Stephen McKinley Henderson

Biography:

Actor Stephen McKinley Henderson is from the United States. Henderson received acting instruction at the Juilliard School before joining the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis as a resident from 1976 to 1981. He gained notoriety as a character actor who frequently acted in August Wilson’s plays. He has been nominated for two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Tony Awards, and a Drama Desk Award. Henderson was listed as one of “The 32 Greatest Character Actors Working Today” by Vulture in 2021.

Wilson’s King Hedley II marked Henderson’s Broadway debut in 2001. Later, he was nominated for a Tony Award for his roles in Stephen Adly Guirgis’s Between Riverside and Crazy in 2023 and Wilson’s Fences in 2010. Additionally, he performed in the 2014 Broadway version of A Raisin in the Sun. In addition to his 1979 film debut in A Pleasure Doing Business, he has starred in the following films: Manchester by the Sea (2016), Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011), Lincoln (2012), Fences (2016), Lady Bird (2017), Dune (2021), Causeway (2022), Beau Is Afraid (2023), and Civil War (2024).

In 1984, he made his television debut on The Killing Floor on PBS. Since then, he has starred in Wu-Tang: An American Saga (2019–2020), The Newsroom (2013), The Blacklist (2018), Law & Order (1995–2010), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2005–2006), and Devs (2020).