Sterling K. Brown

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1976-04-05 (48 years old)

Place of Birth St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Also Known As Sterling K Brown, Sterling Brown

Sterling K. Brown

Biography

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

Actor

The Defender

as Scipio Africanus Jones

Washington Black

as Medwin Harris

2025
Paradise

as Xavier Collins

2024
Atlas

as Colonel Elias Banks

2023
American Fiction

as Clifford Ellison

2023
Biosphere

as Ray

2022
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.

as Lee-Curtis Childs

2022
Interrupting Chicken

as Papa (voice)

2022
Sherri

as Self - Guest

2021
Bug Therapy

as Stick Bug (voice)

2021
INVINCIBLE

as Angstrom Levy / Angstrom #646 (voice)

2021
INVINCIBLE

as Angstrom Levy (voice)

2021
2020
Junior

as Narrator (voice)

2020
2020
2019
One Day at Disney

as Narrator (voice)

2019
Frozen II

as Mattias (voice)

2019
Waves

as Ronald

2019
The Angry Birds Movie 2

as Garry (voice)

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)

2016
Spaceman

as Rodney Scott

2016
2016
Mojave

as Detective Fletcher (uncredited)

2016
This Is Us

as Randall Pearson

2016
American Crime Story

as Christopher Darden

2015
2015
Hot Ones

as Self

2013
The Suspect

as The Other Suspect

2013
Masters of Sex

as Marcus

2013
Brooklyn Nine-Nine

as Philip Davidson

2012
2011
Our Idiot Brother

as Officer Omar

2011
Person of Interest

as Detective Cal Beecher

2010
Nikita

as Nick Anson

2009
The Good Wife

as Andrew Boylan

2009
Castle

as Ed Redley

2008
Righteous Kill

as Rogers

2008
The Mentalist

as DEA Agent Higgins

2007
The Favor

as Policeman #1

2007
Army Wives

as Roland Burton

2005
Stay

as Frederick / Devon

2005
2005
Supernatural

as Gordon Walker

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
2002
Hack

as Rasheed Morgan

2002
Without a Trace

as Thomas Biggs

1999
Third Watch

as Officer Dade

1996
1994
ER

as Bob Harris

1975
Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

1953
The Oscars

as Self

Producer

Washington Black

as Executive Producer

Shadow Force

as Producer

2025
Paradise

as Executive Producer