Actor
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
Acting
2023 -- In the Matchbox | Uncle Wendell
2021 -- Flint Tale |
2018 -- Dirty Dead Con Men | Art McCoy
2016 -- Blues for Life | Plank Road Slim
2016 -- The Night Stalker | Harrison Johnson
2015 -- Lucky Girl | Reverend Thompson
2013 -- A Christmas Wedding | Arthur
2006 -- Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror | Llore
2006 -- The System Within | Hays
2005 -- Today You Die | Derrick
2005 -- Boss'n Up | Orange Juice
2000 -- Auggie Rose | MacDougall
1999 -- The Art of a Bullet | Walter Simmons
1997 -- Amistad | Creole Cook
1997 -- Campfire Tales | Cole (segment "The Honeymoon")
1996 -- Heaven's Prisoners | Victor Romero
1995 -- Se7en | George the Night Guard at the Library
1994 -- Speed | Sam
1994 -- Caroline at Midnight | Stan Donovan
1992 -- The Habitation of Dragons | Lonny Johnson
1992 -- The Water Engine | Factory Worker
1991 -- The Five Heartbeats | Big Red
1988 -- I'm Gonna Git You Sucka | One Eyed Sam
1988 -- Patty Hearst | Tall Muslim
1987 -- Police Story: The Freeway Killings | Reverend Johnson
1986 -- Ricky 1 |
1985 -- The Color Purple | Jook Joint Patron
1982 -- Penitentiary II | Referee
1979 -- Disco Godfather | Stinger Ray
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