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.
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Acting History
2025
Night Always Comes as Cody
2025Ricky as Ricardo Smith
2024The Piano Lesson as Boy Charles
2024Babes as Claude
2023Beacon 23 as Halan Kai Nielsen
2022The Legacy Awards as Host
2022Delia's Gone as Louis
2022Surface as Thomas Baden
2021National Champions as LeMarcus James
2020#FreeRayshawn as Rayshawn
201921 Bridges as Michael Trujillo
2018If Beale Street Could Talk as Alonzo "Fonny" Hunt
2018Homecoming as Walter Cruz
2017Shots Fired as Preston Terry
2016Across the Line as Mattie Slaughter
2016Race as Jesse Owens
2015Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
2014Selma as John Lewis
2014Lost After Dark as Wesley
2014When the Game Stands Tall as T.K. Kelly
2014Clue: A Movie Mystery Adventure as Dmitri
2014The Dependables as Shane Jones
2014Apple Mortgage Cake as William Logan
2014Perfect Sisters as Donny
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2014The Gabby Douglas Story as John 16-18 Years
2013The Railpath Hero as Damon Bishop
2012Home Again as Everton St.Clair
201112 Dates of Christmas as Michael
2011Clue as Dmitri Grant
2011My Babysitter's a Vampire as Jock #1
2010My Babysitter's a Vampire as Jock
2009The Listener as Ibrahim Ayim
1953The Oscars as Self
—War Machine
—American Son
—I Play Rocky as Carl Weathers