Stephan James profile
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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

Ricky poster
Ricky 24th January 2025 as Ricardo Smith
Babes poster
Babes 9th March 2024 as Claude
Race poster
Race 19th February 2016 as Jesse Owens
Selma poster
Selma 25th December 2014 as John Lewis
Beacon 23 poster
Beacon 23 12th November 2023 as Halan Kai Nielsen
Surface poster
Surface 28th July 2022 as Thomas Baden
Clue poster
Clue 14th November 2011 as Dmitri Grant
I Play Rocky poster Coming soon
I Play Rocky 13th November 2026 as Carl Weathers