HENDERSON, Stephen 1949–

(Stephen McKinley Henderson)

PERSONAL

Born August 31, 1949, in Kansas City, MO; son of Elihue and Ruby Naomi Henderson; married Pamela Reed, April 22, 1978; children: Jamal Stephen. Education: Attended Lincoln University, 1967–68, and the Juilliard School, 1968–70; North Carolina School of the Arts, B.F.A., 1972; Purdue University, M.A., 1977.

Addresses: Office—Department of Theatre and Dance, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260-5030.

Career: Actor. University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, associate professor of theatre and department chair. Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, theatre auditor, beginning 1992; GeVa Theatre, Rochester, NY, member of company, 1999–2000; Actors Center, member of steering committee, 2001–; Sundance Theatre Lab Company, former member. Member of the New York State Council on the Arts and the Arts Council of Western New York.

Member: Screen Actors Guild, Actors' Equity Association, Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers.

Awards, Honors: Theatre Award, outstanding performance, Beverly Hills/Hollywood chapter, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Drama Desk Award (with others), outstanding ensemble performance, and Obie Award (with others), outstanding ensemble performance, Village Voice, all 2000, for Jitney; Fox fellowship, 2003–04; Black Reel Award nomination, best supporting actor on a network or cable television production, 2005, for Everyday People; Joseph Jefferson Award nomination, for The Island.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Cooper's husband, Marie (also known as Marie: A True Story), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1985.

Garage employee, Keane, Serene 9, 2004.

Television Appearances; Movies:

James Cheeks, "The Killing Floor," The American Experience, PBS, 1984.

Arthur, Everyday People (also known as Brooklyn), HBO, 2004.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Bobo, "A Raisin in the Sun," The American Experience, PBS, 1989.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Sherman Wakes, "Fun City," New York News, CBS, 1995.

(As Stephen McKinley Henderson) Judge Gerald Mowat, "Mad Dog," Law & Order, NBC, 1997.

(As Stephen McKinley Henderson) Boudreaux, "Know Thyself," Third Watch, NBC, 2000.

Morris Abernathy, "The Faithful," Law & Order: Criminal Intent (also known as Law & Order: CI), NBC, 2001.

(As Stephen McKinley Henderson) Judge Marc Kramer, "Hitman," Law & Order, NBC, 2002.

Stage Appearances as Stephen McKinley Henderson:

Bobo, A Raisin in the Sun, Roundabout Theatre Company, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, 1986.

Bynum, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, Studio Arena Theatre, Buffalo, NY, 1990.

Hermit, What Use Are Flowers?, National Black Arts Festival, Atlanta, GA, 1994.

Emmett Tate, Zooman and the Sign, Second Stage Theatre, McGinn-Cazale Theatre, New York City, 1994–95.

Turnbo, Jitney, Crossroads Theatre Company, New Brunswick, NJ, 1997, Huntington Theatre, Boston, 1998, Center Stage, Baltimore, MD, 1999, then GeVa Theatre, Rochester, NY, 1999–2000, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 2000, Second Stage Theatre, Union Square Theatre, New York City, 2000–2001, and Royal National Theatre, London, 2002.

Stool Pigeon, King Hedley II, Virginia Theatre, New York City, 2001.

Slow Drag, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Royale Theatre, New York City, 2003.

Sammy Bow, Drowning Crow, Manhattan Theatre Club, Biltmore Theatre, New York City, 2004.

Abraham Van Helsing, Dracula, the Musical (musical), Belasco Theatre, New York City, 2004–2005.

Pontius Pilate and Uncle Pino, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, LAByrinth Theatre Company, Public Theatre, Martinson Hall, New York City, 2005.

Appeared as Azdak, Caucasian Chalk Circle, as Bono, Fences, in Master Harold and the Boys, and in My Children, My Africa, all Studio Arena Theatre, Buffalo, NY; appeared as Creon, Antigone; as Lucian, The Boys Next Door; as Joe Mott, The Iceman Cometh; as Sitting Bull, Indians; as Winston, The Island, Dublin Theatre, Dublin, Ireland, and Wisdom Bridge Theatre, Chicago, IL; as Falstaff, The Merry Wives of Windsor; as Sizwe Banzi, Sizwe Banzi Is Dead; and as Solyony, The Three Sisters.