Stephan James

Known for

Acting

Born

December 16, 1993 (age 32)

Birthplace

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.

Best known work

War Machine

2026

Selma

2014

21 Bridges

2019

Race

2016

If Beale Street Could Talk

2018

My Babysitter's a Vampire

2010

When the Game Stands Tall

2014

Homecoming

2018

My Babysitter's a Vampire

2011

12 Dates of Christmas

2011

Filmography

TBA
DiscretionTV
as Logan (1 episode)
TBA
The Journeyman
Executive Producer
2026
I Play Rocky
as Carl Weathers
2026
War Machine
as 7
2026
The Legacy LoungeTV
as Self – Host (4 episodes), Executive Producer, Creator
2025
Night Always Comes
as Cody
2025
Ricky
as Ricardo Smith
2024
The Piano Lesson
as Boy Charles
2024
Babes
as Claude
2023
Beacon 23TV
as Halan Kai Nielsen (16 episodes), Executive Producer
2022
The Legacy AwardsTV
as Host (1 episode)
2022
Delia's Gone
as Louis
2022
SurfaceTV
as Thomas Baden (8 episodes)
2021
National Champions
as LeMarcus James
2020
#FreeRayshawnTV
as Rayshawn (15 episodes)
2019
21 Bridges
as Michael Trujillo
2018
If Beale Street Could Talk
as Alonzo "Fonny" Hunt
2018
HomecomingTV
as Walter Cruz (17 episodes)
2017
Shots FiredTV
as Preston Terry (10 episodes)
2016
Across the Line
as Mattie Slaughter
2016
Race
as Jesse Owens
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterTV
as Self (1 episode)
2014
Selma
as John Lewis
2014
Lost After Dark
as Wesley
2014
When the Game Stands Tall
as T.K. Kelly