guest | 2017 |
Big Mouth | Michael Angelo | 2017 |
Marshall | Joseph Spell | 2017 |
The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards | Self - Winner | 2017 |
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Reggie | 2017 |
The 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2017 | Self - Nominee & Performer | 2017 |
Insecure | Lionel | 2016 |
This Is Us | Randall Pearson / Randall | 2016 |
The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards | Self - Winner | 2016 |
Spaceman | Rodney Scott | 2016 |
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | Sgt. Hurd | 2016 |
American Crime Story | Christopher Darden | 2016 |
Inside Look: The People v. O.J. Simpson - American Crime Story | Self | 2016 |
Mojave | Detective Fletcher | 2015 |
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015 |
Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter | Self | 2015 |
The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self - Guest | 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 / Randall Pearson | 2014 |
Masters of Sex | Marcus | 2013 |
Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Philip Davidson | 2013 |
Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
The Real | Self | 2013 |
Hollywood Game Night | Self - Celebrity Player | 2013 |
The Suspect | The Other Suspect | 2013 |
Home & Family | Self | 2012 |
Steve Harvey | Self | 2012 |
Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. | Self - Guest | 2012 |
The Chew | Himself - Guest | 2011 |
Person of Interest | Detective Cal Beecher | 2011 |
Dish Nation | Self | 2011 |
Our Idiot Brother | Omar | 2011 |
Harry's Law | Mr. Thomas | 2011 |
Conan | Himself - Guest | 2010 |
The Talk | Self | 2010 |
Detroit 1-8-7 | Cameron Jones | 2010 |
Nikita | Nick Anson | 2010 |
Talk Stoop | Self | 2009 |
The Good Wife | Andrew Boylan | 2009 |
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | 2009 |
Castle | Ed Redley | 2009 |
The Mentalist | Agent Higgins | 2008 |
Righteous Kill | Rogers | 2008 |
Eli Stone | David Mosley | 2008 |
The Favor | Policeman #1 | 2007 |
Army Wives | Roland Burton / Calvin | 2007 |
Morning Joe | Self | 2007 |
Shark | Quenton North | 2006 |
Smith | Mr. Corey | 2006 |
Rachael Ray | Self | 2006 |
Standoff | Russell Marsh | 2006 |
Trust the Man | Rand | 2005 |
Stay | Frederick / Devon | 2005 |
Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
Criminal Minds | Fitz | 2005 |
Supernatural | Gordon Walker | 2005 |
Starved | Adam Williams | 2005 |
Medium | Todd Gillis | 2005 |
Boston Legal | Zeke Borns | 2004 |
The Insider | Himself (archive footage) / Himself | 2004 |
Tarzan | Detective Carey | 2003 |
The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Himself / Self | 2003 |
NCIS | Elijah Banner | 2003 |
Brown Sugar | Co-Worker | 2002 |
Without a Trace | Thomas Biggs | 2002 |
Smallpox | Carl Jocelyn | 2002 |
Last Call with Carson Daly | Himself | 2002 |
Alias | Agent Rance | 2001 |
Robot Chicken | Hamer's Lieutenant / Captain Fellows / Magneto | 2001 |
Entertainers with Byron Allen | Self | 2000 |
Third Watch | Officer Dade | 1999 |
Access Hollywood | Self | 1996 |
The Daily Show | Self | 1996 |
JAG | Sgt. Harry Smith | 1995 |
ER | Bob Harris | 1994 |
Extra | Self | 1994 |
NYPD Blue | Kelvin George | 1993 |
Entertainment Tonight | Self / Himself (archive footage) / Himself | 1981 |
Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | 1975 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
---|
Washington Black | 3172 |
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. | 2022 |
Every Other Weekend | 2018 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
---|
2024 | Oscar | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | Nominated |
2021 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
2021 | Emmy | Outstanding Narrator | Won |
2020 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
2020 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
2019 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
2018 | Emmy | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
2018 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama | Won |
2018 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
2017 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Won |
2017 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
2016 | Emmy | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or a Movie | Won |