Stephen McKinley Henderson

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).

Most Famous Work

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Law & Order

(1990) Mark Kramer

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

(1999) Judge Bernard

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Fear the Walking Dead

(2015) Clayton

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Blue Bloods

(2010) Judge Harlan Haywood

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The Newsroom

(2012) Solomon Hancock (voice)

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Elementary

(2012) Groundskeeper Edison

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Law & Order: Criminal Intent

(2001) Morris Abernathy

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Wu-Tang: An American Saga

(2019) Uncle Hollis

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2025	Azrael	Good Fortune 2025-10-14 Movie
	N/A	The Dutchman 2025-03-08 Movie
2024	Isiah	The Madness 2024-11-28 TV Show
	Calbert Graham	A Man on the Inside 2024-11-21 TV Show
	Self	Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War 2024-08-09 Movie
	Sammy	Civil War 2024-04-10 Movie
2023	Dr. Eldridge Davenport	Extended Family 2023-12-23 TV Show
	Therapist	Beau Is Afraid 2023-04-14 Movie
	Pops	Between Riverside and Crazy 2023-01-31 Movie
2022	Dr. Lucas	Causeway 2022-10-28 Movie
2021	Pops	Bruised 2021-11-17 Movie
	Thufir Hawat	Dune 2021-09-15 Movie
2020	N/A	RUN 2020-04-12 TV Show
	Stewart	Devs 2020-03-05 TV Show
	Self	Giving Voice 2020-01-26 Movie
2019	Nicholas	The True Adventures of Wolfboy 2019-12-08 Movie
	Uncle Hollis	Wu-Tang: An American Saga 2019-09-04 TV Show
	Mr. Green	Native Son 2019-01-24 Movie
2018	Darryl Phillips	The Resident 2018-01-21 TV Show
2017	Father Leviatch	Lady Bird 2017-09-01 Movie
2016	Jim Bono	Fences 2016-12-16 Movie
	Mr. Emery	Manchester by the Sea 2016-11-17 Movie
	Robert	All at Once 2016-11-09 Movie
	Birdman	The Romans 2016-05-27 Movie
	Stickney	The American Side 2016-04-14 Movie
2015	Clayton	Fear the Walking Dead 2015-08-23 TV Show
	Deacon Yancy	Da Sweet Blood of Jesus 2015-02-13 Movie
2013	Dr. Francis Woerner	The Blacklist 2013-09-23 TV Show
2012	William Slade	Lincoln 2012-11-09 Movie
	Groundskeeper Edison	Elementary 2012-09-27 TV Show
	Deacon Yancy	Red Hook Summer 2012-08-10 Movie
	Solomon Hancock	The Newsroom 2012-06-24 TV Show
2011	Walt the Locksmith	Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close 2011-12-25 Movie
	Lester	Tower Heist 2011-11-02 Movie
2010	Judge Harlan Haywood	Blue Bloods 2010-09-24 TV Show
2009	Psychiatrist	The Good Heart 2009-09-11 Movie
2008	Baseball Fan	If You Could Say It in Words 2008-10-08 Movie
	Homeless Man	Premature 2008-08-08 Movie
	Uncle Jim	Blood Over a Broken Pawn 2008-05-10 Movie
	Omar	New Amsterdam 2008-03-04 TV Show
2006	Pete	Waltzing Anna 2006-08-11 Movie
	Judge Martel	Conviction 2006-03-03 TV Show
2004	Garage Employee	Keane 2004-09-03 Movie
	Arthur	Everyday People 2004-01-18 Movie
2001	Morris Abernathy	Law & Order: Criminal Intent 2001-09-30 TV Show
1999	Boudreaux	Third Watch 1999-09-23 TV Show
	Judge Bernard	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999-09-20 TV Show
1990	Mark Kramer	Law & Order 1990-09-13 TV Show
	Judge Gerald Mowat	Law & Order 1990-09-13 TV Show
	Marc Kramer	Law & Order 1990-09-13 TV Show
1989	Bobo	A Raisin in the Sun 1989-02-01 Movie
1985	Cooper's Husband	Marie: A True Story 1985-09-27 Movie
1984	James Cheeks	The Killing Floor 1984-04-10 Movie
1970	N/A	All My Children 1970-01-05 TV Show
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Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2025	Director	It’s Up to Us 2025-09-27 Movie
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