Stephan James
Known For
Acting
Born
1993-12-16 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Biography
Stephan James (born December 16, 1993) is a Canadian actor. After starring in a string of television series as a teenager, he rose to prominence upon winning a Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor for his role as track and field sprinter Jesse Owens in the 2016 film Race. In 2018, he starred in Barry Jenkins' acclaimed drama film If Beale Street Could Talk, based on the James Baldwin novel of the same name. Also that year, he portrayed Walter Cruz in the Amazon series Homecoming, for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination.
Most Known For
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest
The Oscars
as Self
The Listener
as Ibrahim Ayim
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
War Machine
Surface
as Thomas Baden
Homecoming
as Walter Cruz
Beacon 23
as Halan Kai Nielsen
My Babysitter's a Vampire
as Jock #1
Babes
as Claude
21 Bridges
as Michael Trujillo
Shots Fired
as Preston Terry
Night Always Comes
as Cody
Selma
as John Lewis
#FreeRayshawn
as Rayshawn
I Play Rocky
as Carl Weathers
Race
as Jesse Owens
If Beale Street Could Talk
as Alonzo "Fonny" Hunt
The Piano Lesson
as Boy Charles
My Babysitter's a Vampire
as Jock