Hawthorne James

Personal Info

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Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

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Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.

Acting

1994

Speed

as Sam

1995

Se7en

as George the Night Guard at the Library

1991

1996

Heaven's Prisoners

as Victor Romero

1997

Campfire Tales

as Cole (segment "The Honeymoon")

1982

Penitentiary II

as Referee

1979

Disco Godfather

as Stinger Ray

2013

1986

Ricky 1

as The Champ (Silver Shadow)

1992

The Water Engine

as Factory Worker

1994

Caroline at Midnight

as Stan Donovan

2016

The Night Stalker

as Harrison Johnson

1999

The Art of a Bullet

as Walter Simmons

2018

Dirty Dead Con Men

as Art McCoy

1997

Amistad

as Creole Cook

2005

Boss'n Up

as Orange Juice

1985

The Color Purple

as Jook Joint Patron

2005

Today You Die

as Derrick

1992

2015

Lucky Girl

as Reverend Thompson

2016

Blues for Life

as Plank Road Slim

1988

2000

Auggie Rose

as MacDougall

1988

Patty Hearst

as Tall Muslim

1987

2023

In the Matchbox

as Uncle Wendell

1990

Demon Cop

as Police in Warehouse

Production

2008

-

Lisa Trotter

as Director

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