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.
Speed
(Sam)
Se7en
(George the Night Guard at the Library)
The Five Heartbeats
(Big Red)
Heaven's Prisoners
(Victor Romero)
The System Within
(Hays)
Campfire Tales
(Cole (segment "The Honeymoon"))
Penitentiary II
(Referee)
Disco Godfather
(Stinger Ray)
Flint Tale
A Christmas Wedding
(Arthur)
Ricky 1
The Water Engine
(Factory Worker)
Caroline at Midnight
(Stan Donovan)
The Night Stalker
(Harrison Johnson)
The Art of a Bullet
(Walter Simmons)
Dirty Dead Con Men
(Art McCoy)
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
(Llore)
Amistad
(Creole Cook)
Boss'n Up
(Orange Juice)
The Color Purple
(Jook Joint Patron)
Today You Die
(Derrick)
The Habitation of Dragons
(Lonny Johnson)
Lucky Girl
(Reverend Thompson)
Blues for Life
(Plank Road Slim)
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
(One Eyed Sam)
Auggie Rose
(MacDougall)
Patty Hearst
(Tall Muslim)
Police Story: The Freeway Killings
(Reverend Johnson)
In the Matchbox
(Uncle Wendell)
Amazing Stories
(Fowler)
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
(George)
Frasier
(Bill)
Stargate SG-1
(Gavos)
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
(Gage)
ER
(Hawthorne)
Charmed
(Demonic Healer)
Roswell
(Suspect)
Cheers
(Juror)