Biography
Sterling Kelby Brown (born April 5, 1976) is an American actor. Known for his leading roles on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades, including three Primetime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a nomination for an Academy Award. He was included in Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2018. Brown portrayed Christopher Darden in the FXlimited series The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (2016), which earned the Primetime Emmy Awar...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Shadow Force
2025
Producer
Kyrah and Isaac were once the leaders of a multinational special forces group called Shadow Force. They broke the rules by falling in love, and in ord...
Atlas
2024
as Colonel Elias Banks
A brilliant counterterrorism analyst with a deep distrust of AI discovers it might be her only hope when a mission to capture a renegade robot goes aw...
American Fiction
2023
as Clifford Ellison
A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypoc...
Biosphere
2023
as Ray
In the not-too-distant future, the last two men on earth must adapt and evolve to save humanity.
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
2022
as Lee-Curtis Childs
In the aftermath of a huge scandal, Trinitie Childs, the first lady of a prominent Southern Baptist Mega Church, attempts to help her pastor-husband, ...
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
2022
Producer
In the aftermath of a huge scandal, Trinitie Childs, the first lady of a prominent Southern Baptist Mega Church, attempts to help her pastor-husband, ...
Bug Therapy
2021
as Stick Bug (voice)
Citronella, a mosquito who faints at the sight of blood, nervously waits outside her first group therapy session, while the Pill Bug therapist, Dr. Pi...
The Normal Heart
2021
Directed by Emmy Award-winning director Paris Barclay, this presentation, the first after Kramer's death, is also the first time the Tony Award-winnin...
Roll Up Your Sleeves
2021
as Self
This variety special aims to educate viewers, raise awareness and dispel concerns surrounding the COVID-19 vaccines, all with the goal of increasing v...
A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
2020
as Leo McGarry
Taped at Los Angeles’ iconic Orpheum Theatre, this staged presentation of The West Wing’s “Hartsfield’s Landing” episode stars core cast members along...
Junior
2020
as Narrator (voice)
In exclusive new interviews, stars and legends across the sports and entertainment landscape discuss Ken Griffey Jr.’s generational talent, which tran...
The Rhythm Section
2020
as Serra
When she discovers the plane crash that claimed the lives of her family was no accident, Stephanie Patrick enters the dark, complex world of internati...
One Day at Disney
2019
as Narrator (voice)
Discover the inspiring personal stories of the people behind the enduring magic of Disney.
Frozen II
2019
as Mattias (voice)
Elsa, Anna, Kristoff and Olaf head far into the forest to learn the truth about an ancient mystery of their kingdom.
Waves
2019
as Ronald
A controlling father’s attempts to ensure that his two children succeed in high school backfire after his son experiences a career-ending sports injur...
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2019
as Self
C is for Celebrate! Join host Joseph Gordon-Levitt and the residents of Sesame Street - human and monsters alike - to celebrate 50 years of learning, ...
The Angry Birds Movie 2
2019
as Garry (voice)
Red, Chuck, Bomb and the rest of their feathered friends are surprised when a green pig suggests that they put aside their differences and unite to fi...
The Lonely Island Presents: The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience
2019
as Sia
The Lonely Island spoofs Jose Canseco and Mark McGwire in this visual rap album set in the Bash Brothers' 1980s heyday.
The Predator
2018
as Traeger
When a young boy accidentally triggers the universe's most lethal hunters' return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled scient...
Hotel Artemis
2018
as Sherman / Waikiki
Los Angeles, June 21st, 2028. While the streets are being torn apart by riots, the Nurse, who runs a clandestine hospital for criminals in the penthou...
Black Panther
2018
as N'Jobu
King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Chall...
Marshall
2017
as Joseph Spell
Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, battles through one of his career-defining cases.
Spaceman
2016
as Rodney Scott
Story of former major league baseball pitcher Bill 'Spaceman' Lee following his release by the Montreal Expos.
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
2016
as Sgt. Hurd
In 2002, cable news producer Kim Barker decides to shake up her routine by taking a daring new assignment in Kabul, Afghanistan. Dislodged from her co...
Mojave
2016
as Detective Fletcher (uncredited)
A suicidal artist goes into the desert, where he finds his doppelgänger, a homicidal drifter.
The Suspect
2013
as The Other Suspect
Two African American social scientists pose as bank robbers in an effort to understand the racial dynamics of small-town law enforcement. However, the...
Our Idiot Brother
2011
as Officer Omar
Everybody has one—the sibling who is always just a little bit behind the curve when it comes to getting his life together. For sisters Liz, Miranda an...
Righteous Kill
2008
as Rogers
Two veteran New York City detectives work to identify the possible connection between a recent murder and a case they believe they solved years ago; i...
The Favor
2007
as Policeman #1
A troubled teenager, left alone after his mother's sudden death, is befriended and offered a home by his mom's former boyfriend.
Stay
2005
as Frederick / Devon
Psychiatrist Sam Foster has a new patient, Henry Letham, who claims to be suicidal. In trying to diagnose him, Sam visits Henry's prior therapist and ...
Trust the Man
2005
as Rand
Overachieving actress Rebecca must come to grips with her failing marriage to stay-at-home dad Tom. While Rebecca's slacker brother Tobey can't seem t...
Brown Sugar
2002
as Co-Worker
Sidney and Dre can attribute their lifelong friendship and the launch of their careers to one single childhood instant... witnessing the birth of hip-...
Smallpox 2002: Silent Weapon
2002
as Carl Jocelyn
A docu-drama that reports on a (fictitious) attack made by terrorist using the disease of small pox to attack the world. Starting in New York the atta...
The Defender
N/A
as Scipio Africanus Jones
Scipio Africanus Jones was a courageous attorney who risked his life and career to defend 87 men wrongfully accused of murder in the wake of the Elain...
Double Booked
N/A
A self-help writer and his pregnant wife plan a getaway at a remote cabin, but find another couple already there. As a blizzard traps them together, a...
Is God Is
N/A
Twin sisters with disfiguring burn scars are ordered by their bedridden mother to kill their abusive father who caused their scars. They must decide w...
The Gallerist
N/A
A desperate gallerist conspires to sell a dead body at Art Basel Miami.
Voltron
N/A
Adapted from the 1980s American animated TV series of the same name (which began as a re-edit of the Japanese series Beast King GoLion) about a team o...
Better Than They Found It: Black Coaches Who Shaped the Modern NFL
N/A
as Narrator (voice)
Go inside the high-stakes world of those who dare to lead the game they love to play. Pro football insiders take audiences behind the headlines on the...