Curiosidades

As of 2022, has appeared in six films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Tão Forte e Tão Perto (2011), Lincoln (2012), Um Limite Entre Nós (2016), Manchester à Beira-Mar (2016),Lady Bird: A Hora de Voar (2017) and Duna (2021).

He was nominated for a 2010 Tony Award for Actor in a Featured Role for his performance in the play, "Fences," on Broadway in New York City.

Attended The Juilliard Drama School, North Carolina School of the Arts and Rose Bruford College in England.

He was awarded the 2000 Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Award for Best Featured Performance for "Jitney" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

He was nominated for a 1982 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for "The Island" at the Wisdom Bridge Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.

He was awarded the 2000 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Distinguished Featured Performance for "Jitney" at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

Inducted into Theatre Hall of Fame in 2024.

Stephen received a Tony Nomination in the Principal Player category for Pops, in Stephen Adly Guirgis's Pulitzer Prize winning play, Between Riverside and Crazy, 2023.

Born on exactly the same date as Richard Gere.

Stephen McKinley is a light-skinned African-American.