Sterling K. Brown

Actor

Birth Name: Sterling Kelby Brown

Birth Date: April 5, 1976

Age: 49 years old

Birth Place: St. Louis, Missouri

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).

Sterling K. Brown

Actor

Birth Name: Sterling Kelby Brown

Birth Date: April 5, 1976

Age: 49 years old

Birth Place: St. Louis, Missouri

Spouses: Ryan Michelle Bathe

Awards

Credits

ParadiseStream

ParadiseStream

Shadow Force

The 30th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards

AtlasStream

The Earthshot Prize 2023

Live with Kelly and MarkStream

American FictionStream

Interrupting Chicken

Sherri

The Jennifer Hudson ShowStream

Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.Stream

Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.Stream

BiosphereStream

Honoring Our Kings: OWN Celebrates Black Fatherhood

Honoring Our Kings: Celebrating Black Fatherhood

Honoring Our Kings: Celebrating Black Fatherhood

Honoring Our Kings: OWN Celebrates Black Fatherhood: Extras

Soul of a NationStream

Lincoln: Divided We Stand

Conversations on Representation

A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote

The Drew Barrymore ShowStream

GMA3: What You Need to Know

The Rhythm SectionStream

Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways

One Day at Disney

Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration

The Kelly Clarkson ShowStream

The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience

Today With Hoda & Jenna

Frozen IIStream

The Angry Birds Movie 2Stream

Waves

Today 3rd Hour

The Jess Cagle Interview

We Have a Dream

The PredatorStream

Black PantherStream

Hotel ArtemisStream

Access

Access Live

Sister Circle

Red Nose Day

MarshallStream

This Is UsStream

Red Nose Day

This Is Us: Extras

Celebrity PageStream

The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime StoryStream

Spaceman

The Late Show With Stephen ColbertStream

Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter

The Late Late Show With James Corden

Hot OnesStream

MLB Network Presents

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Running Wild With Bear GryllsStream

Hollywood Today Live

Army Wives: A Final Salute

Late Night With Seth MeyersStream

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonStream

Masters of SexStream

Brooklyn Nine-NineStream

The Real

Hollywood Game Night

The Suspect

Home & Family

Steve Harvey

Entertainment Studios.TV

Finding Your RootsStream