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 r...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Ricky
2025
as Ricky
Newly released after being locked up in his teens, 30-year-old Ricky navigates the challenging realities of life post-incarceration, and the complexit...

The Piano Lesson
2024
as Boy Charles
A brother and sister's battle over a prized heirloom piano unleashes haunting truths about how the past is perceived — and who defines a family legacy...

Babes
2024
as Claude
After getting pregnant from a one-night stand, a single woman leans on her married best friend and mother of two to guide her through gestation and be...

Delia's Gone
2022
as Louis
Living with an intellectual disability, Louis is wrongfully accused of the murder of his sister Delia and sentenced to 5 years in prison. Upon release...

National Champions
2021
as LeMarcus James
A star quarterback ignites a players’ strike hours before the biggest game of the year in order to fight for fair compensation, equality, and respect ...

21 Bridges
2019
as Michael Trujillo
An embattled NYPD detective, is thrust into a citywide manhunt for a pair of cop killers after uncovering a massive and unexpected conspiracy. As the ...

If Beale Street Could Talk
2018
as Alonzo "Fonny" Hunt
After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name and prove his innocence.

Across the Line
2016
as Mattie Slaughter
Out of the approximately 600 players in the National Hockey League, thirty are Black. Mattie Slaughter, a hockey phenom from the rural Black community...

Race
2016
as Jesse Owens
Based on the story of Jesse Owens, the athlete whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage ...

Selma
2014
as John Lewis
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous stateme...

Lost After Dark
2014
as Wesley
A group of teens sneak out of their high school dance to cruise around and have some unsupervised fun. When their car runs out of gas on a deserted ro...

When the Game Stands Tall
2014
as T.K. Kelly
A young coach turns a losing high school football program around to go undefeated for 12 consecutive seasons.

Clue: A Movie Mystery Adventure
2014
as Dmitri
In a new take on the classic 1985 film of the same name, six teens accidentally witness a horrible crime and must work to piece together clues they fi...

The Dependables
2014
as Shane Jones
Five retired ex-military men attempt the unthinkable and dust off their old uniforms for one last explosive mission. The team quickly discovers that t...

Apple Mortgage Cake
2014
as William Logan
The inspirational true story of a woman who decides to bake 100 apple cakes and sell them at $40 each in order to save her home – and how this idea co...

Perfect Sisters
2014
as Donny
Tired of their mother's alcoholism and a string of her abusive boyfriends, two sisters plot to kill her.

The Gabby Douglas Story
2014
as John 16-18 Years
The true story of Gabby Douglas who becomes the first African American to be named Individual All-Around Champion in artistic gymnastics at the Olympi...
The Railpath Hero
2013
as Damon Bishop
Under the lights of Toronto's Railpath, a rising hockey star tries to bury a painful secret. The Railpath Hero is a gripping portrait of the threads o...

Home Again
2012
as Everton St.Clair
Returning to a "home" they hardly know after being deported from their adopted countries for minor criminal offenses, three people from very different...

12 Dates of Christmas
2011
as Michael
In an attempt to win back her ex-boyfriend Jack on Christmas Eve, Kate ends up ruining her blind date with Miles, a handsome guy she's been set up wit...

My Babysitter's a Vampire
2010
as Jock
Geeky 14-year old Ethan is left to babysit his younger sister, Jane, with his best friend Benny but after Ethan inadvertently puts Jane in harm's way,...
Night Always Comes
N/A
A woman risks everything to secure a future for herself and her brother by setting out on a dangerous odyssey in Portland, in doing so confronting her...
American Son
N/A
A man, who after falling under the control of a ruthless mobster while in prison, builds a multiracial crime syndicate, takes down his mentor, and ear...

The Things They Carried
N/A
The story of the young men of Alpha Company, a platoon of soldiers sent to fight on the ground during the Vietnam War. Trekking from village to villag...
War Machine
N/A
In the final 24 hours of the world’s toughest selection process, a team of Army Rangers encounters a threat beyond its imagination.
The Journeyman
N/A
Executive Producer
A struggling pro tennis player is lured into an illegal match-fixing ring to support his family and finds himself trapped in a ruthless world of corru...