Stephen McKinley Henderson

Acting · Born 1949-08-31 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA

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).

Filmography

• Dune as Thufir Hawat
• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close as Walt the Locksmith
• Manchester by the Sea as Mr. Emery
• Lady Bird as Father Leviatch
• Good Fortune as Azrael
• Causeway as Dr. Lucas
• Everyday People as Arthur
• Tower Heist as Lester
• The Dutchman as Dr. Amiri
• Lincoln as William Slade

TV

• Elementary as Groundskeeper Edison
• Blue Bloods as Judge Harlan Haywood
• Wu-Tang: An American Saga as Uncle Hollis
• Fear the Walking Dead as Clayton
• The Resident as Darryl Phillips
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Judge Bernard
• The Blacklist as Dr. Francis Woerner
• The Newsroom as Solomon Hancock
• Third Watch as Boudreaux
• New Amsterdam as Omar