Hawthorne James

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

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Stargate SG-1

(1997) Gavos

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Se7en

(1995) George the Night Guard at the Library

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Speed

(1994) Sam

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Roswell

(1999) Suspect

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The Color Purple

(1985) Jook Joint Patron

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Today You Die

(2005) Derrick

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The Five Heartbeats

(1991) Big Red

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Campfire Tales

(1997) Cole (segment "The Honeymoon")

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2021	N/A	Flint Tale 2021-09-08 Movie
2018	Art McCoy	Dirty Dead Con Men 2018-03-30 Movie
2016	Plank Road Slim	Blues for Life 2016-12-02 Movie
	Harrison Johnson	The Night Stalker 2016-07-01 Movie
2015	Reverend Thompson	Lucky Girl 2015-12-12 Movie
2013	Arthur	A Christmas Wedding 2013-11-05 Movie
2006	Llore	Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror 2006-06-27 Movie
	Hays	The System Within 2006-01-01 Movie
2005	Derrick	Today You Die 2005-09-13 Movie
	Orange Juice	Boss'n Up 2005-06-01 Movie
2000	MacDougall	Auggie Rose 2000-05-14 Movie
1999	Suspect	Roswell 1999-10-06 TV Show
	Walter Simmons	The Art of a Bullet 1999-03-01 Movie
1998	Demonic Healer	Charmed 1998-10-07 TV Show
1997	Creole Cook	Amistad 1997-12-10 Movie
	Gavos	Stargate SG-1 1997-07-27 TV Show
	Cole (segment "The Honeymoon")	Campfire Tales 1997-05-16 Movie
1996	Victor Romero	Heaven's Prisoners 1996-05-17 Movie
1995	George the Night Guard at the Library	Se7en 1995-09-22 Movie
1994	Sam	Speed 1994-06-09 Movie
	Stan Donovan	Caroline at Midnight 1994-01-26 Movie
1993	Bill	Frasier 1993-09-16 TV Show
1992	Lonny Johnson	The Habitation of Dragons 1992-09-08 Movie
1991	Big Red	The Five Heartbeats 1991-03-29 Movie
1990	George	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 1990-09-10 TV Show
1988	One Eyed Sam	I'm Gonna Git You Sucka 1988-11-10 Movie
	N/A	Patty Hearst 1988-09-23 Movie
1987	Reverend Johnson	Police Story: The Freeway Killings 1987-05-03 Movie
1986	N/A	Ricky 1 1986-01-01 Movie
1985	Jook Joint Patron	The Color Purple 1985-12-18 Movie
	Fowler	Amazing Stories 1985-09-29 TV Show
1982	Referee	Penitentiary II 1982-04-02 Movie
1979	Stinger Ray	Disco Godfather 1979-09-04 Movie
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Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2008	Director	The Stick Up Kids 2008-02-15 Movie
	Director	Lisa Trotter Movie
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