Hawthorne James
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Place of birthChicago, Illinois, USA
Known credits45
Biography
Hawthorne James is an American actor and director, best known for his role as Big Red Davis in the 1991 film The Five Heartbeats. He is also known for his role as Sam, the injured bus driver, in Speed (1994 film). James was born James Hawthorne in Chicago, Illinois, the son of A.M. Alene and Robert Hawthorne.
In the Matchbox
2023 · Uncle Wendell
Flint Tale
2021
Dirty Dead Con Men
2018 · Art McCoy
Blues for Life
2016 · Plank Road Slim
The Night Stalker
2016 · Harrison Johnson
Lucky Girl
2015 · Reverend Thompson
A Christmas Wedding
2013 · Arthur
Workaholics
2011 · Bus Driver
The Stick Up Kids
2008 · Director
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
2006 · Llore
The System Within
2006 · Hays
Today You Die
2005 · Derrick
Boss'n Up
2005 · Orange Juice
Auggie Rose
2000 · MacDougall
Roswell
1999 · Suspect
The Art of a Bullet
1999 · Walter Simmons
Charmed
1998 · Demonic Healer
Amistad
1997 · Creole Cook
Stargate SG-1
1997 · Gavos
Campfire Tales
1997 · Cole (segment "The Honeymoon")
Heaven's Prisoners
1996 · Victor Romero
Se7en
1995 · George the Night Guard at the Library
ER
1994 · Hawthorne
Speed
1994 · Sam
Caroline at Midnight
1994 · Stan Donovan
Frasier
1993 · Bill
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
1993 · Gage
The Habitation of Dragons
1992 · Lonny Johnson
Martin
1992 · Brother Claus
The Water Engine
1992 · Factory Worker
The Five Heartbeats
1991 · Big Red
The Doors
1991 · Chuck Vincent
Demon Cop
1990 · Police in Warehouse
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990 · George
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
1988 · One Eyed Sam
Patty Hearst
1988 · Tall Muslim
Police Story: The Freeway Killings
1987 · Reverend Johnson
Ricky 1
1986 · The Champ (Silver Shadow)
The Color Purple
1985 · Jook Joint Patron
Amazing Stories
1985 · Fowler
Cheers
1982 · Juror
Penitentiary II
1982 · Referee
Disco Godfather
1979 · Stinger Ray
Othello
Iago
Lisa Trotter
Director
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