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Sterling K. Brown

Highest Rated: 96% Black Panther (2018)

Lowest Rated: 0% Spaceman (2016)

Birthday: Apr 5, 1976

Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Though Sterling K. Brown was known to audiences everywhere for his acclaimed role on the TV series "This is Us" (NBC, 2016-), his path toward acting as a career was not always clear. Born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1976, Brown was primarily interested in sports like basketball and football, but after appearing in a school production of the musical "Godspell," Brown discovered that he harbored a deep love of acting. Even still, he first enrolled at Stanford University as an economics major, performing in college plays on the side purely as a hobby-but only until he was forced to admit that performing was his true passion. While studying there his freshman year, Brown also met and began a relationship with fellow actor Ryan Michelle Bathe, whom he would later marry in 2007. Brown went on to earn an MFA from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, and began acting in regional theater productions to hone his skills. In 2002, he made his film debut with a small role in the romantic comedy "Brown Sugar" (2002). He played a recurring role on the drama "Third Watch" (NBC, 1999-2005) and continued to book small roles in films like "Trust the Man" (2005) and "Stay" (2005) before he landed a starring role on the drama series "Army Wives" (Lifetime, 2007-2013) in 2007. The show has a loyal fanbase, and Brown stuck with it for all of its seven seasons. When the series eventually wrapped in 2013, Brown's next big break was looming on the horizon, and it would prove to be a double-whammy. It came in 2016 when he was cast as Christopher Darden on the first season of the hotly anticipated anthology series "American Crime Story" (FX, 2016-), "The People Vs. O.J. Simpson," in addition to landing his role as Randall Pearson on "This is Us." The popularity of both shows raised Brown's profile exponentially. Though "American Crime Story" moved on to a new story with a new cast for its ensuing seasons, "This is Us" became a cultural phenomenon. Brown proved a pivotal an extremely popular presence on the show, but he nonetheless continued to appear in steadily bigger movie productions as well, joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the role of N'Jobu in "Black Panther" (2018), co-starring in the futuristic neo-noir "Hotel Artemis" (2018), and playing Traeger in the sci-fi action reboot "The Predator" (2018).

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Highest rated movies

96% 79% Black Panther Watchlist 93% 95% American Fiction Watchlist
84% 81% Waves
Watchlist
80% 61% Biosphere Watchlist 80% 84% Marshall Watchlist 77% 92% Frozen II Watchlist 72% 26% Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. Watchlist 72% 84% The Angry Birds Movie 2 Watchlist 57% 35% Hotel Artemis Watchlist
39% 81% The Favor
Watchlist

Filmography

Movies

Credit
19% 46% Atlas Colonel Elias Banks (Character) - 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rise Coach Willie Davis (Character) - 2024
93% 95% American Fiction Cliff (Character) $21.0M 2023
80% 61% Biosphere Ray (Character) $59.9K 2022
72% 26% Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. Pastpr Lee-Curtis Childs (Character),
Producer
$2.4M 2022
28% 44% The Rhythm Section Marc Serra (Character) $4.9M 2020
No Score Yet 71% One Day at Disney Narrator (Character) - 2019
77% 92% Frozen II Lieutenant Destin Mattias (Voice) $477.4M 2019
84% 81% Waves Ronald (Character) $1.7M 2019
72% 84% The Angry Birds Movie 2 Garry (Voice) $41.7M 2019
34% 32% The Predator Traeger (Character) $51.0M 2018
57% 35% Hotel Artemis Waikiki (Character) $6.7M 2018
96% 79% Black Panther N'Jobu (Character) $700.2M 2018
80% 84% Marshall Joseph Spell (Character) $10.0M 2017
0% 41% Spaceman Rodney Scott (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet 63% The Suspect The Other Suspect (Character) - 2013
39% 81% The Favor Policeman No. 1 (Character) - 2006

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Talk Guest 2016-2017 2020 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Jennifer Hudson Show Guest 2024
No Score Yet 55% The Kelly Clarkson Show Guest 2019 2021 2023-2024
No Score Yet 28% The Drew Barrymore Show Guest 2022 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Graham Norton Show Guest 2024
No Score Yet 61% Late Night With Seth Meyers Guest 2019 2022 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hot Ones Guest 2023
No Score Yet 44% The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Guest 2016 2018 2020 2022-2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Interrupting Chicken Papa (Voice) 2022-2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rachael Ray Guest 2016 2020 2023
No Score Yet 18% The Late Late Show With James Corden Guest 2018 2022
94% 81% This Is Us Randall Pearson (Character) 2016-2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ellen DeGeneres Show Guest 2017-2019 2022
No Score Yet 57% Lincoln: Divided We Stand Narrator 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet Soul of a Nation Host 2021
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Dr. Oz Show Guest 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Home & Family Guest 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Finding Your Roots Guest 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Variety Studio: Actors on Actors Guest 2017 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways Guest 2019
No Score Yet 42% Jimmy Kimmel Live! Guest 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Conan Guest 2018
95% 88% Brooklyn Nine-Nine Philip Davidson (Guest Star) 2018
No Score Yet 57% Saturday Night Live Host 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen Guest 2016-2017
No Score Yet 50% The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Guest 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hollywood Game Night Contestant 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter Guest 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Running Wild With Bear Grylls Self 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Chew Guest 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Last Call With Carson Daly Guest 2016
84% 90% American Crime Story Christopher Darden (Character) 2016
No Score Yet 83% Criminal Minds Unknown (Guest Star) 2015
82% 87% Castle Unknown (Guest Star) 2015
84% 85% Masters of Sex Unknown (Guest Star) 2014
No Score Yet 90% The Mentalist Unknown (Guest Star) 2014
No Score Yet 84% NCIS Diane Sterling (Guest Star) 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet Army Wives Roland Burton / Calvin (Character) 2007-2013
92% 78% Person of Interest Detective Cal Beecher (Guest Star) 2012-2013
85% 69% Nikita Unknown (Guest Star) 2012
93% 90% The Good Wife Andrew Boylan (Guest Star) 2011
81% No Score Yet Detroit 1-8-7 Unknown (Guest Star) 2011
No Score Yet 80% Medium Unknown (Guest Star) 2010
60% 100% Eli Stone David Mosley (Guest Star) 2008
93% 73% Supernatural Unknown (Guest Star) 2006-2007
52% 50% Shark Unknown (Guest Star) 2007
No Score Yet 75% Without a Trace Unknown (Guest Star) 2006
86% 88% Alias Agent Rance (Guest Star) 2006
86% 90% Boston Legal Zeke Borns (Guest Star) 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet JAG Unknown (Guest Star) 2004
No Score Yet 72% Third Watch Unknown (Guest Star) 2004
83% 95% NYPD Blue Kelvin George (Guest Star) 2004
No Score Yet 85% ER Bob Harris (Guest Star) 2004
20% No Score Yet Hack Unknown (Guest Star) 2003