Henderson is known mostly for his stage work. He won the 2015 Obie Award for Best Actor for his starring role of Walter “Pops” Washington in the Atlantic Theatre Company and Second Stage productions of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Between Riverside and Crazy. He portrayed Jim Bono in the Broadway revival of August Wilson’s Fences, starring Denzel Washington, for which Henderson received a Tony Award nomination as a supporting actor, as well as the Richard Seff Award from Actor’s Equity; he reprised the role in Washington’s 2016 film adaptation. Also in 2016, Henderson appeared in Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester by the Sea, starring Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams, playing the boss of Affleck’s character. Previously, he appeared as Van Helsing in the Broadway production of Dracula, the Musical. More recently, he played the role of Father Leviatch in Greta Gerwig’s 2017 film Lady Bird. On Broadway, he has performed in Drowning Crow, the revival of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, and the premiere of King Hedley II. Henderson is recognized as a veteran performer of August Wilson’s oeuvre.
His signature August Wilson role is the gossipy Turnbo in Jitney for which he won a Drama Desk Award. He had created the role in the 1996 premiere at the Pittsburgh Public Theater, then honed it (as Wilson was honing the script) in other regional theatres before its arrival Off-Broadway in 2000. Though they did not transfer to Broadway, he and the core of the cast took Jitney to London where it won the 2002 Olivier Award for the best new play. In addition, he appeared in A Raisin in the Sun and directed Zooman and the Sign. With the LAByrinth Theatre Company, he portrayed Pontius Pilate in The Last Days of Judas Iscariot.
His films include his role as Arthur in Everyday People, White House servant William Slade in Steven Spielberg’s film Lincoln (2012), Lester in the film Tower Heist (2011), Bobo in A Raisin in the Sun (1989), Cooper’s husband in the TV movie Marie (1985), and roles in the films Keane (2004), If You Could Say It in Words (2008) and Lady Bird (2017). In addition to his films, Henderson was a series regular on the FOX series New Amsterdam, which premiered in early 2018.
Television work includes Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Newsroom, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Tyler Perry’s House of Payne, Third Watch, New Amsterdam, Blue Bloods and Devs.
Stephen McKinley Henderson Biography / Wiki
| Name | Stephen McKinley Henderson |
| Also Know | Stephen McKinley-Henderson , Stephen McKinley Henderson, Stephen “Schmang” McKinley |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Kansas City, Missouri, USA |
| Date of Birth | 1949-08-31 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 73 |
| Deathday |
Stephen McKinley Henderson Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Everyday People | Arthur | 2004-01-18 | The closing of a local restaurant concerns a number of employees who’ve dedicated their lives to the eatery… |
| Premature | Homeless Man | 2008-08-08 | After Tisha, a streetwise teenager from the Bronx, discovers she’s pregnant and receives no support from her community, she has nowhere to turn and is… |
| Fences | Jim Bono | 2016-12-16 | In 1950s Pittsburgh, a frustrated African-American father struggles with the constraints of poverty, racism, and his own inner demons as he tries to r… |
| Blood Over a Broken Pawn | Uncle Jim | 2008-05-10 | Traumatized by a violent robbery, a Brooklyn coffee shop owner lashes out against an innocent kid, and stumbles into a dangerous confrontation with a … |
| Giving Voice | Himself | 2020-01-26 | Every year, thousands of high schoolers enter the August Wilson monologue competition for a chance to perform on Broadway. This film follows these stu… |
| Disappointment Blvd. | An intimate, decades-spanning portrait of one of the most successful entrepreneurs of all time…. | ||
| Civil War | A new action epic set in a near-future America from Alex Garland…. | ||
| A Raisin in the Sun | Bobo | 1989-02-01 | A substantial insurance payment could mean either financial salvation or personal ruin for a poor black family…. |
| Causeway | Dr. Lucas | 2022-11-04 | A US soldier suffers a traumatic brain injury while fighting in Afghanistan and struggles to adjust to life back home…. |
| Waltzing Anna | Pete | 2006-08-11 | Dr. Charlie Keegan is ordered to serve 6 months as the staff doctor at a second rate retirement home or lose his medical licence after accusations of … |
| Bruised | Pops | 2021-11-17 | Jackie Justice is a mixed martial arts fighter who leaves the sport in disgrace. Down on her luck and simmering with rage and regret years after the f… |
| The True Adventures of Wolfboy | Nicholas | 2019-12-08 | Follows a young boy who runs away from home in the search of his estranged mother…. |
| Dune | Thufir Hawat | 2021-09-08 | Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, must travel to the most dangerous planet in the un… |
| Tower Heist | Lester | 2011-11-02 | A luxury condo manager leads a staff of workers to seek payback on the Wall Street swindler who defrauded them. With only days until the billionaire g… |
| The American Side | Stickney | 2016-04-14 | Following a mysterious suicide at Niagara Falls, a low-rent detective unravels a conspiracy to build a revolutionary invention by enigmatic scientist,… |
| Da Sweet Blood of Jesus | Deacon Yancy | 2014-06-22 | Dr. Hess Green becomes cursed by a mysterious ancient African artifact and is overwhelmed with a newfound thirst for blood. Soon after his transformat… |
| If You Could Say It in Words | Baseball Fan | 2008-10-08 | An unapologetically romantic tale about an adulterous young woman struggling to rebuild her life and a painter suffering from undiagnosed Asperger’s s… |
| Lady Bird | Father Leviatch | 2017-09-01 | Lady Bird McPherson, a strong willed, deeply opinionated, artistic 17 year old comes of age in Sacramento. Her relationship with her mother and her up… |
| The Good Heart | Psychiatrist | 2009-09-11 | Jacques is the curmudgeonly owner of a gritty New York dive bar that serves as home to a motley assortment of professional drinkers. Jacques is determ… |
| Native Son | Mr. Green | 2019-01-24 | A young black man named Bigger Thomas takes a job working for a highly influential Chicago family, a decision that will change the course of his life … |
| Dune: Part Two | Thufir Hawat | 2023-11-03 | Follow the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed… |
| Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | Walt the Locksmith | 2011-12-25 | A year after his father’s death, Oskar, a troubled young boy, discovers a mysterious key he believes was left for him by his father and embarks on a s… |
| Red Hook Summer | Deacon Yancy | 2012-08-10 | When his mom deposits him at the Red Hook housing project in Brooklyn to spend the summer with the grandfather he’s never met, young Flik may as wel… |
| Keane | Garage Employee | 2005-09-09 | A mentally ill man searches New York for his missing eight year old daughter. He recreates her steps each day hoping for some clue to her disappearanc… |
| The Killing Floor | James Cheeks | 1984-04-10 | During World War I, a poor black Southerner travels north to Chicago to get work in the city’s slaughterhouses, where he becomes embroiled in the orga… |
| Manchester by the Sea | Mr. Emery | 2016-11-18 | After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tr… |
| Marie | Cooper’s Husband | 1985-09-27 | A single mother takes a job with the government where she is confronted with corruption…. |
| Lincoln | William Slade | 2012-11-09 | The revealing story of the 16th US President’s tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln p… |
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