brown won his second primetime emmy award for outstanding lead actor in a drama series for his portrayal of randall pearson in nbc's "this is us" becoming the first actor in a broadcast television series to win the award in a decade and the first african-american winner in 19 years. in 2018, brown became the first african-american actor to win the golden globe award for best actor in a television series drama, for "this is us". that same year, brown also became the first african-american actor to win the screen actors guild award for outstanding performance by a male actor in a drama series, also for "this is us". he also was part of that year's screen actors guild award win for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series, again for "this is us". his role on that show also won him the naacp image award for outstanding actor in a drama series in 2017, and earned him a teen choice award and a tca award nomination (both in 2017).