Sterling K. Brown got Kelly Clarkson choked up while sharing his reasons for dropping his middle name from his professional stage name. "I went by Kelby until I was 16-year-old.

Once upon a time, Sterling K. Brown went by a totally different name. The Emmy-winning actor and father of two chose to go by his middle name, Kelby, for the first 16 years of his life and ...

The This Is Us alum had everyone crying all over again, as he revealed why he stopped going by his middle name at 16 -- while Kelly shares her son pulled a similar move. No, this isn't an episode ...

Sterling K. Brown attends the 97th Annual Oscars at Dolby Theatre on March 02, 2025 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Savion Washington/Getty Images) ...

The question prompted Brown to share the story behind his name. “I went by my middle name. I went by Kelby until I was 16 years old,” he confessed. “My dad’s name is Sterling Brown Jr., my ...

Sterling K. Brown is known by more names than just Randall Pearson. The This Is Us alum, whose full name is Sterling Kelby Brown, recently shared why he chose to forego his first name and went by ...

He said, "I went by my middle name, I went by 'Kelby' until I was 16 years old. My dad's name is Sterling Brown Jr. My grandfather Sterling Brown Sr, I'm Sterling Kelby Brown." Calling his name ...

and his grandfather’s name Sterling Brown Sr. “I’m Sterling Kelby Brown but I wanted my own name, and it felt like Sterling was like an old man's name," the Paradise star told Clarkson.

Sterling K Brown has shared why he chose to forego his first name and went by his middle name Kelby until he was 16 years old. "My dad's name is Sterling Brown Jr, my grandfather is Sterling Brown Sr, ...

Speaking on The Kelly Clarkson Show, he told the host: “I went by my middle name, I went by 'Kelby' until I was 16 years old.” He said that at the time, he wanted his own name to differentiate from ...