
Cast
Hawthorne James
Acting
Cast
Hawthorne James
Known for
Acting
From
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also known as James H. Hawthorne, James Hawthorne, James Herbert
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.

Se7en
as George the Night Guard at the Library

Speed
as Sam

The Color Purple
as Jook Joint Patron

The Doors
as Chuck Vincent

The Water Engine
as Factory Worker

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
as One Eyed Sam

Campfire Tales
as Cole (segment "The Honeymoon")

Penitentiary II
as Referee

Today You Die
as Derrick

The Five Heartbeats
as Big Red

Patty Hearst
as Tall Muslim

Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
as Llore

Amistad
as Creole Cook

Auggie Rose
as MacDougall

Heaven's Prisoners
as Victor Romero

The Night Stalker
as Harrison Johnson

Police Story: The Freeway Killings
as Reverend Johnson

Disco Godfather
as Stinger Ray

The Habitation of Dragons
as Lonny Johnson

Boss'n Up
as Orange Juice

Lucky Girl
as Reverend Thompson

Ricky 1
as The Champ (Silver Shadow)

Demon Cop
as Police in Warehouse

Caroline at Midnight
as Stan Donovan

The System Within
as Hays

A Christmas Wedding
as Arthur

Blues for Life
as Plank Road Slim

The Art of a Bullet
as Walter Simmons

In the Matchbox
as Uncle Wendell

Othello
as Iago

Flint Tale

Dirty Dead Con Men
as Art McCoy