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).
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Dutchman
2025
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
2024
as Self
A six-part documentary about the making and shooting of Alex Garland's 'Civil War'.

Civil War
2024
as Sammy
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
2023
as Therapist
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
2023
as Pops
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
2022
as Dr. Lucas
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
2021
as Thufir Hawat
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
2020
as Pops
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
2020
as Self
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
2019
as Nicholas
Follows a young boy who runs away from home in the search of his estranged mother.

Native Son
2019
as Mr. Green
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
2017
as Father Leviatch
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
2016
as Jim Bono
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
2016
as Mr. Emery
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
2016
as Robert
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
2016
as Birdman
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
2016
as Stickney
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
2015
as Deacon Yancy
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
2012
as William Slade
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
2012
as Deacon Yancy
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
2011
as Walt the Locksmith
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
2011
as Lester
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
2009
as Psychiatrist
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
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
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
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
2006
as Pete
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
2004
as Garage Employee
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
2004
as Arthur
The closing of a local restaurant concerns a number of employees who've dedicated their lives to the eatery

A Raisin in the Sun
1989
as Bobo
A substantial insurance payment could mean either financial salvation or personal ruin for a poor black family.

Marie: A True Story
1985
as Cooper's Husband
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
1984
as James Cheeks
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...