Stephan James

Personal information

Known for: Acting
Known credits: 39
Gender: Male
Born: December 16, 1993
Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Also known as: ستيفان جيمسסטפן ג׳יימס史帝芬·詹姆斯

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.