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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 26
War Machine
as 7 
Beacon 23
as Halan Kai Nielsen 
If Beale Street Could Talk
+1
as Alonzo "Fonny" Hunt 
Homecoming
as Walter Cruz 
Babes
+3
as Claude 
21 Bridges
+6
as Michael Trujillo 
Night Always Comes
as Cody 
Shots Fired
as Preston Terry 
I Play Rocky
as Carl Weathers 
When the Game Stands Tall
+1
as T.K. Kelly 
The Piano Lesson
as Boy Charles 
#FreeRayshawn
as Rayshawn 
Perfect Sisters
as Donny 
Race
+3
as Jesse Owens 
Selma
as John Lewis 
12 Dates of Christmas
as Michael 
Lost After Dark
as Wesley 
Clue
as Dmitri Grant 
National Champions
as LeMarcus James 
The Gabby Douglas Story
+1
as John 16-18 Years 
Delia's Gone
+3
as Louis 
Across the Line
as Mattie Slaughter 
Apple Mortgage Cake
as William Logan 
Home Again
as Everton St.Clair 
The Dependables
as Shane Jones 
Ricky
as Ricardo Smith