Stephan James

Acting

Stephan James

Born December 16, 1993 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada (age 32)

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 …

Known For

War MachineWar Machine · 2026
War Machine
7.52026
MovieActionScience Fiction
On one last grueling mission during Army Ranger training, a combat engineer must lead his unit in a fight against a giant otherworldly killing machine.
21 Bridges21 Bridges · 2019
21 Bridges
6.82019
MovieCrimeAction
An embattled NYPD detective, is thrust into a citywide manhunt for a pair of cop killers after uncovering a massive and unexpected conspiracy. As the night unfolds, lines become blurred on who he is pursuing, and who is in pursuit of him.
If Beale Street Could TalkIf Beale Street Could Talk · 2018
If Beale Street Could Talk
6.92018
MovieRomanceDrama
After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name and prove his innocence.
Night Always ComesNight Always Comes · 2025
Night Always Comes
6.12025
MovieThrillerDrama
Facing eviction in a city her family can no longer afford, a woman plunges into a desperate and increasingly dangerous all-night search to raise $25,000.
BabesBabes · 2024
Babes
5.92024
MovieComedy
After getting pregnant from a one-night stand, a single woman leans on her married best friend and mother of two to guide her through gestation and beyond.
When the Game Stands TallWhen the Game Stands Tall · 2014
When the Game Stands Tall
6.72014
MovieDrama
A young coach turns a losing high school football program around to go undefeated for 12 consecutive seasons.
RaceRace · 2016
Race
7.32016
MovieDramaHistory
Based on the story of Jesse Owens, the athlete whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler's vision of Aryan supremacy.
SelmaSelma · 2014
Selma
7.42014
MovieHistoryDrama
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.

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