Stephan James

Birthday:: 12/16/1993
Place of birth:: Toronto, Ontario, Canada:
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.

Credits

	I Play Rocky (2026) as Carl Weathers
	War Machine (2026) as 7
	Night Always Comes (2025) as Cody
	Ricky (2025) as Ricardo Smith
	The Piano Lesson (2024) as Boy Charles
	Babes (2024) as Claude
	Delia's Gone (2022) as Louis
	National Champions (2021) as LeMarcus James
	21 Bridges (2019) as Michael Trujillo
	If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) as Alonzo "Fonny" Hunt
	Across the Line (2016) as Mattie Slaughter
	Race (2016) as Jesse Owens
	Selma (2014) as John Lewis
	Lost After Dark (2014) as Wesley
	When the Game Stands Tall (2014) as T.K. Kelly
	Clue: A Movie Mystery Adventure (2014) as Dmitri
	The Dependables (2014) as Shane Jones
	Apple Mortgage Cake (2014) as William Logan
	Perfect Sisters (2014) as Donny
	The Gabby Douglas Story (2014) as John 16-18 Years
	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 (2010) as Jock
	American Son

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