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Hawthorne James

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Chicago, Illinois, USA, null

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1979	Disco Godfather	Stinger Ray	55
2	1982	Penitentiary II	Referee	43
3	1985	The Color Purple	Jook Joint Patron	78
4	1986	Ricky 1	The Champ (Silver Shadow)	29
5	1987	Police Story: The Freeway Killings	Reverend Johnson	53
6	1988	Patty Hearst	Tall Muslim	56
7	1988	I'm Gonna Git You Sucka	One Eyed Sam	64
8	1990	Demon Cop	Police in Warehouse	32
9	1991	The Five Heartbeats	Big Red	74
10	1992	The Water Engine	Factory Worker	53
11	1992	The Habitation of Dragons	Lonny Johnson	0
12	1994	Caroline at Midnight	Stan Donovan	39
13	1994	Speed	Sam	71
14	1995	Se7en	George the Night Guard at the Library	84
15	1996	Heaven's Prisoners	Victor Romero	52
16	1997	Campfire Tales	Cole (segment "The Honeymoon")	58
17	1997	Amistad	Creole Cook	70
18	1999	The Art of a Bullet	Walter Simmons	0
19	2000	Auggie Rose	MacDougall	56
20	2005	Boss'n Up	Orange Juice	44
21	2005	Today You Die	Derrick	43
22	2006	The System Within	Hays	15
23	2006	Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror	Llore	47
24	2013	A Christmas Wedding	Arthur	26
25	2015	Lucky Girl	Reverend Thompson	27
26	2016	The Night Stalker	Harrison Johnson	68
27	2016	Blues for Life	Plank Road Slim	0
28	2018	Dirty Dead Con Men	Art McCoy	37
29	2021	Flint Tale		0
30	2023	In the Matchbox	Uncle Wendell	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1982	Cheers	Juror	76
2	1985	Amazing Stories	Fowler	74
3	1990	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	George	79
4	1993	The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.	Gage	71
5	1993	Frasier	Bill	77
6	1994	ER	Hawthorne	78
7	1997	Stargate SG-1	Gavos	83
8	1998	Charmed	Demonic Healer	82
9	1999	Roswell	Suspect	77