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Known For
Acting
Birthday
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Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
- James H. Hawthorne
- James Hawthorne
- James Herbert
- Hawthorn James
Hawthorne James
0.9 Popularity
Biography
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
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Uncle Wendell
In the Matchbox
2023
🎬
0.0
Flint Tale
2021
3.6
Art McCoy
Dirty Dead Con Men
2018
0.0
Plank Road Slim
Blues for Life
2016
6.8
Harrison Johnson
The Night Stalker
2016
2.7
Reverend Thompson
Lucky Girl
2015
2.8
Arthur
A Christmas Wedding
2013
7.4
Bus Driver
Workaholics
2011
4.8
Llore
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
2006
1.7
Hays
The System Within
2006
Credits
In the Matchbox
as Uncle Wendell
2023
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🎬
Flint Tale
2021
0.0
Dirty Dead Con Men
as Art McCoy
2018
3.6
Blues for Life
as Plank Road Slim
2016
0.0
The Night Stalker
as Harrison Johnson
2016
6.8
Lucky Girl
as Reverend Thompson
2015
2.7
A Christmas Wedding
as Arthur
2013
2.8
Workaholics
as Bus Driver
2011
7.4
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
as Llore
2006
4.8
The System Within
as Hays
2006
1.7
Today You Die
as Derrick
2005
4.3
Boss'n Up
as Orange Juice
2005
4.4
Auggie Rose
as MacDougall
2000
5.6
Roswell
as Suspect
1999
7.7
The Art of a Bullet
as Walter Simmons
1999
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Charmed
as Demonic Healer
1998
8.2
Amistad
as Creole Cook
1997
7.0
Stargate SG-1
as Gavos
1997
8.3
Campfire Tales
as Cole (segment "The Honeymoon")
1997
5.8
Heaven's Prisoners
as Victor Romero
1996
5.3
Se7en
as George the Night Guard at the Library
1995
8.4
ER
as Hawthorne
1994
7.8
Speed
as Sam
1994
7.1
Caroline at Midnight
as Stan Donovan
1994
3.6
Frasier
as Bill
1993
7.7
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
as Gage
1993
7.0
The Habitation of Dragons
as Lonny Johnson
1992
6.0
Martin
as Brother Claus
1992
7.7
🎬
The Water Engine
as Factory Worker
1992
5.2
The Five Heartbeats
as Big Red
1991
7.3
The Doors
as Chuck Vincent
1991
7.1
Demon Cop
as Police in Warehouse
1990
3.2
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
as George
1990
7.9
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
as One Eyed Sam
1988
6.4
Patty Hearst
as Tall Muslim
1988
5.6
Police Story: The Freeway Killings
as Reverend Johnson
1987
5.3
Ricky 1
as The Champ (Silver Shadow)
1986
2.9
The Color Purple
as Jook Joint Patron
1985
7.7
Amazing Stories
as Fowler
1985
7.4
Cheers
as Juror
1982
7.6
Penitentiary II
as Referee
1982
4.0
Disco Godfather
as Stinger Ray
1979
5.4
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Othello
as Iago
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