ACTOR · FROM CHICAGO, USA
Hawthorne James
43 credits since 19792 coming up
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ABOUT HAWTHORNE
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.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.
BirthplaceChicago, USA
Known forActing
On Cineora32 of 43 titles
Known for
The titles people know Hawthorne from.
Coming up
What Hawthorne is working on next.
- Othelloas IagoDate to be announced
- Lisa TrotterDirectorDate to be announced
Career
IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.
- Titles on Cineora
- 32
- Average IMDb
- 6.4
- Highest rated
- Se7enIMDb 8.6
- Working since
- 1979
Size: how widely seen
Filmography
The 2020s
2 titles
as Uncle Wendell
Flint Tale
Not on CineoraThe 2010s
6 titles · IMDb 6.2 on average
Movieas Art McCoy
as Plank Road Slim
Movieas Harrison Johnson
as Reverend Thompson
as Arthur
Seriesas Bus Driver · 2 episodes
The 2000s
5 titles · IMDb 4.8 on average
Movieas Llore
as Hays
Movieas Derrick
Movieas Orange Juice
Movieas MacDougall
The 1990s
20 titles · IMDb 7.0 on average
Seriesas Suspect · 1 episode
as Walter Simmons
Seriesas Demonic Healer · 2 episodes
Movieas Creole Cook
Seriesas Gavos · 1 episode
Movieas Cole (segment "The Honeymoon")
Movieas Victor Romero
Movieas George the Night Guard at the Library
The 1980s
8 titles · IMDb 6.0 on average
Movieas One Eyed Sam
Movieas Tall Muslim
as Reverend Johnson
Movieas The Champ (Silver Shadow)
Movieas Jook Joint Patron
Seriesas Fowler · 1 episode
Seriesas Juror · 1 episode
Movieas Referee
The 1970s
1 title · IMDb 5.2 on average
Movieas Stinger Ray
Often works with
The people who keep turning up in Hawthorne’s titles.
Steven SpielbergDirector · The Color Purple, Amistad and 1 more
Morgan FreemanSe7en and Amistad
Snoop DoggSnoop Dogg's Hood of Horror and Boss'n Up
Ernie HudsonSnoop Dogg's Hood of Horror and Penitentiary II
Kelsey GrammerFrasier and Cheers
Keenen Ivory WayansI'm Gonna Git You Sucka and The Five Heartbeats
Olivia BarashThe Doors and Patty Hearst
Julius CarryThe Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. and Disco Godfather
