Biography
Sterling K. Brown is an American actor. He was born on 5 April 1976 in St. Louis, Missouri, and studied drama at Stanford University before completing an MFA at New York University.
Brown is known for his role as Randall Pearson in the NBC series This Is Us (2016–2022), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, and as Christopher Darden in the FX limited series The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (2016), which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Clifford Ellison in the film American Fiction (2023). He also stars as Xavier Collins in the Hulu series Paradise (2025).
His other notable screen work includes supporting roles in Black Panther (2018) and voice work in Frozen II (2019). Brown has received three Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award.
