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

• 2026The Dutchman — Dr. Amiri
• 2026The Mandalorian and Grogu — Gatori (voice)
• 2025Good Fortune — Azrael
• 2025It’s Up to Us — Director
• A Man on the Inside — Calbert Graham
• 2024Civil War — Sammy
• The Madness — Isiah
• 2023Beau Is Afraid — Therapist
• 2023Between Riverside and Crazy — Pops
• Extended Family — Dr. Eldridge Davenport
• 2022Causeway — Dr. Lucas
• 2021Bruised — Pops
• 2021Dune — Thufir Hawat
• Devs — Stewart
• RUN — John
• 2019Native Son — Mr. Green
• 2019The True Adventures of Wolfboy — Nicholas
• Wu-Tang: An American Saga — Uncle Hollis
• The Resident — Darryl Phillips
• 2017Lady Bird — Father Leviatch
• 2016All at Once — Robert
• 2016Fences — Jim Bono
• 2016Manchester by the Sea — Mr. Emery
• 2016The American Side — Stickney
• 2016The Romans — Birdman
• 2015Da Sweet Blood of Jesus — Deacon Yancy
• Fear the Walking Dead — Clayton
• The Blacklist — Dr. Francis Woerner
• Elementary — Groundskeeper Edison
• 2012Lincoln — William Slade
• 2012Red Hook Summer — Deacon Yancy
• The Newsroom — Solomon Hancock
• 2011Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close — Walt the Locksmith
• 2011Tower Heist — Lester
• Blue Bloods — Judge Harlan Haywood
• 2009The Good Heart — Psychiatrist
• 2008Blood Over a Broken Pawn — Uncle Jim
• 2008If You Could Say It in Words — Baseball Fan
• New Amsterdam — Omar
• 2008Premature — Homeless Man
• Conviction — Judge Martel
• 2006Waltzing Anna — Pete
• 2004Everyday People — Arthur
• 2004Keane — Garage Employee
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Morris Abernathy
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Judge Bernard
• Third Watch — Boudreaux
• Law & Order — Mark Kramer, Judge Gerald Mowat, Marc Kramer
• 1989A Raisin in the Sun — Bobo
• 1985Marie: A True Story — Cooper's Husband
• 1984The Killing Floor — James Cheeks
• American Playhouse — James Cheeks, Bobo
• All My Children
• Dedicated to Morris Burke

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2024Torn Asunder: Waging Alex Garland's Civil War — Self
• 2020Giving Voice — Self