Sterling K. Brown

Sterling K. Brown
Born	Sterling Kelby Brown April 5, 1976 St. Louis, Missouri
Residence	Los Angeles, California
Alma mater	Stanford University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2001–present
Home town	Olivette, Missouri
Spouse(s)	Ryan Michelle Bathe (m. 2007)
Children	2

Sterling Kelby Brown (born April 5, 1976) is an American actor best known for his portrayal of Christopher Darden in The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. Brown is also known for his role as Roland Burton on the Lifetime Network drama series Army Wives. He currently stars as Randall Pearson on the critically acclaimed NBC drama, This Is Us.

Early life and education

Brown was born in 1976 in St. Louis, Missouri to Sterling Brown, Jr. and Aralean Banks Brown. Brown is one of five children; he has two sisters and two brothers.^[1][2] His father died when Brown was 10 years old. As a child, he was known by his middle name, Kelby, until he was 16 and took on the name Sterling to honor his late father.^[3] Brown grew up in Olivette, Missouri and attended St. Louis Country Day School.^[4] Brown attended Stanford University from which he graduated in 1998 with an acting degree. He initially wanted to work in business but fell in love with acting as a college freshman. Brown then attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where he obtained his MFA.^[5]

Career

After graduation from college, Brown took up a series of roles in regional theatre. He has also since appeared in numerous television shows including ER, NYPD Blue, JAG, Boston Legal, Alias, Without A Trace, Supernatural, and Third Watch. He was a regular in the comedy Starved and has also appeared in movies like Stay with Ewan McGregor, Brown Sugar with Taye Diggs and Trust the Man with David Duchovny and Julianne Moore.

He was a recurring character on the television series Supernatural, where he played vampire hunter Gordon Walker. In June 2007, he married actress Ryan Michelle Bathe, his college sweetheart. Brown played Dr. Roland Burton on Army Wives. He also portrayed Detective Cal Beecher on Person of Interest. In 2008, he played David Mosley on the "Patience" episode of 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 award for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie in the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards.^[6]

Onstage, Brown starred in 2014 as Hero in Suzan-Lori Parks' Odyssey-inspired play Father Comes Home From the Wars at New York's Public Theater.^[7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Brown Sugar	Co-worker
2005	Trust the Man	Rand
2005	Stay	Frederick/Devon
2007	The Favor	Policeman #1
2008	Righteous Kill	Rogers
2011	Our Idiot Brother	Omar
2013	The Suspect	The Other Suspect
2016	Whiskey Tango Foxtrot	Sgt. Hurd
2016	Marshall	Joseph Spell	Filming
2016	Spaceman	Rodney Scott

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002–04	Third Watch	Officer Dade	6 episodes
2003	Hack	N/A	Episode: "Hidden Agenda"
2003	Tarzan	Detective Carey	2 episodes
2004	ER	Bob Harris	Episode: "Get Carter"
2004	NYPD Blue	Kelvin George	Episode: "Chatty Chatty Bang Bang"
2004	JAG	Sgt. Harry Smith	Episode: "Coming Home"
2005	Boston Legal	Zeke Borns	Episode: "Death Be Not Proud"
2005	Starved	Adam Williams	7 episodes
2006–07	Supernatural	Gordon Walker	4 episodes
2006	Alias	Agent Rance	Episode: "There's Only One Sidney Bristow"
2006	Smith	Mr. Corey	Episode: "Three"
2006	Without a Trace	Thomas Biggs	Episode: "Watch Over Me"
2007–13	Army Wives	Roland Burton	107 episodes
2007	Shark	Quenton North	Episode: "Teacher's Pet"
2007	Standoff	Russell Marsh	Episode: "Lie to Me"
2008	Eli Stone	David Mosley	Episode: "Patience"
2010	Medium	Todd Gillis	Episode: "The People in Your Neighborhood"
2011	Detroit 1-8-7	Cameron Jones	Episode: "Ice Man/Malibu"
2011	The Good Wife	Andrew Boylan	Episode: "Feeding the Rat"
2011	Harry's Law	Mr. Thomas	Episode: "American Girl"
2012	Nikita	Nick Anson	Episode: "True Believer"
2012–13	Person of Interest	Detective Cal Beecher	6 episodes
2013	NCIS	Elijah Banner	Episode: "Devil's Triad"
2014	The Mentalist	Agent Higgins	Episode: "White Lies"
2014	Masters of Sex	Marcus	Episode: "Story of My Life"
2015	Castle	Ed Redley	Episode: "The Wrong Stuff"
2015	Criminal Minds	Fitz	Episode: "Beyond Borders"
2016	The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story	Christopher Darden	10 episodes Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Pending—Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie or Limited Series
2016	This Is Us	Randall Pearson	8 episodes

References

1. "Today in History". The Daily News. Southern Newspapers. April 4, 2016. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
2. "Sterling K. Brown Biography". TVGuide.com. TV Guide. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
3. Stone, Natalie (September 21, 2016). "Sterling K. Brown Reveals Why He Changed His Name As a Teenager". People. Time Inc. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
4. Pennington, Gail (February 2, 2016). "St. Louisan relives Simpson trial in 'People v. O.J.'". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Lee Enterprises. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
5. Shin, Laura (September 2011). "Now Playing". Screen Scene. Stanford Magazine. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
6. "People v. O.J. Simpson Star Sterling K. Brown Chokes Up While Dedicating Emmy to His Late Father". Retrieved 2016-09-19.
7. Green, Jesse (2014-10-28). "Theater Review: Father Comes Home From the Wars". New York.

External links

• Sterling K. Brown at the Internet Movie Database
• Sterling K. Brown at AllMovie