Stephen McKinley Henderson has worked on and off-Broadway, in television, film and regional theater. Most recently,
Stephen appeared in the Signature Theater's celebrated production of
August Wilson's, Seven Guitars. Prior to that he was seen off-Broadway
as Pontius Pilate in, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, directed by Phillip
Seymour Hoffman for The Public Theater and on Broadway as Van Helsing in,
Dracula, The Musical, directed by Des McAnuff. Mr. Henderson made his first
Broadway appearance and second Kennedy Center appearance as Stool Pigeon in
August Wilson's King Hedley II during the 2001 season. In 2003 he played
Slow Drag in the Broadway revival of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom with Charles S.
Dutton and Whoopi Goldberg. Off-Broadway he played Turnbo in August Wilson's Jitney.
During it's off-Broadway run in 2000, Jitney garnered the
N.Y. Drama Critic's Award for Best Play and Drama Desk, Obie, and Audelco
awards for each actor as members of the outstanding ensemble of the New York season. In Los Angeles, Mr. Henderson
won the NAACP Theatre Award for Outstanding Dramatic Performance by a Male
as well as a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for featured actor. The London run of
Jitney garnered the Olivier Award for Best New Play of the London season, 2002.
Other off-Broadway work includes Emmett in the revival of Zooman and the Sign
for Second Stage, and Bobo in A Raisin in the Sun
for the Roundabout Theater in the 1985 revival. Stephen was also in the
Kennedy Center production and William Duke's PBS American Playhouse film of
A Raisin in the Sun starring Danny Glover and Esther Rolle. He is also proud to
be a member of the ensemble for filmmaker Jim McKay's, Everyday People,
an HBO film.
Stephen McKinley Henderson as Fan #2 shows his disdain for Nelson's ignorance.
