Emmy
Award-winning
actor
Sterling
K.
Brown
will
share
his
journey
from
business
major
to
history-making
actor
at
Baldwin
Wallace
University's
2018
Business
Leadership
Lecture
on
Saturday,
October
6
at
7
p.m.
in
the
Lou
Higgins
Recreation
Center.
His
appearance
is
also
part
of
a
year-long
BW
cultural
series
featuring
"Voices
of
Imagination
and
Innovation."
Brown,
one
of
Time
magazine's
2018
"Most
Influential
People,"
will
sit
down
with
BW
President
Bob
Helmer
for
a
free-ranging
discussion
of
topics
from
the
power
of
creativity
to
invigorate
innovation,
to
the
essential
nature
of
the
arts
to
illuminate
the
human
condition,
to
the
importance
of
diverse
voices
in
media.
History-making
recognition
Brown
currently
plays
Randall
Pearson
in
NBC's
award-winning
hit
series
"This
is
Us,"
which
premieres
its
third
season
on
Tuesday,
September
25.
His
portrayal
has
earned
him
a
raft
of
accolades
for
Outstanding
Actor
in
a
Drama
Series
including
the
Emmy,
Critics'
Choice,
NAACP
Image,
Golden
Globe
and
SAG
Awards
-
making
him
the
first
African
American
actor
to
win
these
categories
in
the
history
of
the
Globes
and
the
SAGs.
Brown
is
currently
nominated
for
two
individual
Emmys
for
his
comedy
and
drama
work.
Silver
screen
and
stage
success
Earlier
this
year,
Brown
co-starred
in
Marvel's
record-breaking
film
"Black
Panther."
This
September,
he
will
lead
the
ensemble
cast
of
Fox's
"The
Predator"
and
has
several
films
slated
for
release
in
2019,
including
"The
Rhythm
Section,"
"Angry
Birds
2"
and
"Waves."
A
lover
of
theater,
Brown
has
performed
in
a
variety
of
staged
shows,
including
NY
and
LA
productions
of
"Father
Comes
Home
from
the
Wars
-
Parts
1,
2
&
3,"
for
which
he
won
an
NAACP
Theatre
Award.
The
joy
in
the
doing
In
2016,
Brown
portrayed
prosecutor
Christopher
Darden
in
FX's
highly-rated,
award-winning
television
event
series
"The
People
v.
O.J.
Simpson:
American
Crime
Story."
Brown
won
an
Emmy
and
a
Critics'
Choice
Award
for
the
role.
Beyond
awards
recognition,
Brown
is
known
to
take
greatest
pleasure
in
practicing
his
craft.
Writing
for
Time,
his
"O.J."
co-star
Sarah
Paulson
said,
"Sterling
runs
to
run;
the
joy
for
him
is
in
the
doing.
That
he
finds
himself
vaulted
into
the
firmament-where
he
belongs-is
merely
glorious
icing."
Magic
in
the
arts
Brown,
an
advocate
for
access
to
arts
education,
has
said
"the
arts
are
something
that
have
this
two-fold
magic
about
them.
There
is
the
creation
itself,
given
the
room
to
explore
your
imagination
and
to
see
what
comes
from
that.
But
then
there
is
the
appreciation,
like
when
kids
get
a
chance
for
other
people
to
witness
their
art
…
when
their
perspective
of
the
world
is
validated."
After
starting
out
as
a
business
major,
Brown
graduated
with
a
Bachelor
of
Arts
in
Drama
from
Stanford
University,
before
receiving
his
Master's
Degree
in
Fine
Arts
from
NYU's
Tisch
School
of
the
Arts.
The
Missouri
native
currently
resides
in
Los
Angeles
with
his
wife
and
two
children.
Free
tickets
The
BW
Business
Leadership
Lecture
Series
is
presented
free
of
charge
thanks
to
generous
funding
from
distinguished
alumnus
Stephen
Boesel
'68.
Tickets
for
Sterling
K.
Brown's
appearance
are
required
and
will
be
available
online
at
bw.edu/tickets
beginning
August
31.
There
is
a
limit
of
four
(4)
tickets
per
person.
