Sterling Kelby Brown
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Sterling Kelby Brown is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning performances in the television series "This Is Us" and "The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sterling Kelby Brown canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13334525 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sterling Kelby Brown Context triple: [Sterling K. Brown, birthName, Sterling Kelby Brown]
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A.
Christopher Corbin
Christopher Corbin is the son of American actor Barry Corbin, known for his work in film and television.
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B.
Bodie Broadus
Bodie Broadus is a loyal but increasingly disillusioned young drug dealer in the Barksdale Organization on the television series "The Wire."
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C.
Jeremy Phillip Felton
Jeremy Phillip Felton, better known by his stage name Jeremih, is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and producer recognized for hits like "Birthday Sex" and "Down on Me."
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D.
Patrick Whitesell
Patrick Whitesell is a prominent American talent agent and entertainment executive, best known as a top leader and co-founder of the global media and talent representation company Endeavor.
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E.
Noah Calhoun
Noah Calhoun is the passionate, working-class romantic lead of Nicholas Sparks’ novel and its film adaptation "The Notebook," known for his enduring love for Allie Hamilton.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sterling Kelby Brown Target entity description: Sterling Kelby Brown is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning performances in the television series "This Is Us" and "The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story."
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A.
Christopher Corbin
Christopher Corbin is the son of American actor Barry Corbin, known for his work in film and television.
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B.
Bodie Broadus
Bodie Broadus is a loyal but increasingly disillusioned young drug dealer in the Barksdale Organization on the television series "The Wire."
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C.
Jeremy Phillip Felton
Jeremy Phillip Felton, better known by his stage name Jeremih, is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and producer recognized for hits like "Birthday Sex" and "Down on Me."
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D.
Patrick Whitesell
Patrick Whitesell is a prominent American talent agent and entertainment executive, best known as a top leader and co-founder of the global media and talent representation company Endeavor.
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E.
Noah Calhoun
Noah Calhoun is the passionate, working-class romantic lead of Nicholas Sparks’ novel and its film adaptation "The Notebook," known for his enduring love for Allie Hamilton.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actor
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film actor ⓘ human ⓘ stage actor ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeInField |
film
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television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama
NERFINISHED
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series NERFINISHED ⓘ Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie NERFINISHED ⓘ Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series NERFINISHED ⓘ Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1976-04-05 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | St. Louis, Missouri, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterPortrayed |
Christopher Darden
NERFINISHED
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Lieutenant Destin Mattias NERFINISHED ⓘ N'Jobu NERFINISHED ⓘ Randall Pearson NERFINISHED ⓘ Ronald K. Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
New York University Tisch School of the Arts
NERFINISHED
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Stanford University ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
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| familyName | Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Sterling Kelby Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Sterling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
comedy-drama
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drama ⓘ |
| knownFor |
portraying Christopher Darden in The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story
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portraying Randall Pearson on This Is Us ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| notableAppearance |
Army Wives
NERFINISHED
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Brooklyn Nine-Nine NERFINISHED ⓘ Person of Interest NERFINISHED ⓘ The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
American Fiction
NERFINISHED
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Black Panther NERFINISHED ⓘ Frozen II NERFINISHED ⓘ The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story NERFINISHED ⓘ This Is Us NERFINISHED ⓘ Waves NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 2 ⓘ |
| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
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| spouse | Ryan Michelle Bathe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sterling Kelby Brown Description of subject: Sterling Kelby Brown is an American actor best known for his Emmy-winning performances in the television series "This Is Us" and "The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.