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Born
Sterling Kelby Brown

(1976-04-05) April 5, 1976 (age 48)
Education
OccupationActor
Years active2001–present
Spouse
(m. 2006)
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Sterling Kelby Brown (born April 5, 1976) [1] is an American actor. Known for his leading roles on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades including three Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award as well as 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. [2]

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Brown portrayed Christopher Darden in the FX limited series The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (2016) earning 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 (20162022) 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 sitcom 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 .

Early life and education

Brown was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Sterling Brown [1] and Aralean (Banks) Brown. He has two sisters and two brothers. [3] His father died when he was 10 years old. [4]

As a child, he went by the name Kelby; when he turned 16, he adopted the name Sterling, explaining in 2016:

I went by Kelby. My mom tells me this story — she was reiterating it the other day — in kindergarten I came home one day and said, 'Mom, Sterling is eight letters and Kelby is five. I'll just do Kelby and then when I turn 16, I will go by Sterling.' And I don't remember that. The impetus for me is that he had been gone for some time, and I was like, 'Kelby was a little boy's name.' I felt like I was ready to become Sterling. [4]

Brown grew up in Olivette, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. He attended the private Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School. [5]

He graduated from Stanford University in 1998 with an acting degree. He had initially planned to major in economics with a focus on business, but fell in love with acting as a freshman. [6] He did post-graduate study at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, where he graduated with a Master of Fine Arts degree. [7]

Career

2002–2015: Rise to prominence

After college, Brown performed a series of roles in regional theater. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] In the theater, Brown was cast in the 2002 production of Bertolt Brecht's The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui starring Al Pacino, Paul Giamatti, Steve Buscemi, John Goodman and Jacqueline McKenzie at the National Actors Theater. [13] That same year he played the sea captain Antonio in The Public Theatre's revival of the William Shakespeare play Twelfth Night at the Delacorte Theatre. He acted alongside Zach Braff, Julia Stiles, David Harbour, Natalie Gold, Oliver Platt, and Christopher Lloyd. [14]

He has also appeared on numerous television shows, including ER , NYPD Blue , [6] JAG , Boston Legal , Alias , Without a Trace , Supernatural , [15] and Third Watch . [16] He was a regular in the comedy Starved , [17] and has also appeared in numerous films, including Brown Sugar (2002) with Taye Diggs, Stay (2005) with Ewan McGregor, and Trust the Man (2005) with David Duchovny and Julianne Moore. [18] [19] He had a recurring role on the television series Supernatural , as vampire hunter Gordon Walker. [20]

In 2006, he played Macduff in The Public Theatre's production of William Shakespeare's Macbeth at the Anspacher Theater. Brown acted opposite Liev Schreiber and Jennifer Ehle. [21] From 2007 to 2013 he played Dr. Roland Burton on the Lifetime drama series Army Wives . [22] In 2009 he acted in the Tarell Alvin McCraney play The Brother/Sister Plays at The Public Theater. The production had two parts and was directed by Robert O'Hara featuring performances from Andre Holland and Brian Tyree Henry. [23]

During this time, he guest starred in Eli Stone (2008), Medium (2010), The Good Wife (2011), and Masters of Sex (2014). He took the role as Detective Cal Beecher on Person of Interest from 2012 to 2013. [24] In 2014, he starred as Hero in Suzan-Lori Parks' Odyssey -inspired play Father Comes Home From the Wars at New York's Public Theater. [25] [26]

2016–2022: Breakthrough and This is Us

In 2016, he starred in the FX miniseries The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story as Christopher Darden, [27] for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie at the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards. [28] From 2016 to 2022, Brown had a starring role in the television series This Is Us , [29] for which he won his second Primetime Emmy Award. [30] In 2018, it made him the first African-American actor to win a Golden Globe in the Best Actor in a Television Drama category, [31] and the first to win a Screen Actors Guild Award in the Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series category. He also won, with the rest of the cast, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. [32]

