Stephan James

Stephan James (born December 16, 1993) is a Canadian actor. For his lead role as Walter Cruz in Homecoming, James was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama. He is also known for his role as track and field sprinter Jesse Owens in the 2016 film Race, for which he won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, and for starring in the 2018 drama If Beale Street Could Talk. 2Early life James was born in Scarborough, Ontario. He graduated from Jarvis Collegiate Institute in 2009. He is the younger brother of actor Shamier Anderson. His family is Jamaican. 2Career 3Early work James got his start in television with a reoccurring role for two seasons on the long-running Canadian teen series Degrassi. After leaving Degrassi, James played various supporting roles on television, including in How To Be Indie, Clue, and My Babysitter's a Vampire in 2011, and The Listener and The LA Complex in 2012. Also in 2011, he played a supporting role in the ABC Family made-for-TV movie 12 Dates of Christma