Chicago, Illinois, USA
45 credits
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.
Stargate SG-1
1997 · ★ 8.3
ER
1994 · ★ 7.8
Charmed
1998 · ★ 8.2
Frasier
1993 · ★ 7.7
Cheers
1982 · ★ 7.5
Se7en
1995 · ★ 8.4
Martin
1992 · ★ 7.5
Roswell
1999 · ★ 7.7
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990 · ★ 7.9
Amazing Stories
1985 · ★ 7.5
Workaholics
2011 · ★ 7.4
Speed
1994 · ★ 7.2
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
1993 · ★ 7.1
The Color Purple
1985 · ★ 7.7
The Doors
1991 · ★ 7.1
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
1988 · ★ 6.4
Today You Die
2005 · ★ 4.4
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
2006 · ★ 4.8
Heaven's Prisoners
1996 · ★ 5.3
Campfire Tales
1997 · ★ 5.9
Amistad
1997 · ★ 7.0
The Five Heartbeats
1991 · ★ 7.3
Auggie Rose
2000 · ★ 5.7
Patty Hearst
1988 · ★ 5.7
The Water Engine
1992 · ★ 5.8
The Night Stalker
2016 · ★ 6.8
Caroline at Midnight
1994 · ★ 3.9
Police Story: The Freeway Killings
1987 · ★ 6.3
Boss'n Up
2005 · ★ 4.6
Penitentiary II
1982 · ★ 4.4
Lucky Girl
2015 · ★ 2.7
Disco Godfather
1979 · ★ 5.5
Demon Cop
1990 · ★ 3.7
Ricky 1
1986 · ★ 3.4
A Christmas Wedding
2013 · ★ 2.8
The Habitation of Dragons
1992 · ★ 6.0
Othello
— · ★ 10.0
The Art of a Bullet
1999 · ★ 9.0
The Stick Up Kids
2008 · ★ 1.9
The System Within
2006 · ★ 3.3
Blues for Life
2016 · ★ 0.0
Flint Tale
2021 · ★ 0.0
In the Matchbox
2023 · ★ 0.0
Lisa Trotter
— · ★ 0.0
Dirty Dead Con Men
2018 · ★ 3.6