Actor profile

Stephan James

16th December 1993 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 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.

24 Movies 13 TV Shows 1 In Production 38 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

War Machine poster

War Machine 12th February 2026 as 7

Night Always Comes poster

Night Always Comes 15th August 2025 as Cody

Ricky poster

Ricky 24th January 2025 as Ricardo Smith

The Piano Lesson poster

The Piano Lesson 7th November 2024 as Boy Charles

Babes poster

Babes 9th March 2024 as Claude

Delia's Gone poster

Delia's Gone 19th August 2022 as Louis

National Champions poster

National Champions 10th December 2021 as LeMarcus James

21 Bridges poster

21 Bridges 24th October 2019 as Michael Trujillo

If Beale Street Could Talk poster

If Beale Street Could Talk 14th December 2018 as Alonzo "Fonny" Hunt

Across the Line poster

Across the Line 8th April 2016 as Mattie Slaughter

Race poster

Race 19th February 2016 as Jesse Owens

Selma poster

Selma 25th December 2014 as John Lewis

Lost After Dark poster

Lost After Dark 19th September 2014 as Wesley

When the Game Stands Tall poster

When the Game Stands Tall 22nd August 2014 as T.K. Kelly

Clue: A Movie Mystery Adventure poster

Clue: A Movie Mystery Adventure 15th July 2014 as Dmitri

The Dependables poster

The Dependables 3rd June 2014 as Shane Jones

Apple Mortgage Cake poster

Apple Mortgage Cake 16th May 2014 as William Logan

Perfect Sisters poster

Perfect Sisters 8th April 2014 as Donny

The Gabby Douglas Story poster

The Gabby Douglas Story 1st February 2014 as John 16-18 Years

The Railpath Hero 1st March 2013 as Damon Bishop

Home Again poster

Home Again 12th September 2012 as Everton St.Clair

12 Dates of Christmas poster

12 Dates of Christmas 11th December 2011 as Michael

My Babysitter's a Vampire poster

My Babysitter's a Vampire 9th October 2010 as Jock

American Son

The Legacy Lounge poster

The Legacy Lounge 30th January 2026 as Self – Host

Beacon 23 poster

Beacon 23 12th November 2023 as Halan Kai Nielsen

The Legacy Awards poster

The Legacy Awards 25th September 2022 as Host

Surface poster

Surface 28th July 2022 as Thomas Baden

#FreeRayshawn poster

#FreeRayshawn 13th April 2020 as Rayshawn

Homecoming poster

Homecoming 1st November 2018 as Walter Cruz

Shots Fired poster

Shots Fired 22nd March 2017 as Preston Terry

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter poster

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter 2nd August 2015 as Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers 25th February 2014 as Self - Guest

Clue poster

Clue 14th November 2011 as Dmitri Grant

My Babysitter's a Vampire poster

My Babysitter's a Vampire 27th June 2011 as Jock #1

The Listener poster

The Listener 4th June 2009 as Ibrahim Ayim

The Oscars poster

The Oscars 19th March 1953 as Self

I Play Rocky poster

Coming soon

I Play Rocky 13th November 2026 as Carl Weathers