Golden Globes 2018: Sterling K Brown holds his award for Best Performance (Image courtesy: AFP)
Highlights
- "I'm being seen for who I am, and being appreciated," he said
- He is the first African-American to win Best Actor (TV) - Drama
- Dan Fogelman was seated with the audience
Sterling K Brown received the
Golden Globe for best performance in a TV series - Drama for
This Is Us on Sunday night. In his acceptance speech, the 41-year-old actor thanked his wife, kids and his team, as well as
This Is Us creator Dan Fogelman for "writing a role for a black man." "You wrote a role for a black man, that could only be played by a black man 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," he said. Dan Fogelman was seated with the audience. Sterling K Brown made history as he is the first African-American to win Best Actor (TV) - Drama.
Listen to Sterling K Brown's speech here.
It is Sterling K Brown's first Golden Globe win. He was previously nominated at last year's Globes for
The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story. He played Christopher Darden in the series, for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie.
The other contenders for best performance in a TV series, drama included Jason Bateman in
Ozark, Freddie Highmore for
The Good Doctor, Bob Odenkirk in
Better Call Saul and Liev Schreiber for
Ray Donovan.
The 75th Golden Globes award is currently underway in Beverly Hills California. Seth Meyers is hosting the event this year.