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Brown" -- Pictured: Host Sterling K. Brown during the Opening Monologue in Studio 8H on Saturday, March 10, 2018 -- (Photo by: Will Heath/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) NBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images  by [Melissa Chan](https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Apr 24, 2018 11:53 PM UTC Emmy-winning actor Sterling K. Brown, who stars in NBC’s hit television series _This Is Us,_ is ready to preserve intergalactic order. “I wouldn’t mind being the Green Lantern. It would be fun. I’ve been watching cartoons since I was a kid. There was a black man portraying the Green Lantern. To see someone who looked like me meant a lot,” Brown said at Tuesday night’s TIME 100 Gala, where he is an honoree. Brown is no stranger to heroics. He appeared in [_Black Panther_](http://time.com/black-panther/), Marvel’s blockbuster about a black superhero, as Prince N’Jobu, who is the main character T’Challa’s uncle. Brown made history in January when he became the first black man to win a Golden Globe Award for lead actor in a TV drama, for his role in _This Is Us._ He’s also the first black man to win an [Emmy for best actor in a drama](http://time.com/4945718/sterling-k-brown-emmys-speech/) in 19 years. The television drama, which centers around the Pearson family, is known for its tearjerking storyline and its emotional episodes about death and adversity. But it was the tale of an orphan boy and a magical dragon that gets Brown tearing up in real life. “I think my biggest cry was when my son and I went to see _Pete’s Dragon_. I bawled like a little baby,” he said, adding that his son started to cry, too. “We had his beautiful bonding moment. 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