In the Brooklyn Nine-Nine episode “The Box,” NYPD Detective Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg) interrogates murder suspect Philip Davidson. Jake tries all night to elicit a confession out of Davidson, who was the last person to see the victim, but Davidson is unflappable. When Captain Holt (Andre Braugher) gets ahold of the situation he skips the opera to help Peralta. The two cops clash over how to get Davidson to talk.
Philip Davidson is portrayed by Sterling K. Brown. Brown currently stars in the NBC drama This Is Us as one of the Big 3, Randall Pearson. Brown is also known for his roles on American Crime Story (L.A. prosecutor Christopher Darden on the O.J. Simpson case), Army Wives (Roland Burton), and Person of Interest (Detective Cal Beecher), among others. Brown was also captivating in the movie Marshall, about a critical case in the early career of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. Brooklyn Nine-Nine airs Sundays at 8:30pm on FOX, right after The Simpsons and right before Family Guy.
