Hawthorne James

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.

Actor

1979

[ ] Disco Godfather (Stinger Ray)

1982

[ ] Penitentiary II (Referee)

1985

[ ] The Color Purple (Jook Joint Patron)

1986

[ ] Ricky 1 (The Champ (Silver Shadow))

1987

[ ] Police Story: The Freeway Killings (Reverend Johnson)

1988

[ ] I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (One Eyed Sam)
[ ] Patty Hearst (Tall Muslim)

1990

[ ] Demon Cop (Police in Warehouse)

1991

[ ] The Five Heartbeats (Big Red)
[ ] The Doors (Chuck Vincent)

1992

[ ] The Water Engine (Factory Worker)
[ ] The Habitation of Dragons (Lonny Johnson)

1994

[ ] Speed (Sam)
[ ] Caroline at Midnight (Stan Donovan)

1995

[ 10/10 ] Se7en (George the Night Guard at the Library)

1996

[ ] Heaven's Prisoners (Victor Romero)

1997

[ ] Campfire Tales (Cole (segment "The Honeymoon"))
[ ] Amistad (Creole Cook)

1999

[ ] The Art of a Bullet (Walter Simmons)

2000

[ ] Auggie Rose (MacDougall)

2005

[ ] Boss'n Up (Orange Juice)
[ ] Today You Die (Derrick)

2006

[ ] The System Within (Hays)
[ ] Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror (Llore)

2013

[ ] A Christmas Wedding (Arthur)

2015

[ ] Lucky Girl (Reverend Thompson)

2016

[ ] The Night Stalker (Harrison Johnson)
[ ] Blues for Life (Plank Road Slim)

2018

[ ] Dirty Dead Con Men (Art McCoy)

2021

[ ] Flint Tale (????)

2023

[ ] In the Matchbox (Uncle Wendell)

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[ ] Othello (Iago)

Directing

2008

[ ] The Stick Up Kids (Director)

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[ ] Lisa Trotter (Director)