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Actor. Years active. 2010–present. Relatives. Shamier Anderson (brother) 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.[1]
Mar 8, 2017 · Actor Stephan James says his “Shots Fired” character is based on Eric H. Holder Jr. (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for NAACP Image Awards) By Emily Heil March 8, 2017 at 12:26 p.m. EST
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Beacon 23 (2023–2024) 66 Videos. 99+ Photos. Stephan James has quickly established himself as an incredibly dynamic lead talent in both film and television. James, a native of Canada, has held the honor of portraying several real-life figures in African American history. He starred as Olympics hero Jesse Owens in Race, directed by Stephen ...
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Stephan James. Actor: Race. Stephan James has quickly established himself as an incredibly dynamic lead talent in both film and television. James, a native of Canada, has held the honor of portraying several real-life figures in African American history. He starred as Olympics hero Jesse Owens in Race, directed by Stephen Hopkins, for which he received an NAACP Image Award nomination. In 2019 ...
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Dec 16, 1993 · 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 ...
Nationality. Canadian. Occupation. Actor. Years active. 2010–present. 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. [1]
Feb 22, 2019 · Stephan James is best known for films—like Race, Selma, and Barry Jenkins’s recent Moonlight follow-up If Beale Street Could Talk—that tackle heady issues, from racism and the civil rights movement to PTSD and wrongful incarceration, but the Canadian actor doesn’t like to think of himself as an activist. He is, first and foremost, an artist, and if his race helped define the course of ...
