American actor Sterling K. Brown has received numerous accolades throughout his career, including three Primetime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, four Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a nomination for an Academy Award.
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| Nominations | 91 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brown's breakthrough performance as attorney Christopher Darden in The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story (2016) won him the Critics' Choice and Primetime Emmy and earned him nominations for the Golden Globe and SAG Award for Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries or Movie. His portrayal of Randall Pearson in NBC's This Is Us (2016–2022) won him the Critics' Choice, Golden Globe, Primetime Emmy and SAG Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series, as well as another two SAG Awards as part of the series' ensemble cast. His win of the Emmy made him the first actor in a broadcast television series to win the award in a decade and the first African-American winner in 19 years. He was also the first African-American to win the Golden Globe and SAG Award.
Brown received additional Emmy nominations for This Is Us, as well as for guest starring in Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2018) and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2020), and won Outstanding Narrator in 2021 for narrating Lincoln: Divided We Stand. With his nine Emmy nominations, Brown is one of few actors to be nominated across all three performance (lead, supporting, guest) and genre (comedy, drama, limited series or movie) categories, as well as for narrating. For his role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Black Panther (2018), Brown won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.
Brown's portrayal of a middle aged gay man in Cord Jefferson's comedy-drama film American Fiction (2023) earned him nominations for the Academy Award, Critics' Choice, Independent Spirit and SAG Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Major associations
| Year | Award/Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Best Supporting Actor | American Fiction | Nominated |
Emmy Awards
| Year | Award/Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primetime Emmy Awards | ||||
| 2016 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson | Won | |
| 2017 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | This Is Us (episode: "Memphis") | Won | |
| 2018 | This Is Us (episode: "Number Three") | Nominated | ||
| Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | Brooklyn Nine-Nine (episode: "The Box") | Nominated | ||
| 2019 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | This Is Us (episode: "R & B") | Nominated | |
| 2020 | This Is Us (episode: "After the Fire") | Nominated | ||
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (episode: "Panty Pose") | Nominated | ||
| 2021 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | This Is Us (episode: "Forty: Part 2") | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Narrator | Lincoln: Divided We Stand (episode: "The Dogs of War") | Won | ||
| 2024 | Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance | Invincible (episode: "I Thought You Were Stronger") | Nominated | |
| 2025 | Outstanding Drama Series | Paradise (as executive producer) | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Paradise (episode: "The Day") | Nominated | ||
Golden Globe Awards
| Year | Award/Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson | Nominated | |
| 2017 | Best Actor in a Television Series – Drama | This Is Us (season 1) | Won | |
| 2025 | Paradise | Nominated |
Screen Actors Guild Awards
| Year | Award/Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Outstanding Male Actor in a Miniseries or Movie | American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Male Actor in a Drama Series | This Is Us (season 1) | Nominated | ||
| 2017 | This Is Us (season 2) | Won | ||
| Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series | Won | |||
| 2018 | This Is Us (season 3) | Won | ||
| Outstanding Male Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture | Black Panther | Won | ||
| 2019 | Outstanding Male Actor in a Drama Series | This Is Us (season 4) | Nominated | |
| 2020 | This Is Us (season 5) | Nominated | ||
| 2023 | Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture | American Fiction | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Male Actor in a Supporting Role | Nominated | |||
| 2025 | Outstanding Male Actor in a Drama Series | Paradise | Nominated |
Miscellaneous awards
BET Awards
| Year | Award/Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Best Actor | Himself | Nominated | |
| 2022 | Nominated |
Black Reel Awards
| Year | Award/Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Outstanding Supporting Actor, TV Movie or Limited Series | The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story | Won | |
| Outstanding Actor, Drama Series | This Is Us | Won | ||
| 2018 | Best Breakthrough Performance, Male | Marshall | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Actor, Drama Series | This Is Us | Won | ||
| Outstanding Guest Actor, Comedy Series | Insecure | Nominated | ||
| Saturday Night Live | Nominated | |||
| 2019 | Outstanding Actor, Drama Series | This Is Us | Nominated | |
| 2020 | Outstanding Supporting Actor | Waves | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Actor, Drama Series | This Is Us | Won | ||
| Outstanding Guest Actor, Comedy Series | The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | Nominated | ||
| 2022 | Outstanding Actor, Drama Series | This Is Us | Won | |
| 2023 | Outstanding Actor | Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. | Nominated | |
| 2024 | Outstanding Supporting Performance | American Fiction | Nominated |
Critics' Choice Awards
| Year | Award/Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | ||||
| 2024 | Best Supporting Actor | American Fiction | Nominated | |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | ||||
| 2016 | Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries | The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story | Won | |
| 2018 | Best Actor in a Drama Series | This Is Us | Won | |
| 2020 | Nominated | |||
| 2021 | Nominated | |||
| 2022 | Nominated | |||
| 2023 | Nominated | |||
| 2026 | Paradise | Nominated | ||
Independent Spirit Awards
| Year | Award/Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Best Supporting Performance | American Fiction | Nominated |
NAACP Image Awards
| Year | Award/Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series | This Is Us | Won | |
| Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special | The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story | Nominated | ||
| 2018 | Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series | This Is Us | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | Marshall | Nominated | ||
| 2019 | Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series | This Is Us | Nominated | |
| 2020 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | Waves | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series | This is Us | Nominated | ||
| 2021 | Nominated | |||
| 2022 | Won | |||
| 2023 | Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture | Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series | This Is Us | Nominated | ||
| 2024 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture | American Fiction | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture | Nominated |
People's Choice Awards
| Year | Award/Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | The Male TV Star of 2019 | This Is Us | Nominated | |
| The Drama TV Star of 2019 | Nominated | |||
| 2020 | The Male TV Star of 2020 | Nominated | ||
| The Drama TV Star of 2020 | Nominated | |||
| 2021 | The Male TV Star of 2021 | Nominated | ||
| The Drama TV Star of 2021 | Nominated | |||
| 2022 | The Male TV Star of 2022 | Nominated | ||
| The Drama TV Star of 2022 | Nominated |
Teen Choice Awards
| Year | Award/Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Choice TV Actor Drama | This Is Us | Nominated | |
| 2018 | Nominated | |||
| 2019 | Nominated |
Critics awards
| Year | Association | Category | Project | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | African-American Film Critics Association | Best Supporting Actor | American Fiction | Won | |
| 2024 | Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | American Fiction | Nominated | |
| 2013 | American Black Film Festival | Best Performance by an Actor (shared with Mekhi Phifer) | The Suspect | Nominated | |
| 2024 | Denver Film Festival | Excellence in Acting Award | American Fiction | Won | |
| 2017 | Dorian Awards | TV Performance of the Year — Actor | The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story | Nominated | |
| 2018 | This Is Us | Nominated | |||
| 2021 | Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards | Best Actor in a Drama Series | This Is Us | Nominated | |
| 2022 | Nominated | ||||
| 2016 | OFTA Television Awards | Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series | The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story | Won | |
| 2017 | Best Actor in a Drama Series | This Is Us | Nominated | ||
| 2018 | Best Actor in a Drama Series | This Is Us | Nominated | ||
| Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Won | |||
| 2023 | San Diego Film Critics Society | Best Supporting Actor | American Fiction | Nominated | |
| 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Supporting Actor | American Fiction | Nominated | |
| 2023 | Seattle Film Critics Society Awards | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | American Fiction | Nominated | |
| 2023 | St. Louis Film Critics Association | Best Supporting Actor | American Fiction | Nominated | |
| 2017 | Television Critics Association Awards | Individual Achievement in Drama | This Is Us | Nominated |