Actor
Stephan James
Born December 16, 1993 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada24 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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First watchWar Machine20267.5as 7On one last grueling mission during Army Ranger training, a combat engineer must lead his unit in a fight against a giant otherworldly killing machine.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
24 films as actor- 2026I Play RockyCarl Weathers
- 2026War Machine7
- 2025Night Always ComesCody
- 2025RickyRicardo Smith
- 2024The Piano LessonBoy Charles
- 2024BabesClaude
- 2022Delia's GoneLouis
- 2021National ChampionsLeMarcus James
- 201921 BridgesMichael Trujillo
- 2018If Beale Street Could TalkAlonzo "Fonny" Hunt
- 2016Across the LineMattie Slaughter
- 2016RaceJesse Owens
- 2014SelmaJohn Lewis
- 2014Lost After DarkWesley
- 2014When the Game Stands TallT.K. Kelly
- 2014Clue: A Movie Mystery AdventureDmitri
- 2014The DependablesShane Jones
- 2014Apple Mortgage CakeWilliam Logan
- 2014Perfect SistersDonny
- 2014The Gabby Douglas StoryJohn 16-18 Years
- 2013The Railpath HeroDamon Bishop
- 2012Home AgainEverton St.Clair
- 201112 Dates of ChristmasMichael
- 2010My Babysitter's a VampireJock