Stephan James
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.
Known For
Late Night with Seth Meyers
War Machine
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
The Listener
The Oscars
Homecoming
Surface
My Babysitter's a Vampire
All Movies (25)
- I Play Rocky2026 · as Carl Weathers
- War Machine2026 · as 7
- Night Always Comes2025 · as Cody
- Ricky2025 · as Ricardo Smith
- The Piano Lesson2024 · as Boy Charles
- Babes2024 · as Claude
- Delia's Gone2022 · as Louis
- National Champions2021 · as LeMarcus James
- 21 Bridges2019 · as Michael Trujillo
- If Beale Street Could Talk2018 · as Alonzo "Fonny" Hunt
- Across the Line2016 · as Mattie Slaughter
- Race2016 · as Jesse Owens
- Selma2014 · as John Lewis
- Lost After Dark2014 · as Wesley
- When the Game Stands Tall2014 · as T.K. Kelly
- Clue: A Movie Mystery Adventure2014 · as Dmitri
- The Dependables2014 · as Shane Jones
- Apple Mortgage Cake2014 · as William Logan
- Perfect Sisters2014 · as Donny
- The Gabby Douglas Story2014 · as John 16-18 Years
- The Railpath Hero2013 · as Damon Bishop
- Home Again2012 · as Everton St.Clair
- 12 Dates of Christmas2011 · as Michael
- My Babysitter's a Vampire2010 · as Jock
- American Son—
All TV Shows (13)
- The Legacy Lounge2026 · as Self – Host
- Beacon 232023 · as Halan Kai Nielsen
- The Legacy Awards2022 · as Host
- Surface2022 · as Thomas Baden
- #FreeRayshawn2020 · as Rayshawn
- Homecoming2018 · as Walter Cruz
- Shots Fired2017 · as Preston Terry
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter2015 · as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self - Guest
- Clue2011 · as Dmitri Grant
- My Babysitter's a Vampire2011 · as Jock #1
- The Listener2009 · as Ibrahim Ayim
- The Oscars1953 · as Self