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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1993-12-16 (31 years old)

Place of Birth

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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.

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Known For

Acting

2025

Ricky as Ricky

2024

The Piano Lesson as Boy Charles
Babes as Claude

2023

Beacon 23 as Halan Kai Nielsen

2022

Delia's Gone as Louis
Surface as Thomas Baden

2021

National Champions as LeMarcus James

2020

#FreeRayshawn as Rayshawn

2019

21 Bridges as Michael Trujillo

2018

If Beale Street Could Talk as Alonzo "Fonny" Hunt
Homecoming as Walter Cruz

2017

Shots Fired as Preston Terry

2016

Race as Jesse Owens
Across the Line as Mattie Slaughter

2015

2014

Selma as John Lewis
Lost After Dark as Wesley
Apple Mortgage Cake as William Logan
The Dependables as Shane Jones
The Gabby Douglas Story as John 16-18 Years

2013

The Railpath Hero as Damon Bishop

2012

Home Again as Everton St.Clair

2011

Clue as Dmitri Grant

2010

2009

The Listener as Ibrahim Ayim

1953

The Oscars as Self

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Production

2023

Beacon 23 as Executive Producer

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The Journeyman as Executive Producer