Stephan James
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.
Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
40
Gender
Male
Birthday
1993-12-16 (31 years old)
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Acting
2025
Night Always Comes as Cody2025
Ricky as Ricardo Smith2024
The Piano Lesson as Boy Charles2024
Babes as Claude2023
Beacon 23 as Halan Kai Nielsen2022
Surface as Thomas Baden2022
Delia's Gone as Louis2022
The Legacy Awards as Host2021
National Champions as LeMarcus James2020
#FreeRayshawn as Rayshawn2019
21 Bridges as Michael Trujillo2018
Homecoming as Walter Cruz2018
If Beale Street Could Talk as Alonzo "Fonny" Hunt2017
Shots Fired as Preston Terry2016
Across the Line as Mattie Slaughter2016
Race as Jesse Owens2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self2014
Selma as John Lewis2014
The Gabby Douglas Story as John 16-18 Years2014
The Dependables as Shane Jones2014
When the Game Stands Tall as T.K. Kelly2014
Lost After Dark as Wesley2014
Apple Mortgage Cake as William Logan2014
Perfect Sisters as Donny2014
Clue: A Movie Mystery Adventure as Dmitri2013
The Railpath Hero as Damon Bishop2012
Home Again as Everton St.Clair2011
My Babysitter's a Vampire as Jock #12011
12 Dates of Christmas as Michael2010
My Babysitter's a Vampire as Jock2009
The Listener as Ibrahim Ayim1953
The Oscars as SelfNaN
I Play Rocky as Carl WeathersNaN
The Things They Carried as Not availableNaN
American Son as Not available2011
Clue as Dmitri GrantNaN
War Machine as Not available