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Stephan James

Actor, ProducerBorn December 16, 1993 (31 years)
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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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Degrassi
  • Across the Line

Known For

  • Race
  • Homecoming (2018)
  • If Beale Street Could Talk
  • 21 Bridges
  • Beacon 23
  • When the Game Stands Tall
  • National Champions
  • Shots Fired
  • Babes
  • #FreeRayshawn
  • Perfect Sisters
  • Surface (2022)
  • Lost After Dark
  • Delia's Gone
  • Across the Line
  • The Piano Lesson

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2025
    Ricky · as Ricky
    2024
    The Piano Lesson · as Boy Charles
    2024
    Babes · as Claude
    2023
    Beacon 23 (TV Series) · as Halan Kai Nielsen
    2022
    Delia's Gone · as Louis
    2022
    The Legacy Awards (TV Series) · as Host
    2022
    Surface (2022) (TV Series) · as Thomas Baden
    2021
    National Champions · as Lemarcus James
    2020
    #FreeRayshawn (TV Series) · as Rayshawn
    2019
    21 Bridges · as Michael Trujillo
    2019
    Make it to the Moon (TV Series) · as Narrated By
    2018
    If Beale Street Could Talk · as Alonzo "fonny" Hunt
    2018
    Homecoming (2018) (TV Series) · as Walter Cruz
    2017
    Shots Fired (TV Series) · as Preston Terry
    2016
    Race · as Jesse Owens
    2015
    Across the Line · as Mattie Slaughter
    2015
    Lost After Dark · as Wesley
    2015
    The Book of Negroes (TV Series) · as Cummings Shakspear
    2014
    Selma · as John Lewis
    2014
    Perfect Sisters · as Donny
    2014
    When the Game Stands Tall · as T.k. Kelly
    2014
    2014
    Pride of Lions · as Shane Jones
    2014
    Apple Mortgage Cake · as William Logan
    2014
    The Gabby Douglas Story · as John 16-18 Years
    2013
    Cracked (2013) (TV Series) · as Ben Omari
    2012
    Home Again · as Everton St.clair
    2012
    The L.A. Complex (TV Series) · as Infinite Jest
    2011
    12 Dates of Christmas · as Michael
    2011
    Clue (TV Series) · as Dmitri Grant
    2011
    My Babysitter's a Vampire (TV Series) · as Jock #1
    2010
    2009
    How to Be Indie (TV Series) · as Wilfred
    2009
    The Listener (TV Series) · as Ibrahim Ayim
    2001
    Degrassi (TV Series) · as Julian Williams

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