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Stephan James
Known for: ActingStephan 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.
Filmography 25
War Machine
as 7 
Beacon 23
as Halan Kai Nielsen 
Homecoming
as Walter Cruz 
21 Bridges
+8
as Michael Trujillo 
Night Always Comes
as Cody 
Shots Fired
as Preston Terry 
The Piano Lesson
as Boy Charles 
If Beale Street Could Talk
+2
as Alonzo "Fonny" Hunt 
Babes
+2
as Claude 
#FreeRayshawn
as Rayshawn 
Perfect Sisters
+3
as Donny 
Race
as Jesse Owens 
When the Game Stands Tall
+4
as T.K. Kelly 
Selma
+4
as John Lewis 
12 Dates of Christmas
as Michael 
Lost After Dark
as Wesley 
National Champions
+2
as LeMarcus James 
Clue
as Dmitri Grant 
The Gabby Douglas Story
+2
as John 16-18 Years 
Delia's Gone
+5
as Louis 
Across the Line
+2
as Mattie Slaughter 
Apple Mortgage Cake
as William Logan 
Home Again
+1
as Everton St.Clair 
The Dependables
as Shane Jones 
Ricky
as Ricardo Smith