Hawthorne James
Acting
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.
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
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
Llore
The System Within
Hays
Today You Die
Derrick
Boss'n Up
Orange Juice
Auggie Rose
MacDougall
The Art of a Bullet
Walter Simmons
Amistad
Creole Cook
Campfire Tales
Cole (segment "The Honeymoon")
Heaven's Prisoners
Victor Romero
Se7en
George the Night Guard at the Library
Speed
Sam
Caroline at Midnight
Stan Donovan
The Habitation of Dragons
Lonny Johnson
The Water Engine
Factory Worker
The Five Heartbeats
Big Red
The Doors
Chuck Vincent
Demon Cop
Police in Warehouse
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
Penitentiary II
Referee
Disco Godfather
Stinger Ray