Stephan James
Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada — Dec 16 1993
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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.
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War Machine
7
The Listener
Ibrahim Ayim
The Oscars
Self
Surface
Thomas Baden
Homecoming
Walter Cruz
My Babysitter's a Vampire
Jock #1
Beacon 23
Halan Kai Nielsen
Shots Fired
Preston Terry
Night Always Comes
Cody
#FreeRayshawn
Rayshawn
Babes
Claude
Selma
John Lewis
21 Bridges
Michael Trujillo
Race
Jesse Owens
If Beale Street Could Talk
Alonzo "Fonny" Hunt
Clue
Dmitri Grant
When the Game Stands Tall
T.K. Kelly
The Piano Lesson
Boy Charles
My Babysitter's a Vampire
Jock
Perfect Sisters
Donny
National Champions
LeMarcus James
12 Dates of Christmas
Michael
The Dependables
Shane Jones
I Play Rocky
Carl Weathers
Home Again
Everton St.Clair
Lost After Dark
Wesley
Delia's Gone
Louis
Ricky
Ricardo Smith
Clue: A Movie Mystery Adventure
Dmitri
Apple Mortgage Cake
William Logan
The Legacy Awards
Host
American Son
The Gabby Douglas Story
John 16-18 Years
The Railpath Hero
Damon Bishop
The Journeyman
Production
Across the Line
Mattie Slaughter