Sterling K. Brown is an American actor. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri. An avid actor since he was a child, he went on to attend Stanford University, where he earned a B.A. in drama, before going on to receive his Master's Degree in Fine Arts from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. On graduation, he took up a series of roles in regional theatre. He has also since appeared in numerous television shows including ER, NYPD Blue, JAG, Boston Legal, Alias, Without A Trace, and Supernatural. He was a regular in the comedy Starved and has also appeared in movies like Stay with Ewan McGregor, Brown Sugar with Taye Diggs and Trust the Man with David Duchovny and Julianne Moore. He was a popular recurring character on the television series Supernatural, where he played tough-as-nails vampire hunter and tragic antihero Gordon Walker. In 2006 he appeared as a policeman in the film The Favor. In June 2007, he married fellow actress Ryan Michelle Bathe. Brown currently plays Dr. Roland Burton on Army Wives.