Stephan James

Personal Info

Birthday

December 16, 1993

(31 years old)

Place of Birth

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Also Known As

ستيفان جيمس

סטפן ג׳יימס

史帝芬·詹姆斯

Stephan James

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 received a Golden Globe Award nomination.

Known For

The Listener

Surface

Lost After Dark

Homecoming

My Babysitter's a Vampire

Beacon 23

21 Bridges

Home Again

Filmography

2025
Night Always Comes
as Cody
Ricky
as Ricardo Smith
2024
The Piano Lesson
as Boy Charles
Babes
as Claude
2022
Delia's Gone
as Louis
2021
National Champions
as LeMarcus James
2019
21 Bridges
as Michael Trujillo
2018
If Beale Street Could Talk
as Alonzo "Fonny" Hunt
2016
Across the Line
as Mattie Slaughter
Race
as Jesse Owens
2014
Selma
as John Lewis
Lost After Dark
as Wesley
When the Game Stands Tall
as T.K. Kelly
Clue: A Movie Mystery Adventure
as Dmitri
The Dependables
as Shane Jones
Apple Mortgage Cake
as William Logan
Perfect Sisters
as Donny
The Gabby Douglas Story
as John 16-18 Years
2013
The Railpath Hero
as Damon Bishop
2012
Home Again
as Everton St.Clair
2011
12 Dates of Christmas
as Michael