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American actor (born )

Stephen McKinley Henderson is an American actor. Henderson trained at Juilliard School for acting and later became a resident member of the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis from to He came to prominence as a character actor often performing the plays of August Wilson.

He has received nominations for two Tony Awards, a Drama Desk Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Vulture named Henderson as one of "The 32 Greatest Character Actors Working Today".^[1]

Henderson made his Broadway debut in Wilson's King Hedley II in He later earned Tony Award nominations for his performances in Wilson's Fences in and Stephen Adly Guirgis's Between Riverside and Crazy in He also acted in the Broadway revival of A Raisin in the Sun in He made his film debut in A Pleasure Doing Business () and has since appeared in Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (), Lincoln (), Fences (), Manchester by the Sea (), Lady Bird (), Dune (), Causeway (), Beau Is Afraid (), and Civil War ().

His television debut came in in PBS's The Killing Floor.

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He has since appeared in Law & Order (–), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (–), The Newsroom (), The Blacklist (), Wu-Tang: An American Saga (–), and Devs ().

Early life and education

Henderson was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Ruby Naomi and Elihue Henderson.^[2] He spent a year at Lincoln University, Missouri and was originally part of Group 1 at the Juilliard School Drama Division before he left.

He finished his BFA in Acting at the North Carolina School of the Arts (). He later studied at Purdue University where he received his Master of Arts in Theatre ().

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He also spent summer sessions at Rose Bruford College in London and William Esper Studios in New York City.^[3]

Career

Stage

Henderson is known mostly for his stage work. He won the 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.^[4] He portrayed Jim Bono in the Broadway revival of August Wilson's Fences, starring Denzel Washington, for which Henderson received a nomination for a Tony Award as a supporting actor, as well as the Richard Seff Award from Actor's Equity.^{[when?][citation needed]} He reprised the role in Washington's film adaptation.

On Broadway, he 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.^[5]

His signature August Wilson role is the gossipy Turnbo in Jitney, for which he won a Drama Desk Award as part of the ensemble.

He had created the role in the premiere at the Pittsburgh Public Theater, then honed it in other regional theaters before its arrival Off-Broadway in Though it did not transfer to Broadway, he and the core of the cast took Jitney to London, where it won the Olivier Award for best new play. In addition, he appeared in A Raisin in the Sun and directed Zooman and the Sign.^{[citation needed]}

In Henderson appeared as Pontius Pilate in the production of The Last Days of Judas Iscariot directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman at the Public Theater.^[6] He appeared as Van Helsing in the Broadway production of Dracula, the Musical.^{[citation needed]}

In , he was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Lucille Lortel Awards ceremony.^[7]

Screen

Henderson's films include his role as Cooper's husband in the TV movie Marie (), Bobo in A Raisin in the Sun (),^{[citation needed]} Arthur in Everyday People (),^[8] Lester in the film Tower Heist (), White House servant William Slade in Steven Spielberg's film Lincoln (), along with roles in the films Keane (), If You Could Say It in Words (), ^{[citation needed]}

In , Henderson appeared in Kenneth Lonergan's film Manchester by the Sea, starring Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams, playing the boss of Affleck's character.

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The following year, he played the role of Father Leviatch in Greta Gerwig's film Lady Bird, and in appeared in Dune ().

In addition to his films, Henderson was a series regular on the FOX series New Amsterdam, which premiered in early His other television work includes Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Newsroom, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Tyler Perry's House of Payne, Third Watch, Blue Bloods, and Devs.

Personal life

Henderson has a child.^[9]

Filmography

Film

†	Denotes works that have not yet been released

Television

Theatre

Year	Title	Role(s)	Venue
	A Raisin in the Sun	Bobo	Union Square Theatre, Off-Broadway
	Zooman and the Sign	Emmett Tate	McGinn/Cazale Theatre, Off-Broadway
	Jitney	Turnbo	Second Stage Theater, Off-Broadway
	King Hedley II	Stool Pigeon	Virginia Theatre, Broadway
	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom	Slow Drag	Royale Theatre, Broadway
	Drowning Crow	Sammy Bow	Biltmore Theatre, Broadway
–	Dracula, the Musical	Abraham Van Helsing	Belasco Theatre, Broadway
	The Last Days of Judas Iscariot	Pontius Pilate/Uncle Pino	The Public Theater, Off-Broadway
	Seven Guitars	Red Carter	Peter Norton Space, Off-Broadway
	King Hedley II	Elmore	Peter Norton Space, Off-Broadway
	Fences	Jim Bono	Cort Theatre, Broadway
	A Raisin in the Sun	Bobo	Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Broadway
	Between Riverside and Crazy	Walter "Pops" Washington	Linda Gross Theater, Off-Broadway
			Second Stage Theater, Off-Broadway
	A Doll's House, Part 2	Torvald Helmer	John Golden Theatre, Broadway
–	Between Riverside and Crazy	Walter "Pops" Washington	Helen Hayes Theatre, Broadway

Awards and nominations

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