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Stephan James

Stephan James

Born: 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
I Play Rocky poster
I Play Rocky
2026 • Carl Weathers
War Machine poster
War Machine
2026
Night Always Comes poster
Night Always Comes
2025 • Cody
Ricky poster
Ricky
2025 • Ricardo Smith
The Piano Lesson poster
The Piano Lesson
2024 • Boy Charles
Babes poster
Babes
2024 • Claude
Delia's Gone poster
Delia's Gone
2022 • Louis
National Champions poster
National Champions
2021 • LeMarcus James
21 Bridges poster
21 Bridges
2019 • Michael Trujillo
If Beale Street Could Talk poster
If Beale Street Could Talk
2018 • Alonzo "Fonny" Hunt
Across the Line poster
Across the Line
2016 • Mattie Slaughter
Race poster
Race
2016 • Jesse Owens
Selma poster
Selma
2014 • John Lewis
Lost After Dark poster
Lost After Dark
2014 • Wesley
When the Game Stands Tall poster
When the Game Stands Tall
2014 • T.K. Kelly
Clue: A Movie Mystery Adventure poster
Clue: A Movie Mystery Adventure
2014 • Dmitri
The Dependables poster
The Dependables
2014 • Shane Jones
Apple Mortgage Cake poster
Apple Mortgage Cake
2014 • William Logan
Perfect Sisters poster
Perfect Sisters
2014 • Donny
The Gabby Douglas Story poster
The Gabby Douglas Story
2014 • John 16-18 Years
No Image
The Railpath Hero
2013 • Damon Bishop
Home Again poster
Home Again
2012 • Everton St.Clair
12 Dates of Christmas poster
12 Dates of Christmas
2011 • Michael
My Babysitter's a Vampire poster
My Babysitter's a Vampire
2010 • Jock
No Image
American Son