Stephen McKinley Henderson

Stephen McKinley Henderson

1949-08-31 Kansas City, Missouri, USA 32 Credits

Biography

Stephen McKinley Henderson (born August 31, 1949) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Omar York in the television drama, New Amsterdam, which ran for one season in 2008. His notable film roles include portraying Arthur in Everyday People (2004), Lester in Tower Heist (2011), Father Leviatch in Lady Bird (2017), and Thufir Hawat in Dune (2021).

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The Dutchman

The Dutchman

2025

Acting

A successful black businessman, haunted by his crumbling marriage and identity crisis, is drawn into a psychological game of cat and mouse with a myst...

Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War

Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War

2024

as Self

8.5
Acting

A six-part documentary about the making and shooting of Alex Garland's 'Civil War'.

Civil War

Civil War

2024

as Sammy

6.9
Acting

In the near future, a group of war journalists attempt to survive while reporting the truth as the United States stands on the brink of civil war.

Beau Is Afraid

Beau Is Afraid

2023

as Therapist

6.7
Acting

Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odys...

Between Riverside and Crazy

Between Riverside and Crazy

2023

as Pops

Acting

City Hall is demanding more than his signature, the landlord wants him out, the liquor store is closed—and the Church won’t leave him alone. For ex-co...

Causeway

Causeway

2022

as Dr. Lucas

6.5
Acting

A US soldier suffers a traumatic brain injury while fighting in Afghanistan and struggles to adjust to life back home in New Orleans. When she meets l...

Dune

Dune

2021

as Thufir Hawat

7.8
Acting

Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the un...

Bruised

Bruised

2020

as Pops

6.9
Acting

Jackie Justice is a mixed martial arts fighter who leaves the sport in disgrace. Down on her luck and simmering with rage and regret years after the f...

Giving Voice

Giving Voice

2020

as Self

6.4
Acting

Every year, thousands of high schoolers enter the August Wilson monologue competition for a chance to perform on Broadway. This film follows these stu...

The True Adventures of Wolfboy

The True Adventures of Wolfboy

2019

as Nicholas

5.9
Acting

Follows a young boy who runs away from home in the search of his estranged mother.

Native Son

Native Son

2019

as Mr. Green

5.5
Acting

A young black man named Bigger Thomas takes a job working for a highly influential Chicago family, a decision that will change the course of his life ...

Lady Bird

Lady Bird

2017

as Father Leviatch

7.3
Acting

Lady Bird McPherson, a strong willed, deeply opinionated, artistic 17 year old comes of age in Sacramento. Her relationship with her mother and her up...

Fences

Fences

2016

as Jim Bono

6.9
Acting

In 1950s Pittsburgh, a frustrated African-American father struggles with the constraints of poverty, racism, and his own inner demons as he tries to r...

Manchester by the Sea

Manchester by the Sea

2016

as Mr. Emery

7.5
Acting

After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tr...

All at Once

All at Once

2016

as Robert

5.9
Acting

A young artist in New York City accepts guardianship of his best friends' daughters after the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001. Eleven years later, he ...

The Romans

The Romans

2016

as Birdman

Acting

A modern day take on Julius Caeser set in Buffalo, New York that finds mobster Earl Roman running his empire with an iron fist, but a soft heart towar...

The American Side

The American Side

2016

as Stickney

4.7
Acting

Following a mysterious suicide at Niagara Falls, a low-rent detective unravels a conspiracy to build a revolutionary invention by enigmatic scientist,...

Da Sweet Blood of Jesus

Da Sweet Blood of Jesus

2015

as Deacon Yancy

4.8
Acting

Dr. Hess Green becomes cursed by a mysterious ancient African artifact and is overwhelmed with a newfound thirst for blood. Soon after his transformat...

Lincoln

Lincoln

2012

as William Slade

6.9
Acting

The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln p...

Red Hook Summer

Red Hook Summer

2012

as Deacon Yancy

5.5
Acting

When his mom deposits him at the Red Hook housing project in Brooklyn to spend the summer with the grandfather he’s never met, young Flik may as well ...

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

2011

as Walt the Locksmith

7.0
Acting

A year after his father's death, Oskar, a troubled young boy, discovers a mysterious key he believes was left for him by his father and embarks on a s...

Tower Heist

Tower Heist

2011

as Lester

6.1
Acting

A luxury condo manager leads a staff of workers to seek payback on the Wall Street swindler who defrauded them. With only days until the billionaire g...

The Good Heart

The Good Heart

2009

as Psychiatrist

6.3
Acting

Jacques is the curmudgeonly owner of a gritty New York dive bar that serves as home to a motley assortment of professional drinkers. Jacques is determ...

If You Could Say It in Words

2008

as Baseball Fan

3.5
Acting

An unapologetically romantic tale about an adulterous young woman struggling to rebuild her life and a painter suffering from undiagnosed Asperger's s...

Premature

2008

as Homeless Man

Acting

After Tisha, a streetwise teenager from the Bronx, discovers she's pregnant and receives no support from her community, she has nowhere to turn and is...

Blood Over a Broken Pawn

2008

as Uncle Jim

1.0
Acting

Traumatized by a violent robbery, a Brooklyn coffee shop owner lashes out against an innocent kid, and stumbles into a dangerous confrontation with a ...

Waltzing Anna

Waltzing Anna

2006

as Pete

6.0
Acting

Dr. Charlie Keegan is ordered to serve 6 months as the staff doctor at a second rate retirement home or lose his medical licence after accusations of ...

Keane

Keane

2004

as Garage Employee

6.1
Acting

William Keane is barely able to cope. It has been six months since his six-year-old daughter was abducted from New York City’s Port Authority Bus Term...

Everyday People

Everyday People

2004

as Arthur

6.3
Acting

The closing of a local restaurant concerns a number of employees who've dedicated their lives to the eatery

A Raisin in the Sun

A Raisin in the Sun

1989

as Bobo

8.0
Acting

A substantial insurance payment could mean either financial salvation or personal ruin for a poor black family.

Marie: A True Story

Marie: A True Story

1985

as Cooper's Husband

5.6
Acting

In 1978 Tennessee, a single mother and political appointee risks her career and her life to blow the whistle on rampant corruption in the penal system...

The Killing Floor

The Killing Floor

1984

as James Cheeks

7.3
Acting

During World War I, a poor black Southerner travels north to Chicago to get work in the city's slaughterhouses, where he becomes embroiled in the orga...