Sterling K. Brown Becomes 1st Black Person To Win Best Actor In TV Drama
By Isha Thorpe
January 8, 2018
Sterling K. Brown made history at the 75th annual Golden Globes on Sunday (Jan. 7) night.
Back at the 2017 Primetime Emmys, Brown made history as the first black actor in the past 19 years to win an Emmy award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Then, tonight at the 2018 Golden Globes, the star also picked up an award for Best Actor in a TV Drama for his role in "This Is Us." This made him the first black person to win this honor, as well!
“You wrote a role for a black man, that could only be played by a black man,” Brown said to the creator of "This Is Us," Dan Fogelman, in his acceptance speech. “And so, what I appreciate so much about this is that I’m being seen for who I am, and being appreciated for who I am. And it makes it that much more difficult to dismiss me, or dismiss anybody who looks like me. So, thank you, Dan.” See this special moment below.
.@SterlingKBrown thanks @NBCThisIsUs creator Dan Fogelman: "You wrote a role for a black man. That can only be played by a black man. I'm being seen for who I am." https://t.co/AevCojIid8 #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/rbXY1z8Nnl
— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) January 8, 2018
See some Twitter reactions to Brown's history-making win below.
Me watching Sterling K. Brown do or say anything #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/XCfal2MPXT
— Mashable (@mashable) January 8, 2018
Sterling K Brown came through the realness! #GoldenGlobes #SoulGlobes pic.twitter.com/bJ5CXx27a5
— Black Girl Nerds (@BlackGirlNerds) January 8, 2018
Sterling K Brown did it again! Thanked Dan Fogelman for writing “a role for a black man that can only be played by a black man. I feel seen and appreciated.”
— karenbates (@karenbates) January 8, 2018
STERLING K. BROWN IS A NATIONAL TREASURE AND THERE SHOULD BE MONUMENTS ERECTED IN HIS HONOR ACROSS THE COUNTRY. #GoldenGlobes
— Alex Goldschmidt (@alexandergold) January 8, 2018
My face every time Sterling K. Brown wins an award pic.twitter.com/ZLUiSNaaHV
— Jarett Wieselman (@JarettSays) January 8, 2018
And the winner is...! @SterlingKBrown #ThisIsUs #GoldenGlobes #GoldenGlobes2018 @NBCThisisUs #tvhubs pic.twitter.com/kdn3ZmI3JB
— Susan Kelechi Watson (@skelechiwatson) January 8, 2018
How do we fix it so that Sterling K Brown and Viola Davis win all the awards? Because their speeches always leave me breathless and inspired. #GoldenGlobes
— April (@ReignOfApril) January 8, 2018
Sterling K. Brown's default setting is "classy".#GoldenGlobes
— Charlotte Clymer🏳️🌈 (@cmclymer) January 8, 2018
I’m about to cry watching Sterling K. Brown cry as he accepts his Best Actor in a Drama Series award. #GoldenGlobes
— Edward Graves (@Edward_E_) January 8, 2018
Sterling K Brown is the FIRST male black actor to win for best lead actor in a TV Drama. That's great and sad at the same time.#GoldenGlobes
— Denizcan James (@MrFilmkritik) January 8, 2018
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