Stephan James
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 re...
Known For
Filmography
War Machine
2026
as 7
I Play Rocky
2026
as Carl Weathers
The Legacy Lounge
2026
as Self – Host
Night Always Comes
2025
as Cody
Ricky
2025
as Ricardo Smith
The Piano Lesson
2024
as Boy Charles
Babes
2024
as Claude
Beacon 23
2023
as Halan Kai Nielsen
Delia's Gone
2022
as Louis
Surface
2022
as Thomas Baden
The Legacy Awards
2022
as Host
National Champions
2021
as LeMarcus James
#FreeRayshawn
2020
as Rayshawn
21 Bridges
2019
as Michael Trujillo
If Beale Street Could Talk
2018
as Alonzo "Fonny" Hunt
Homecoming
2018
as Walter Cruz
Shots Fired
2017
as Preston Terry
Race
2016
as Jesse Owens
Across the Line
2016
as Mattie Slaughter
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
When the Game Stands Tall
2014
as T.K. Kelly
Selma
2014
as John Lewis
Lost After Dark
2014
as Wesley
Perfect Sisters
2014
as Donny
Apple Mortgage Cake
2014
as William Logan
Clue: A Movie Mystery Adventure
2014
as Dmitri
The Dependables
2014
as Shane Jones
The Gabby Douglas Story
2014
as John 16-18 Years
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
The Railpath Hero
2013
as Damon Bishop
Home Again
2012
as Everton St.Clair
12 Dates of Christmas
2011
as Michael
My Babysitter's a Vampire
2011
as Jock #1
Clue
2011
as Dmitri Grant
My Babysitter's a Vampire
2010
as Jock
The Listener
2009
as Ibrahim Ayim
The Oscars
1953
as Self