Acting credits
97
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Sterling K. Brown
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.0
Moderate attention
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Movies: 35Series: 63Crew credits: 4
TMDB ID: 1225953
IMDb ID: nm1250791
Known for: Acting
Born: April 5, 1976
Age: 50
Place of birth: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1949 - 2026
Years active: 78
Average TMDB rating: 6.8
Wikidata: Q3295000
Also known as
Sterling K Brown • Sterling Brown • Sterling Kelby Brown
Other jobs
Executive Producer (2)Producer (2)
Biography
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Sterling K. Brown.
Dec 4
as Tom
The Gallerist
2026 • Movie
as Man
Is God Is
2026 • Movie
Producer
Shadow Force
2025 • Movie
as Colonel Elias Banks
Atlas
2024 • Movie
as Clifford Ellison
American Fiction
2023 • Movie
as Ray
Biosphere
2023 • Movie
as Lee-Curtis Childs
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
2022 • Movie
as Stick Bug (voice)
Bug Therapy
2021 • Movie
The Normal Heart
2021 • Movie
as Self
Roll Up Your Sleeves
2021 • Movie
as Leo McGarry
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
2020 • Movie
as Serra
The Rhythm Section
2020 • Movie
as Narrator (voice)
One Day at Disney
2019 • Movie
as Mattias (voice)
Frozen II
2019 • Movie
as Ronald
Waves
2019 • Movie
as Self
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2019 • Movie
as Garry (voice)
The Angry Birds Movie 2
2019 • Movie
as Sia
The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience
2019 • Movie
as Traeger
The Predator
2018 • Movie
as Sherman / Waikiki
Hotel Artemis
2018 • Movie
as N'Jobu
Black Panther
2018 • Movie
as Joseph Spell
Marshall
2017 • Movie
as Rodney Scott
Spaceman
2016 • Movie
as Sgt. Hurd
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
2016 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Sterling K. Brown.
as Self • 4 eps
Paradise: Official Podcast
2026 • Series
as Medwin Harris • 8 eps
Washington Black
2025 • Series
as Xavier Collins • 16 eps
Paradise
2025 • Series
as Papa (voice) • 17 eps
Interrupting Chicken
2022 • Series
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 • Series
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
Sherri
2022 • Series
as Angstrom Levy / Angstrom #646 (voice) • 1 eps
INVINCIBLE
2021 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Soul of a Nation
2021 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
Amend: The Fight for America
2021 • Series
as Narrator • 6 eps
Lincoln: Divided We Stand
2021 • Series
as Self • 6 eps
Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II
2020 • Series
as Halk (voice) • 10 eps
Solar Opposites
2020 • Series
as Self - Phone a Friend • 1 eps
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
2020 • Series
as Lio Oak (voice) • 30 eps
Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts
2020 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways
2019 • Series
as Self • 5 eps
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 • Series
as Michael Angelo (voice) • 2 eps
Big Mouth
2017 • Series
as Reggie • 4 eps
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
2017 • Series
as Randall Pearson • 105 eps
This Is Us
2016 • Series
as Christopher Darden • 10 eps
American Crime Story
2016 • Series
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
IMDb on the Scene
2015 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Hot Ones
2015 • Series