Brown was born in 1976 in St. Louis, Missouri, to Sterling Brown and Aralean Banks Brown. Brown is one of five children; he has two sisters and two brothers. His father died when Brown was 10 years old. As a child, he went by the name Kelby; when he turned 16 he adopted the name Sterling, explaining in 2016,\n', '

Brown grew up in Olivette, Missouri and attended Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School. He went on to graduate from Stanford University 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.\n', '

After graduation from college, Brown performed in a series of roles in regional theatre. Brown 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, including Stay with Ewan McGregor, Brown Sugar with Taye Diggs and Trust the Man with David Duchovny and Julianne Moore.\n', '

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