Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Credits
45 titles
Hawthorne James
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.
Known For
Filmography
In the Matchbox
Uncle Wendell
Flint Tale
Dirty Dead Con Men
Art McCoy
Blues for Life
Plank Road Slim
The Night Stalker
Harrison Johnson
Lucky Girl
Reverend Thompson
A Christmas Wedding
Arthur
Workaholics
Bus Driver
The Stick Up Kids
Director
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
Llore
The System Within
Hays
Today You Die
Derrick
Boss'n Up
Orange Juice
Auggie Rose
MacDougall
Roswell
Suspect
The Art of a Bullet
Walter Simmons
Charmed
Demonic Healer
Amistad
Creole Cook
Stargate SG-1
Gavos
Campfire Tales
Cole (segment "The Honeymoon")
Heaven's Prisoners
Victor Romero
Se7en
George the Night Guard at the Library
ER
Hawthorne
Speed
Sam
Caroline at Midnight
Stan Donovan
Frasier
Bill
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
Gage
The Habitation of Dragons
Lonny Johnson
Martin
Brother Claus
The Water Engine
Factory Worker
The Five Heartbeats
Big Red
The Doors
Chuck Vincent
Demon Cop
Police in Warehouse
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
George
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
One Eyed Sam
Patty Hearst
Tall Muslim
Police Story: The Freeway Killings
Reverend Johnson
Ricky 1
The Champ (Silver Shadow)
The Color Purple
Jook Joint Patron
Amazing Stories
Fowler
Cheers
Juror
Penitentiary II
Referee
Disco Godfather
Stinger Ray
Lisa Trotter
Director
Othello
Iago