During this time, he had high-profile supporting roles in several feature films. Brown portrayed Joseph Spell in the historical drama Marshall (2017), N'Jobu in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Black Panther , and Ronald Williams in the A24 independent film Waves (2019). [33] In June 2018, Brown gave the commencement address at his alma mater Stanford University. [34] He appeared as a guest star in the NYPD sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine , and earned critical acclaim for his role as Philip Davidson, a dentist under investigation for murdering his business partner. He was nominated for an Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series in 2018 for this performance. [35] The following year he had a recurring role in the third season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel in 2019. He portrayed Reggie, the manager of the fictional singer Shy Baldwin (Leroy McClain). For his performance he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series nomination. In August 2019, he was announced at D23 Expo and on Twitter as the voice of Lieutenant Destin Mattias in Frozen II . [36] [37] [38]

From 2019 to 2020, he narrated the Disney+ documentary series One Day at Disney . He portrayed Leo McGarry replacing the late John Spencer in the HBO Max special A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote (2020). [39] Brown took a recurring voice role as Michael Angelo in the Netflix animated comedy series Big Mouth (2020). He continued playing voice roles in Hulu's animated science fiction series Solar Opposites and Apple TV+'s animated children's series Interrupting Chicken . In 2022, he starred in and produced the mockumentary comedy Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. acting opposite Regina Hall. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival receiving positive reviews. [40] Justin Chang of NPR wrote, "Brown and Hall give wonderfully complex performances as a disgraced Christian power couple trying to salvage what remains of their spiritual empire." [41]

2023–present: Career expansion

In 2023, he acted alongside Mark Duplass in the science fiction comedy film Biosphere (2023), which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. [42] [43] That same year he played Randle P. McMurphy with Laura Benanti as Nurse Ratched for a reading for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest . [44] He gained critical acclaim for his supporting role in the satirical comedy American Fiction (2023) directed by Cord Jefferson starring Jeffrey Wright. Peter Debruge of Variety described Brown as a "scene-stealer" playing the protagonist's gay brother, a plastic surgeon. [45] For his performance, he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 96th Academy Awards. [46] In 2024, he joined the film Double Booked which will be directed by Adam Scott. [47] He also took a supporting role in the Netflix science-fiction drama Atlas with Jennifer Lopez and Simu Liu. [48]

Personal life

Brown met actress Ryan Michelle Bathe as a college freshman at Stanford. [6] They eloped in March 2006, [49] but held a large ceremony in June 2007. [6] They have two sons, Andrew and Amaré. [50] [51]

Filmography

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released

Film

YearTitleRoleDirectorNotes
2002 Brown Sugar Co-Worker Rick Famuyiwa
2005 Trust the Man Rand Bart Freundlich
Stay Frederick / Devon Marc Forster
2008 Righteous Kill IA Detective Rogers Jon Avnet
2011 Our Idiot Brother Officer Omar Coleman Jesse Peretz
2013 The Suspect The Other SuspectStuart Connelly
2015 Mojave Detective Fletcher William Monahan Uncredited
2016 Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Sergeant Hurd Glenn Ficarra
John Requa
Spaceman Rodney Scott Brett Rapkin
Split Shaw M. Night Shyamalan Deleted scenes
2017 Marshall Joseph Spell Reginald Hudlin
2018 Black Panther N'Jobu Ryan Coogler
Hotel Artemis Sherman / Waikiki Drew Pearce
The Predator Agent Will Traeger Shane Black
2019 The Angry Birds Movie 2 Garry Thurop Van Orman Voice [52]
Waves Ronald Williams Trey Edward Shults
Frozen II Lieutenant Destin Mattias Chris Buck
Jennifer Lee
Voice [52]
2020 The Rhythm Section Marc Serra Reed Morano
2022 Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. Lee-Curtis ChildsAdamma EboAlso producer
Biosphere Ray Mel Eslyn
2023 American Fiction Clifford "Cliff" Ellison Cord Jefferson
2024 Atlas Colonel Elias Banks Brad Peyton
2025Is God Is [53] Aleshea HarrisFilming

