Acting credits
91
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Sterling K. Brown
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.2
Moderate attention
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Movies: 33Series: 59Crew credits: 4
TMDB ID: 1225953
IMDb ID: nm1250791
Known for: Acting
Born: April 5, 1976
Age: 49
Place of birth: St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1949 - 2026
Years active: 78
Average TMDB rating: 6.81
Wikidata: Q3295000
Also known as
Sterling K Brown • Sterling 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.
The Gallerist
as Tom
2026 Movie
6.4
Shadow Force
Producer
2025 Movie
6.7
Atlas
as Colonel Elias Banks
2024 Movie
7.3
American Fiction
as Clifford Ellison
2023 Movie
4.8
Biosphere
as Ray
2023 Movie
4.7
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
as Lee-Curtis Childs
2022 Movie
9.5
Bug Therapy
as Stick Bug (voice)
2021 Movie
The Normal Heart
2021 Movie
7.5
Roll Up Your Sleeves
as Self
2021 Movie
7.9
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
as Leo McGarry
2020 Movie
8.0
Junior
as Narrator (voice)
2020 Movie
5.5
The Rhythm Section
as Serra
2020 Movie
6.9
One Day at Disney
as Narrator (voice)
2019 Movie
7.2
Frozen II
as Mattias (voice)
2019 Movie
7.4
Waves
as Ronald
2019 Movie
9.3
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
as Self
2019 Movie
7.0
The Angry Birds Movie 2
as Garry (voice)
2019 Movie
6.3
The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience
as Sia
2019 Movie
5.6
The Predator
as Traeger
2018 Movie
6.1
Hotel Artemis
as Sherman / Waikiki
2018 Movie
7.4
Black Panther
as N'Jobu
2018 Movie
7.2
Marshall
as Joseph Spell
2017 Movie
5.8
Spaceman
as Rodney Scott
2016 Movie
6.3
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
as Sgt. Hurd
2016 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Sterling K. Brown.
5.9
Washington Black
as Medwin Harris • 8 eps
2025 Series
7.6
Paradise
as Xavier Collins • 8 eps
2025 Series
7.1
Interrupting Chicken
as Papa (voice) • 17 eps
2022 Series
5.6
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self • 1 eps
2022 Series
2.7
Sherri
as Self - Guest • 2 eps
2022 Series
8.6
Invincible
as Angstrom Levy / Angstrom #646 (voice) • 1 eps
2021 Series
4.3
Soul of a Nation
as Self • 1 eps
2021 Series
7.1
Amend: The Fight for America
as Self • 2 eps
2021 Series
9.2
Lincoln: Divided We Stand
as Narrator • 6 eps
2021 Series
6.9
Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II
as Self • 6 eps
2020 Series
7.8
Solar Opposites
as Halk (voice) • 10 eps
2020 Series
8.2
Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts
as Lio Oak (voice) • 30 eps
2020 Series
Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways
as Self • 1 eps
2019 Series
6.4
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self • 3 eps
2019 Series
7.6
Big Mouth
as Michael Angelo (voice) • 2 eps
2017 Series
8.0
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
as Reggie • 4 eps
2017 Series
8.2
This Is Us
as Randall Pearson • 105 eps
2016 Series
7.6
American Crime Story
as Christopher Darden • 10 eps
2016 Series
6.2
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2015 Series
6.2
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
6.5
IMDb on the Scene
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
7.2
Hot Ones
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
8.0
MLB Network Presents
as Narrator • 1 eps
2015 Series
4.5
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self • 3 eps
2014 Series