Stephan James
Acting • Born 1993-12-16
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 received a Golden Globe Award nomination.
Filmography
38 credits
The Piano Lesson
Movie • 2024
Boy Charles
Babes
Movie • 2024
Claude
When the Game Stands Tall
Movie • 2014
T.K. Kelly
Selma
Movie • 2014
John Lewis
Home Again
Movie • 2012
Everton St.Clair
Race
Movie • 2016
Jesse Owens
Lost After Dark
Movie • 2014
Wesley
Perfect Sisters
Movie • 2014
Donny
Apple Mortgage Cake
Movie • 2014
William Logan
Night Always Comes
Movie • 2025
Cody
Across the Line
Movie • 2016
Mattie Slaughter
The Railpath Hero
Movie • 2013
Damon Bishop
If Beale Street Could Talk
Movie • 2018
Alonzo "Fonny" Hunt
12 Dates of Christmas
Movie • 2011
Michael
Clue: A Movie Mystery Adventure
Movie • 2014
Dmitri
21 Bridges
Movie • 2019
Michael Trujillo
The Gabby Douglas Story
Movie • 2014
John 16-18 Years
My Babysitter's a Vampire
Movie • 2010
Jock
The Dependables
Movie • 2014
Shane Jones
American Son
Movie
Delia's Gone
Movie • 2022
Louis
National Champions
Movie • 2021
LeMarcus James
War Machine
Movie • 2026
7
Ricky
Movie • 2025
Ricardo Smith
I Play Rocky
Movie • 2026
Carl Weathers
Surface
TV • 2022
Thomas Baden
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self - Guest
Shots Fired
TV • 2017
Preston Terry
Homecoming
TV • 2018
Walter Cruz
My Babysitter's a Vampire
TV • 2011
Jock #1
The Legacy Awards
TV • 2022
Host
Beacon 23
TV • 2023
Halan Kai Nielsen
Clue
TV • 2011
Dmitri Grant
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2015
Self
#FreeRayshawn
TV • 2020
Rayshawn
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The Listener
TV • 2009
Ibrahim Ayim
The Legacy Lounge
TV • 2026
Self – Host