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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.

In the Matchbox
as Uncle Wendell
Flint Tale

Dirty Dead Con Men
as Art McCoy

Blues for Life
as Plank Road Slim

The Night Stalker
as Harrison Johnson

Lucky Girl
as Reverend Thompson

A Christmas Wedding
as Arthur

Workaholics
as Bus Driver

Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
as Llore

The System Within
as Hays

Today You Die
as Derrick

Boss'n Up
as Orange Juice

Auggie Rose
as MacDougall

Roswell
as Suspect

The Art of a Bullet
as Walter Simmons

Charmed
as Demonic Healer

Amistad
as Creole Cook

Stargate SG-1
as Gavos

Campfire Tales
as Cole (segment "The Honeymoon")

Heaven's Prisoners
as Victor Romero

Se7en
as George the Night Guard at the Library

ER
as Hawthorne

Speed
as Sam

Caroline at Midnight
as Stan Donovan

Frasier
as Bill

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
as Gage

The Habitation of Dragons
as Lonny Johnson

Martin
as Brother Claus
The Water Engine
as Factory Worker

The Five Heartbeats
as Big Red

The Doors
as Chuck Vincent

Demon Cop
as Police in Warehouse

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
as George

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
as One Eyed Sam

Patty Hearst
as Tall Muslim

Police Story: The Freeway Killings
as Reverend Johnson

Ricky 1
as The Champ (Silver Shadow)

The Color Purple
as Jook Joint Patron

Amazing Stories
as Fowler

Cheers
as Juror

Penitentiary II
as Referee

Disco Godfather
as Stinger Ray
Othello
as Iago