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002–2004 Third Watch Officer Edward Dade9 episodes
2003 Hack Rasheed MorganEpisode: "Hidden Agenda"
Tarzan Detective Carey2 episodes
2004 ER Bob HarrisEpisode: "Get Carter"
NYPD Blue Kelvin GeorgeEpisode: "Chatty Chatty Bang Bang"
JAG Sergeant Harry SmithEpisode: "Coming Home"
2005 Boston Legal Zeke BornsEpisode: "Death Be Not Proud"
Starved Adam Williams7 episodes
2006 Alias Agent RanceEpisode: "There's Only One Sidney Bristow"
Smith Mr. CoreyEpisode: "Three"
Without a Trace Thomas BiggsEpisode: "Watch Over Me"
2006–2007 Supernatural Gordon Walker4 episodes
2007 Shark Quenton NorthEpisode: "Teacher's Pet"
Standoff Russell MarshEpisode: "Lie to Me"
2007–2013 Army Wives Roland Burton107 episodes
2008 Eli Stone David MosleyEpisode: "Patience"
2010 Medium Todd GillisEpisode: "The People in Your Neighborhood"
2011 Detroit 1-8-7 Cameron JonesEpisode: "Ice Man/Malibu"
The Good Wife Andrew BoylanEpisode: "Feeding the Rat"
Harry's Law Mr. ThomasEpisode: "American Girl"
2012 Nikita Nick AnsonEpisode: "True Believer"
2012–2013 Person of Interest Detective Cal Beecher6 episodes
2013 NCIS Elijah BannerEpisode: "Devil's Triad"
2014 The Mentalist Agent HigginsEpisode: "White Lines"
Masters of Sex MarcusEpisode: "Story of My Life"
2015 Castle Ed RedleyEpisode: "The Wrong Stuff"
Criminal Minds FitzEpisode: "Beyond Borders"
2016 The People v. O. J. Simpson:
American Crime Story
Christopher Darden 10 episodes
2016–2022 This Is Us Randall PearsonMain role
2017 Insecure Lionel2 episodes
Running Wild with Bear Grylls HimselfEpisode: "Sterling K. Brown"
2018 Saturday Night Live Himself (host)Episode: "Sterling K. Brown/James Bay"
Brooklyn Nine-Nine Philip DavidsonEpisode: "The Box"
Black LoveHimself2 episodes
Robot Chicken Various voicesEpisode: "Shall I Visit the Dinosaurs?"
2019 The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience Sia TV special
Sesame Street HimselfEpisode: "Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration"
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Reggie4 episodes
2019–2020 One Day at Disney Narrator52 episodes
2020 Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts Lio OakVoice, main role [52]
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote Leo McGarry Recreation of "Hartsfield's Landing"
Big Mouth Michael AngeloVoice, recurring role (season 4)
2021–2022 Solar Opposites HalkVoice, 10 episodes
2022–2023 Interrupting Chicken PapaVoice, 12 episodes
2023–present Invincible Angstrom LevyVoice, 5 episodes [54] [52]
TBA Washington Black Medwin HarrisMain role, also executive producer [55]
TBA Paradise Main role, also executive producer [56]

Theatre

YearShowRolePlaywrightTheaterRef.
2002 Twelfth Night Antonio William Shakespeare Public Theater Delacorte Theater [57]
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui Goodwill Bertolt Brecht National Actor's Theatre [58]
2006 Macbeth Macduff William Shakespeare Public Theater Delacorte Theater [59]
2009 The Brother/Sister Plays Part 1 & 2 Shango / Shua Tarell Alvin McCraney Public Theater Anspacher Theater [60]
2014Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2, & 3)Hero/Ulysses Suzan-Lori Parks [61]

Music videos

YearArtistTitleRoleRef.
2019 The Lonely Island (feat. Sia)"Oakland Nights"Sia [62]

Awards and nominations

Brown has won 24 awards from 91 nominations.

In 2016, Brown earned his first Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his breakout portrayal of attorney Christopher Darden in The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story . Brown's portrayal of Darden also garnered him the Critics' Choice Television Award, along with Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, and NAACP Image Award nominations.

In 2023, Brown delivered the commencement speech for the graduating class at Washington University in St. Louis and received an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from the university. [63] [64]

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