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Stephen Henderson

Stephen Henderson

Highest Rated: 99% Lady Bird (2017)

Lowest Rated: 32% The Good Heart (2009)

Birthday: Aug 31, 1949

Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Stephen McKinley Henderson kickstarted his acting career appearing on various dramas, including "New York News" (CBS, 1995-96) and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (NBC, 1999-). He appeared in a number of television specials, including "The Killing Floor" (PBS, 1983-84) and "A Raisin in the Sun" (PBS, 1988-89). Henderson started in the industry by acting in films like the drama "MARIE: A True Story" (1985) with Sissy Spacek. His work around this time also included a part on the TV movie "Everyday People" (HBO, 2003-04). Following that project, he appeared in the drama "Keane" (2005) with Damian Lewis and "Waltzing Anna" (2006). He also worked in television around this time, including a part on "Blue Bloods" (CBS, 2010-). Henderson's more recent roles included "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" (2011), the dramatic comedy "Red Hook Summer" (2012) with Clarke Peters and the Daniel Day-Lewis blockbuster dramatic adaptation "Lincoln" (2012). He held additional roles in television including a part on "Elementary" (CBS, 2012-). Most recently, Henderson acted in "Da Sweet Blood of Jesus" (2015) with Stephen T. Williams.

Highest rated movies

99% Lady Bird 92% Fences 85% Causeway 83% Dune 81% Civil War 79% The American Side 78% The True Adventures of Wolfboy 68% Beau Is Afraid

Photos

Stephen Henderson FENCES, L-R: STEPHEN MCKINLEY HENDERSON, DENZEL WASHINGTON, 2016. PH: DAVID LEE/©PARAMOUNT PICTURES FENCES, STEPHEN MCKINLEY HENDERSON, DENZEL WASHINGTON, JOVAN ADEPO, 2016. PH: DAVID LEE/©PARAMOUNT PICTURES FENCES, STEPHEN MCKINLEY HENDERSON, 2016. PH: DAVID LEE/©PARAMOUNT PICTURES FENCES, Denzel Washington (center), Stephen Henderson (right), 2016, ph: David Lee, © Paramount TOWER HEIST, from left: Michael Pena, Matthew Broderick, Casey Affleck, Stephen McKinley, Gabourey Sidibe, 2011. ph: Wilson Webb/©Universal Pictures LINCOLN, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Gulliver McGrath (2nd from lft), Stephen Henderson (third from left), Sally Field (blue dress), Daniel Day-Lewis as President Abraham Lincoln (center), Tommy Lee Jones (third from right), David Costabile (right), 2012, ph: Da LINCOLN, from left: Daniel Day-Lewis as President Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Henderson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Robert Lincoln, Gulliver McGrath (back), 2012, ph: David James/TM and Copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. FENCES, L-R: STEPHEN MCKINLEY HENDERSON, DENZEL WASHINGTON, RUSSELL HORNSBY, 2016. PH: DAVID LEE/©PARAMOUNT PICTURES FENCES, L-R: RUSSELL HORNSBY, VIOLA DAVIS, DENZEL WASHINGTON, STEPHEN MCKINLEY HENDERSON, 2016. PH: DAVID LEE/©PARAMOUNT PICTURES THE ROMANS, Stephen Henderson, 2014. © Indican Pictures EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE, from left: Thomas Horn, Stephen Henderson, 2011./©Paramount Pictures Stephen McKinley Henderson at arrivals for FENCES Premiere, Jazz at Lincoln Center''s Frederick P. Rose Hall, New York, NY December 19, 2016. Photo By: RCF/Everett Collection

Filmography

Movies

Credit
81% 70% Civil War Sammy (Character) $68.6M 2024
68% 71% Beau Is Afraid Unknown (Character) $8.1M 2023
85% 73% Causeway Unknown (Character) - 2022
83% 90% Dune Thufir Hawat (Character) $108.3M 2021
50% 56% Bruised Pops (Character) - 2020
78% 65% The True Adventures of Wolfboy Nicholas (Character) - 2019
62% 48% Native Son Mr. Green (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Blackness Project Documentary Unknown (Character) - 2018
99% 79% Lady Bird Father Leviatch (Character) $48.9M 2017
No Score Yet 54% All at Once Robert (Character) - 2016
92% 75% Fences Jim Bono (Character) $57.6M 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Romans Birdman (Character) $19.0K 2014
79% 80% The American Side Stickney (Character) - 2014
57% 34% Red Hook Summer Deacon Yancy (Character) $334.7K 2012
45% 61% Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Walt the Locksmith (Character) $31.8M 2011
67% 48% Tower Heist Lester (Character) $78.0M 2011
32% 58% The Good Heart Psychiatrist (Character) $20.0K 2009
67% 38% Everyday People Arthur (Character) - 2004

TV

Credit
33% 21% Extended Family Dr. Eldridge Davenport (Guest Star) 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Accidental Wolf Unknown (Character) 2021
82% 78% Devs Stewart (Character) 2020
26% 64% Proven Innocent Judge Fry (Guest Star) 2019
73% 58% Fear the Walking Dead Clayton (Guest Star) 2018
No Score Yet 76% The Resident Darryl Phillips (Guest Star) 2018
97% 76% Survivor's Remorse Solomon (Guest Star) 2017
95% 89% Elementary Groundskeeper Edison (Guest Star) 2012
No Score Yet 91% The Newsroom Solomon Hancock (Guest Star) 2012
No Score Yet 80% Blue Bloods Judge Harlan Haywood (Guest Star) 2012
No Score Yet 83% Law & Order Unknown (Guest Star) 2008 2010
62% 50% New Amsterdam Unknown (Character) 2008
22% 80% Conviction Unknown (Guest Star) 2006
No Score Yet 71% Law & Order: Criminal Intent Unknown (Guest Star) 2001