Stephen McKinley Henderson
Acting
Biography
Stephen McKinley Henderson (born August 31, 1949) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Omar York in the television drama, New Amsterdam, which ran for one season in 2008. His notable film roles include portraying Arthur in Everyday People (2004), Lester in Tower Heist (2011), Father Leviatch in Lady Bird (2017), and Thufir Hawat in Dune (2021).
Born: August 31, 1949
Place of Birth: Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Known For
The Dutchman
A successful black businessman, haunted by his crumbling marriage and identity crisis, is drawn into a psychological game of cat and mouse with a mysterious white woman he encounters on a New York subway.
Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War
A six-part documentary about the making and shooting of Alex Garland's 'Civil War'.
The Resident
A tough, brilliant senior resident guides an idealistic young doctor through his first day, pulling back the curtain on what really happens, both good and bad, in modern-day medicine.
Wu-Tang: An American Saga
In the early 1990s in New York, during the height of the crack cocaine epidemic, a visionary musician named Bobby Diggs aka The RZA begins to form a super group of a dozen young, black men, who will eventually rise to become one of the unlikeliest success stories in American music history.
The Newsroom
A behind-the-scenes look at the people who make a nightly cable-news program. Focusing on a network anchor, his new executive producer, the newsroom staff and their boss, the series tracks their quixotic mission to do the news well in the face of corporate and commercial obstacles-not to mention their own personal entanglements.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
Third Watch
The exploits of a group of men and women who serve the City of New York as police officers, firemen, and paramedics, all working the same fictional 55th precinct during the 3pm to 11pm shift - the 'Third Watch'.
Blue Bloods
A drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Frank Reagan is the New York Police Commissioner and heads both the police force and the Reagan brood. He runs his department as diplomatically as he runs his family, even when dealing with the politics that plagued his unapologetically bold father, Henry, during his stint as Chief.
Dune
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 universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence-a commodity capable of unlocking humanity's greatest potential-only those who can conquer their fear will survive.
The Blacklist
Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and the FBI have the same interests: bringing down dangerous criminals and terrorists. In the last two decades, he's made a list of criminals and terrorists that matter the most but the FBI cannot find because it does not know they exist. Reddington calls this "The Blacklist". Reddington will co-operate, but insists that he will speak only to Elizabeth Keen, a rookie FBI profiler.
Filmography
as Dr. Amiri
as Azrael
as Isiah
as Calbert Graham
as Sammy
as Dr. Eldridge Davenport
as Therapist
as Pops
as Dr. Lucas
as Pops
as Thufir Hawat
as Stewart
as Self
as Nicholas
as Uncle Hollis
as Mr. Green
as Darryl Phillips
as Father Leviatch
as Jim Bono
as Mr. Emery
as Robert
as Birdman
as Stickney
as Clayton
as Deacon Yancy
as Dr. Francis Woerner
as William Slade
as Groundskeeper Edison
as Deacon Yancy
as Solomon Hancock
as Walt the Locksmith
as Lester
as Judge Harlan Haywood
as Psychiatrist
as Omar
as Pete
as Judge Martel
as Garage Employee
as Arthur
as Morris Abernathy
as Boudreaux
as Judge Bernard
as Mark Kramer
as Judge Gerald Mowat
as Marc Kramer
as Bobo
as Cooper's Husband
as James Cheeks