Stephan James

Stephan James

Birthday: 1993-12-16

Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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.

Movies

The Piano Lesson
The Piano Lesson

A brother and sister's battle over a prized heirloom piano unleashes haunting truths about how the p...

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Babes
Babes

After getting pregnant from a one-night stand, a single woman leans on her married best friend and m...

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When the Game Stands Tall
When the Game Stands Tall

A young coach turns a losing high school football program around to go undefeated for 12 consecutive...

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Selma
Selma

"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a marc...

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Home Again
Home Again

Returning to a "home" they hardly know after being deported from their adopted countries for minor c...

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Race
Race

Based on the story of Jesse Owens, the athlete whose quest to become the greatest track and field at...

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Lost After Dark
Lost After Dark

A group of teens sneak out of their high school dance to cruise around and have some unsupervised fu...

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Perfect Sisters
Perfect Sisters

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

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Apple Mortgage Cake
Apple Mortgage Cake

The inspirational true story of a woman who decides to bake 100 apple cakes and sell them at $40 eac...

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Night Always Comes
Night Always Comes

Facing eviction in a city her family can no longer afford, a woman plunges into a desperate and incr...

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Across the Line
Across the Line

Out of the approximately 600 players in the National Hockey League, thirty are Black. Mattie Slaught...

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The Railpath Hero
The Railpath Hero

Under the lights of Toronto's Railpath, a rising hockey star tries to bury a painful secret. The Rai...

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If Beale Street Could Talk
If Beale Street Could Talk

After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name...

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12 Dates of Christmas
12 Dates of Christmas

In an attempt to win back her ex-boyfriend Jack on Christmas Eve, Kate ends up ruining her blind dat...

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Clue: A Movie Mystery Adventure
Clue: A Movie Mystery Adventure

In a new take on the classic 1985 film of the same name, six teens accidentally witness a horrible c...

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21 Bridges
21 Bridges

An embattled NYPD detective, is thrust into a citywide manhunt for a pair of cop killers after uncov...

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The Gabby Douglas Story
The Gabby Douglas Story

The true story of Gabby Douglas who becomes the first African American to be named Individual All-Ar...

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My Babysitter's a Vampire
My Babysitter's a Vampire

Geeky 14-year old Ethan is left to babysit his younger sister, Jane, with his best friend Benny but ...

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The Dependables
The Dependables

Five retired ex-military men attempt the unthinkable and dust off their old uniforms for one last ex...

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American Son
American Son

A man, who after falling under the control of a ruthless mobster while in prison, builds a multiraci...

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Delia's Gone
Delia's Gone

Living with an intellectual disability, Louis is wrongfully accused of the murder of his sister Deli...

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National Champions
National Champions

A star quarterback ignites a players’ strike hours before the biggest game of the year in order to f...

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War Machine
War Machine

In the final 24 hours of the world’s toughest selection process, a team of Army Rangers encounters a...

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Ricky
Ricky

Newly released after being locked up in his teens, 30-year-old Ricky navigates the challenging reali...

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I Play Rocky
I Play Rocky

A struggling actor with a partially paralyzed face and a speech impediment writes a script that a bi...

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