Actor
Stephan James
32 years · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · 23 films
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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Filmography 22
War Machine
2026 · 7
On Netflix
Night Always Comes
2025 · Cody
On Netflix
Ricky
2025 · Ricardo Smith
On Kanopy
The Piano Lesson
2024 · Boy Charles
On Netflix
Babes
2024 · Claude
On Kanopy
Delia's Gone
2022 · Louis
On Kanopy
National Champions
2021 · LeMarcus James
On Tubi TV
21 Bridges
2019 · Michael Trujillo
On Tubi TV
If Beale Street Could Talk
2018 · Alonzo "Fonny" Hunt
On MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel
Across the Line
2016 · Mattie Slaughter
On Plex
Race
2016 · Jesse Owens
On Tubi TV
Selma
2014 · John Lewis
On Kanopy
Lost After Dark
2014 · Wesley
When the Game Stands Tall
2014 · T.K. Kelly
On Tubi TV
Clue: A Movie Mystery Adventure
2014 · Dmitri
The Dependables
2014 · Shane Jones
On Hoopla
Apple Mortgage Cake
2014 · William Logan
On Plex
Perfect Sisters
2014 · Donny
On fuboTV
The Gabby Douglas Story
2014 · John 16-18 Years
Home Again
2012 · Everton St.Clair
On Philo
12 Dates of Christmas
2011 · Michael
My Babysitter's a Vampire
2010 · Jock
On The Roku Channel