Stephan James
Date of birth: 1993-12-16
Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Known for: Acting
Also known as: ستيفان جيمس, סטפן ג׳יימס, 史帝芬·詹姆斯
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.
Movie Credits
The Piano Lesson
2024-11-07
A brother and sister's battle over a prized heirloom piano unleashes haunting truths about how the p
Babes
2024-05-17
After getting pregnant from a one-night stand, a single woman leans on her married best friend and m
When the Game Stands Tall
2014-08-22
A young coach turns a losing high school football program around to go undefeated for 12 consecutive
Selma
2014-12-25
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a marc
Home Again
2012-09-12
Returning to a "home" they hardly know after being deported from their adopted countries for minor c
Race
2016-02-19
Based on the story of Jesse Owens, the athlete whose quest to become the greatest track and field at
Lost After Dark
2014-09-19
A group of teens sneak out of their high school dance to cruise around and have some unsupervised fu
Perfect Sisters
2014-04-08
Tired of their mother's alcoholism and a string of her abusive boyfriends, two sisters plot to kill
Apple Mortgage Cake
2014-05-16
The inspirational true story of a woman who decides to bake 100 apple cakes and sell them at $40 eac
Night Always Comes
2025-08-15
Facing eviction in a city her family can no longer afford, a woman plunges into a desperate and incr
Across the Line
2016-04-08
Out of the approximately 600 players in the National Hockey League, thirty are Black. Mattie Slaught
The Railpath Hero
2013-03-01
Under the lights of Toronto's Railpath, a rising hockey star tries to bury a painful secret. The Rai
If Beale Street Could Talk
2018-12-14
After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name
12 Dates of Christmas
2011-12-11
In an attempt to win back her ex-boyfriend Jack on Christmas Eve, Kate ends up ruining her blind dat
Clue: A Movie Mystery Adventure
2014-07-15
In a new take on the classic 1985 film of the same name, six teens accidentally witness a horrible c
21 Bridges
2019-10-24
An embattled NYPD detective, is thrust into a citywide manhunt for a pair of cop killers after uncov
The Gabby Douglas Story
2014-02-01
The true story of Gabby Douglas who becomes the first African American to be named Individual All-Ar
My Babysitter's a Vampire
2010-10-09
Geeky 14-year old Ethan is left to babysit his younger sister, Jane, with his best friend Benny but
The Dependables
2014-06-03
Five retired ex-military men attempt the unthinkable and dust off their old uniforms for one last ex
American Son
A man, who after falling under the control of a ruthless mobster while in prison, builds a multiraci
Delia's Gone
2022-08-19
Living with an intellectual disability, Louis is wrongfully accused of the murder of his sister Deli
National Champions
2021-12-10
A star quarterback ignites a players’ strike hours before the biggest game of the year in order to f
War Machine
In the final 24 hours of the world’s toughest selection process, a team of Army Rangers encounters a
Ricky
2025-01-24
Newly released after being locked up in his teens, 30-year-old Ricky navigates the challenging reali
I Play Rocky
A struggling actor with a partially paralyzed face and a speech impediment writes a script that a bi