As one of the most talked-about figures, Sterling K. Brown has built a significant fortune. Our team analyzed the latest data to provide a clear picture of their income.

What is Sterling K. Brown's Net Worth and Salary?

In 2016, Brown starred in "The People v.O. J. Simpson," the first season of the FX true-crime anthology series "American Crime Story." He portrayed lawyerChristopher Darden, one of the prosecutors in the Simpson murder case. For his performance, Brown won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. Also in 2016, he began playing the main role of Randall Pearson on the NBC family drama series "This is Us." The popular show, which ran for six seasons through 2022, garnered Brown Emmy, Golden Globe, and SAG Awards. He made some notable guest appearances on other shows during the run of "This is Us," including on "Insecure" and "Brooklyn Nine-Nine." In 2019, he had a recurring role in the third season of "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel." Brown has also lent his voice to some shows, including the animated series "Big Mouth," "Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts," and "Solar Opposites."

For the first two seasons, Sterling earned $100,000 per episode of "This is Us." Starting in 2018, ahead of the third season and through the series finale in 2022, Sterling K. Brown earned a salary of $250,000 per episode. In other words, he earned $100,000 for the show's first 36 episodes and $250,000 for the remaining 70 episodes. Together, that means Sterling earned a total of ($3.6 million + $17.5 million) $21.1 million for his work on This is Us before syndication royalties.

Brown has also appeared in films such as "Black Panther," "Waves," "Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.," and "American Fiction," for which he received his first Academy Award nomination in 2024.

Brown had his first major role on television from 2002 to 2004, playing the recurring role of Officer Edward Dade on the NBC crime drama "Third Watch." During that time, he also made appearances on the shows "Hack," "Tarzan," "ER," "NYPD Blue," and "JAG." In 2005, Brown had a main role on the short-lived FX sitcom "Starved." After that, he appeared in episodes of various shows, including "Alias," "Smith," "Without a Trace," and "Supernatural," playing the recurring part of vampire hunter Gordon Walker on the latter. Brown landed his biggest television role yet in 2007 when he started playing Dr. Roland Burton on the Lifetime series "Army Wives." The show ran for seven seasons through 2013. During the show's run, he made guest appearances on such series as "Eli Stone," "Medium," "The Good Wife," "Harry's Law," "Nikita," and "NCIS," and had a recurring role on the science-fiction crime series "Person of Interest."

Sterling K. Brown is an American actor who has a net worth of $20 million. Sterling K. Brown is an Emmy and Golden Globe-winning American actor known for his dynamic range across television, film, and stage. He first gained widespread acclaim for his portrayal of prosecutor Christopher Darden in the FX limited series "The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story" (2016), which earned him an Emmy. That same year, he began his six-season run as Randall Pearson on the NBC drama "This Is Us," a role that brought him numerous accolades, including another Emmy and a Golden Globe—making him the first African-American actor to win the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Television Drama.

Sterling K. Brown was born on April 5, 1976 in St. Louis, Missouri to Sterling Sr. and Aralean. He has two brothers and two sisters. Brown grew up in suburban Olivette and was educated at Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School. When he was ten, his father passed away. For his higher education, Brown went to Stanford University, graduating with his BFA in acting in 1998. He went on to attend graduate school at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, from which he obtained his MFA.

In 2025, Brown starred in the Hulu thriller series "Paradise," created byDan Fogelman. He plays Xavier Collins, a Secret Service agent framed for the president's assassination in a dystopian underground bunker. The series was a critical success and was renewed for a second season.

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