Stephan James
Acting
1993-12-16 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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.
Filmography
TheatersI Play Rocky
2026 · Movie
War Machine
2026 · Movie
The Legacy Lounge
2026 · Series
Night Always Comes
2025 · Movie
Ricky
2025 · Movie
The Piano Lesson
2024 · Movie
Babes
2024 · Movie
Beacon 23
2023 · Series
The Legacy Awards
2022 · Series
Delia's Gone
2022 · Movie
Surface
2022 · Series
National Champions
2021 · Movie
#FreeRayshawn
2020 · Series
21 Bridges
2019 · Movie
If Beale Street Could Talk
2018 · Movie
Homecoming
2018 · Series
Shots Fired
2017 · Series
Across the Line
2016 · Movie
Race
2016 · Movie
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Series
Selma
2014 · Movie
Lost After Dark
2014 · Movie
When the Game Stands Tall
2014 · Movie
Clue: A Movie Mystery Adventure
2014 · Movie
The Dependables
2014 · Movie
Apple Mortgage Cake
2014 · Movie
Perfect Sisters
2014 · Movie
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Series
The Gabby Douglas Story
2014 · Movie
The Railpath Hero
2013 · Movie
Home Again
2012 · Movie
12 Dates of Christmas
2011 · Movie
Clue
2011 · Series
My Babysitter's a Vampire
2011 · Series
My Babysitter's a Vampire
2010 · Movie
The Listener
2009 · Series
The Oscars
1953 · Series
Discretion
Series
American Son
Movie
The Journeyman
Movie