Sterling K. Brown
Sterling Kelby Brown (born April 5, 1976) is an American actor. He is the recipient of various accolades, including three Primetime Emmy Awards, an Academy Award nomination, and a Golden Globe Award. He was included in Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2018. After graduating from college, Brown acted in a series of roles in the regional theater. He has also appeared on numerous television shows such as ER, NYPD Blue, JAG, Boston Legal, Alias, Without A Trace, Supernatural, and Third Watch. He was a regular in the Starved comedy and has also appeared in films, including Stay with Ewan McGregor, Brown Sugar with Taye Diggs and Trust the Man with David Duchovny and Julianne Moore. He appeared in the television series as a recurring Supernatural, where he portrayed vampire hunter Gordon Walker. Brown played Dr. Roland Burton in Army Wives. He also represented Detective Cal Beecher in Person of Interest. In 2008, he played David Mosley in the episode of "Patience" by Eli Stone. In 2016, Brown starred in the FX miniseries The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story as Christopher Darden, for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie at the Primetime Emmy Awards.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Paradise as Xavier Collins
- 2024 · Atlas as Colonel Elias Banks
- 2023 · American Fiction as Clifford Ellison
- 2023 · Biosphere as Ray
- 2022 · Interrupting Chicken as Papa (voice)
- 2022 · Sherri as Self - Guest
- 2022 · Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. as Lee-Curtis Childs
- 2021 · Bug Therapy as Stick Bug (voice)
- 2021 · The Normal Heart as
- 2021 · Roll Up Your Sleeves as Self
- 2021 · INVINCIBLE as Angstrom Levy / Angstrom #646 (voice)
- 2021 · INVINCIBLE as Angstrom Levy (voice)
- 2021 · Soul of a Nation as Self
- 2021 · Amend: The Fight for America as Self
- 2021 · Lincoln: Divided We Stand as Narrator
- 2020 · A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote as Leo McGarry
- 2020 · Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II as Self
- 2020 · Junior as Narrator (voice)
- 2020 · The Rhythm Section as Serra
- 2020 · Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts as Lio Oak (voice)
- 2019 · Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways as Self
- 2019 · One Day at Disney as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · Frozen II as Mattias (voice)
- 2019 · Waves as Ronald
- 2019 · Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration as Self
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
- 2019 · The Angry Birds Movie 2 as Garry (voice)
- 2019 · The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience as Sia
- 2018 · The Predator as Traeger
- 2018 · Hotel Artemis as Sherman / Waikiki
- 2018 · Black Panther as N'Jobu
- 2017 · Marshall as Joseph Spell
- 2017 · Big Mouth as Michael Angelo (voice)
- 2017 · Big Mouth as
- 2017 · The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel as Reggie
- 2016 · This Is Us as Randall Pearson
- 2016 · Spaceman as Rodney Scott
- 2016 · Whiskey Tango Foxtrot as Sgt. Hurd
- 2016 · American Crime Story as Christopher Darden
- 2016 · Mojave as Detective Fletcher (uncredited)
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2015 · IMDb on the Scene as Self
- 2015 · Hot Ones as Self
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · Running Wild with Bear Grylls as Self
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2013 · Masters of Sex as Marcus
- 2013 · Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Philip Davidson
- 2013 · The Suspect as The Other Suspect
- 2012 · Finding Your Roots as Self
- 2011 · Person of Interest as Detective Cal Beecher
- 2011 · Our Idiot Brother as Officer Omar
- 2010 · Nikita as Nick Anson
- 2009 · The Good Wife as Andrew Boylan
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 2009 · Castle as Ed Redley
- 2008 · The Mentalist as DEA Agent Higgins
- 2008 · Righteous Kill as Rogers
- 2007 · The Favor as Policeman #1
- 2007 · Army Wives as Roland Burton
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2005 · Stay as Frederick / Devon
- 2005 · Supernatural as Gordon Walker
- 2005 · Trust the Man as Rand
- 2005 · Starved as Adam Williams
- 2005 · Medium as Todd Gillis
- 2003 · Tarzan as Detective Carey
- 2003 · NCIS as Elijah Banner
- 2002 · Brown Sugar as Co-Worker
- 2002 · Hack as Rasheed Morgan
- 2002 · Without a Trace as Thomas Biggs
- 2002 · Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon as Carl Jocelyn
- 1999 · Third Watch as Officer Dade
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1994 · ER as Bob Harris
- 1981 · Entertainment Tonight as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · The Gallerist as
- Future · Washington Black as Medwin Harris
- Future · Double Booked as
- Future · By Any Means as
- Future · Is God Is as
- Future · The Defender as Scipio Africanus Jones