The Pearsons are back together again!

Sterling K. Brown and Justin Hartley have sweet *This Is Us *reunion at Golden Globes that you didn’t see on TV

The Pearsons are back together again!

By Emlyn Travis

Emlyn Travis is a news writer at **. She has been working at EW since 2022. Her work has previously appeared on MTV News, Teen Vogue, and *NME*.

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January 12, 2026 11:10 a.m. ET

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Justin Hartley and Sterling K. Brown on 'This Is Us'. Credit:

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Amid all the 2026 Golden Globes festivities, there was one extra sweet TV reunion that didn’t make the broadcast.**

*This Is Us* stars Sterling K. Brown and Justin Hartley had their very own Pearson family reunion at Sunday’s ceremony. The pair, who played brothers on the celebrated NBC drama, could be seen sitting next to each other in a snapshot from the event. **

In the photo, Brown appeared to be pulling up his pant leg to show Hartley, 48, his calf. In September, the 49-year-old *Paradise* star announced on social media that he had “tore his Achilles tendon” while he was “doing something athletic” outside.

Sofia Hartley, Justin Hartley, and Sterling K. Brown at the Golden Globes.

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“Not even, like, super dangerous or anything, just took a step and it felt like somebody stomped on the back of my heel,” Brown explained. “I was like, ‘Who stepped on me! Who stepped on me!’ And they’re like, ‘What are you talking about, man?’” **

At the time, Brown revealed that the injury would require surgery, but that he was holding off going under the knife until after the Emmys, where he was nominated for *Paradise*. He later attended the event in a cast and used a knee scooter to navigate the ceremony.

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Brown was nominated at the Golden Globes for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series — Drama for his performance as special agent Xavier Collins on *Paradise*. The Hulu political thriller also stars Julianne Nicholson, Sarah Shahi, Aliyah Mastin, James Marsden, and more.

Nominated alongside Brown in the category were Diego Luna (*Andor*), Gary Oldman (*Slow Horses*), Mark Ruffalo (*Task*), Adam Scott (*Severance*), and Noah Wyle (*The Pitt*). In the end, Wyle took home the award.

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Brown and Hartley starred as brothers Randall and Kevin Pearson, respectively, across all six seasons of *This Is Us*, which aired from 2016 until 2022. The NBC drama followed the complicated lives of multiple generations of the Pearson family, with Hartley, Brown, and Chrissy Metz playing the grown-up children of Jack (Milo Ventimiglia) and Rebecca (Mandy Moore) Pearson. **

In 2018, Brown won the award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series — Drama for his performance as Randall. He is also the co-host of a *This Is Us *rewatch podcast, titled *That Was Us*, alongside costars Moore and Chris Sullivan.

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