Acting credits
36
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Stephan James
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 23Series: 13Crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 1388314
IMDb ID: nm4150847
Known for: Acting
Born: December 16, 1993
Age: 32
Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1953 - 2026
Years active: 74
Average TMDB rating: 6.45
Wikidata: Q16235476
Also known as
ستيفان جيمس • סטפן ג׳יימס • 史帝芬·詹姆斯
Other jobs
Executive Producer (2)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Stephan James.
Nov 13
I Play Rocky
as Carl Weathers
2026 Movie
War Machine
2026 Movie
6.1
Night Always Comes
as Cody
2025 Movie
1.0
Ricky
as Ricardo Smith
2025 Movie
5.9
The Piano Lesson
as Boy Charles
2024 Movie
5.9
Babes
as Claude
2024 Movie
3.9
Delia's Gone
as Louis
2022 Movie
6.4
National Champions
as LeMarcus James
2021 Movie
6.8
21 Bridges
as Michael Trujillo
2019 Movie
6.9
If Beale Street Could Talk
as Alonzo "Fonny" Hunt
2018 Movie
5.2
Across the Line
as Mattie Slaughter
2016 Movie
7.3
Race
as Jesse Owens
2016 Movie
7.4
Selma
as John Lewis
2014 Movie
4.5
Lost After Dark
as Wesley
2014 Movie
6.7
When the Game Stands Tall
as T.K. Kelly
2014 Movie
6.9
Clue: A Movie Mystery Adventure
as Dmitri
2014 Movie
3.1
The Dependables
as Shane Jones
2014 Movie
5.8
Apple Mortgage Cake
as William Logan
2014 Movie
5.8
Perfect Sisters
as Donny
2014 Movie
7.3
The Gabby Douglas Story
as John 16-18 Years
2014 Movie
4.1
Home Again
as Everton St.Clair
2012 Movie
6.1
12 Dates of Christmas
as Michael
2011 Movie
7.0
My Babysitter's a Vampire
as Jock
2010 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Stephan James.
The Legacy Lounge
as Self – Host • 4 eps
2026 Series
5.8
Beacon 23
as Halan Kai Nielsen • 16 eps
2023 Series
The Legacy Awards
as Host • 1 eps
2022 Series
6.2
Surface
as Thomas Baden • 8 eps
2022 Series
6.9
#FreeRayshawn
as Rayshawn • 15 eps
2020 Series
7.0
Homecoming
as Walter Cruz • 17 eps
2018 Series
5.8
Shots Fired
as Preston Terry • 10 eps
2017 Series
6.2
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
5.3
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
5.3
Clue
as Dmitri Grant • 5 eps
2011 Series
8.1
My Babysitter's a Vampire
as Jock #1 • 1 eps
2011 Series
6.9
The Listener
as Ibrahim Ayim • 1 eps
2009 Series
7.1
The Oscars
as Self • 1 eps
1953 Series