Stephan James
Acting
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.
Born: December 16, 1993 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Filmography (31)
War Machine
2026
Actor: 7
Night Always Comes
2025
Actor: Cody
The Piano Lesson
2024
Actor: Boy Charles
Babes
2024
Actor: Claude
TV
Beacon 23
2023
Actor: Halan Kai NielsenExecutive Producer
Delia's Gone
2022
Actor: Louis
TV
Surface
2022
Actor: Thomas Baden
National Champions
2021
Actor: LeMarcus James
TV
#FreeRayshawn
2020
Actor: Rayshawn
21 Bridges
2019
Actor: Michael Trujillo
If Beale Street Could Talk
2018
Actor: Alonzo "Fonny" Hun…
TV
Homecoming
2018
Actor: Walter Cruz
TV
Shots Fired
2017
Actor: Preston Terry
Across the Line
2016
Actor: Mattie Slaughter
Race
2016
Actor: Jesse Owens
TV
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
Actor
Selma
2014
Actor: John Lewis
Lost After Dark
2014
Actor: Wesley
When the Game Stands Tall
2014
Actor: T.K. Kelly
Clue: A Movie Mystery Adventure
2014
Actor: Dmitri
The Dependables
2014
Actor: Shane Jones
Apple Mortgage Cake
2014
Actor: William Logan
Perfect Sisters
2014
Actor: Donny
TV
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Actor: Self - Guest
The Gabby Douglas Story
2014
Actor: John 16-18 Years
12 Dates of Christmas
2011
Actor: Michael
TV
Clue
2011
Actor: Dmitri Grant
TV
My Babysitter's a Vampire
2011
Actor: Jock #1
My Babysitter's a Vampire
2010
Actor: Jock
TV
The Listener
2009
Actor: Ibrahim Ayim
TV
The Oscars
1953
Actor