Sterling has guest starred on numerous television series, including
Judging Amy,
ER,
Star Trek: Enterprise,
24 and
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation to name a few. His only TV series regular was in the sitcom
Alright Already, which lasted only one season from 1997 to 1998. It originally aired on the now-defunct
WB Television Network. Sterling has appeared in a number of films, mostly in supporting roles. His prominent role came in the 2006 action film ''
Smokin' Aces where he played Lester Tremor of the psychotic neo-Nazi Tremor Brothers (alongside Chris Pine and Kevin Durand). His role required shaving his head, and shaving his eyebrows off. His other prominent role was in Beverly Hills Chihuahua'' (2008) as the antagonist Rafferty. In January 2023, Sterling and his wife co-founded a production company, Little Idea Media, that, among other projects, created the story for the film
My Dead Friend Zoe that won several
Woodstock Film Festival awards and an Audience Award at
South by Southwest (SXSW). ==Personal life==