Movies:
- "Just Mercy" (2019): Brown played the role of Anthony Ray Hinton, a man who was wrongly convicted of murder and spent 30 years on death row before being exonerated.
- "The Hate U Give" (2018): Brown played the role of Seven, a member of the King Lords gang.
- "Burning Sands" (2017): Brown played the role of Zurich, a member of the Lambda Alpha Phi fraternity at a historically Black college.
Television:
- "The Wire" (2002-2008): Brown played the recurring role of Wallace, a young drug dealer who becomes involved in the criminal underworld of Baltimore.
- "Treme" (2010-2013): Brown played the recurring role of Antoine Batiste, a jazz musician living in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
- "The Night Of" (2016): Brown played the recurring role of Calvin Hart, a detective investigating the murder of a young woman.
In addition to these projects, Brown has also had roles in a number of short films and television series, such as "The Affair," "Show Me a Hero," and "The Get Down."