From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hawthorne James, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
| Birth Location | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
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Movies
2021
Dirty Dead Con Men
as Art McCoy
2018
Blues for Life
as Plank Road Slim
2016
The Night Stalker
as Harrison Johnson
2016
Lucky Girl
as Reverend Thompson
2015
A Christmas Wedding
as Arthur
2013
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
as Llore
2006
The System Within
as Hays
2006
Today You Die
as Derrick
2005
Boss'n Up
as Orange Juice
2005
Auggie Rose
as MacDougall
2000
The Art of a Bullet
as Walter Simmons
1999
Amistad
as Creole Cook
1997
Campfire Tales
as Cole (segment "The Honeymoon")
1997
Heaven's Prisoners
as Victor Romero
1996
Se7en
as George the Night Guard at the Library
1995
Speed
as Sam Silver
1994
Caroline at Midnight
as Stan Donovan
1994
The Habitation of Dragons
as Lonny Johnson
1992
The Five Heartbeats
as Big Red
1991
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
as One Eyed Sam
1988
1988
Police Story: The Freeway Killings
as Reverend Johnson
1987
1986
The Color Purple
as Jook Joint Patron
1985
Penitentiary II
as Referee
1982
Disco Godfather
as Stinger Ray
1979