Sterling K Brown made history with his Golden Globe win.

On January 7 of this year, Brown won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Television Drama for This Is Us, becoming the first African-American man ever to win in this category's history. "Throughout the majority of my career, I've benefited from colorblind casting which means, you know what, hey, let's throw a brother in this role, right? Really cool," Brown said in his speech. "Dan Fogleman, 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've been 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."