Hawthorne James

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106 titles

Projects in Development (6 titles)	Budget
EGB the Real Godson of Go-Go Music the Movie Dr. Eisenhower Dr. Eisenhower See fewer	$3.5MM
Ruff Ryders: Ride or Die Writer Writer See fewer	$1.2MM
Superhuman Pastor Hawkins (rumored) Pastor Hawkins (rumored) See fewer
The Last Stand of the Moors Writer Writer See fewer
The Legend of Fillmore Slim Director Director See fewer
We've Got Something in Common (TV Series) - Director Director See fewer

Films in Production (3 titles)	Budget	Status
Detroit 8: Ballers in the Motor City Very Special Thanks Very Special Thanks See fewer	$111K	Filming
Inner City Cultural Center II Presents Hawthorne James Self Self See fewer	$10K	Post-Prod
Mister Gates (2024) Charles Gates Charles Gates See fewer		Post-Prod

Past Film & Video (46 titles)	Budget	Opening Weekend	Gross (US & Canada)	Gross (Worldwide)
The Thirst (2022) Abraham Abraham See fewer
No Reason (2022) Associate Producer Associate Producer See fewer	$30K
A Polished Soul (2022) Poppa Cooley, Producer Poppa Cooley, Producer See fewer	$85K
Flint Tale (2021) Chief Hartwell Chief Hartwell See fewer	$1.1MM
A Day of Trouble (2021) Hank Hank See fewer	$400K
I'm Sorry - (Carla's Tales) (2020) Sandy's Father Sandy's Father See fewer
Why Me (2020) Thomas, Producer Thomas, Producer See fewer	$150K
Dolemite Is My Name (2019) Special Thanks Special Thanks See fewer
Keys (2019) Chief Charlie Miller Chief Charlie Miller See fewer
Abandoned Act (2018) (Short) - Daryl Daryl See fewer
Dirty Dead Con Men (2018) Art McCoy Art McCoy See fewer
The Life of Dancer (2017) (Short) - Narrator, Executive Producer Narrator, Executive Producer See fewer	$10K
Blues for Life (2016) Plank Road Slim Plank Road Slim See fewer	$750K
Lucky Girl (2015) Reverend Thompson Reverend Thompson See fewer
Gps (2015) (Short) - Associate Producer, Script Consultant Associate Producer, Script Consultant See fewer
A Christmas Wedding (2013) Arthur Arthur See fewer
The Life and Times of Gangsta Brown Part 2 (2012) Special Thanks Special Thanks See fewer	$50K
Lisa Trotter (2010) (Short) - Director, Executive Producer Director, Executive Producer See fewer
Malice N Wonderland (2010) (Video) - Cain Cain See fewer
The Stick Up Kids (2008) (Video) - Uncle Bo, Director Uncle Bo, Director See fewer	$200K
The System Within (2006) Hays Hays See fewer	$500K
Hood of Horror (2006) Liore Liore See fewer	$5MM	$26K	$26K	$26K
Today You Die (2005) (Video) - Derrick Derrick See fewer
Boss'n Up (2005) Orange Juice Orange Juice See fewer	$1MM
Plant One on Me (2004) (Short) - Pablo Moses Pablo Moses See fewer
Past Present (2002) (Short) - Aboriginal Man Aboriginal Man See fewer	$50K
Beyond Suspicion (2000) MacDougall MacDougall See fewer
The Art of a Bullet (1999) Walter Simmons Walter Simmons See fewer	$150K
Amistad (1997) Creole Cook Creole Cook See fewer	$36MM	$4.6MM	$44MM	$44MM
Campfire Tales (1997) Cole (segment "The Honeymoon") Cole (segment "The Honeymoon") See fewer
Heaven's Prisoners (1996) Victor Romero Victor Romero See fewer	$25MM	$2.3MM	$5MM	$5MM
Se7en (1995) George the Night Guard at the Library George the Night Guard at the Library See fewer	$33MM	$14MM	$100MM	$327MM
Speed (1994) Sam Sam See fewer	$30MM	$14MM	$121MM	$350MM
Caroline at Midnight (1994) Stan Donovan Stan Donovan See fewer
Prophet Nat (1992) Runaway Slave Runaway Slave See fewer
The Five Heartbeats (1991) Big Red Big Red See fewer	$9MM	$1.6MM	$8.8MM	$8.8MM
The Doors (1991) Chuck Vincent Chuck Vincent See fewer	$38MM	$9.2MM	$34MM	$34MM
Demon Cop (1990) Police in Warehouse Police in Warehouse See fewer
Othello (1989) Iago Iago See fewer
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988) One Eyed Sam One Eyed Sam See fewer	$3MM	$544K	$13MM	$13MM
Patty Hearst (1988) Tall Muslim Tall Muslim See fewer		$602K	$1.2MM	$1.2MM
Ricky 1 (1986) The Champ (Silver Shadow) (as James Herbert) The Champ (Silver Shadow) (as James Herbert) See fewer
The Color Purple (1985) Jook Joint Patron (as James Hawthorne) Jook Joint Patron (as James Hawthorne) See fewer	$15MM	$1.7MM	$98MM	$98MM
Penitentiary II (1982) 1st Referee 1st Referee See fewer		$663K	$3.2MM	$3.2MM
Disco Godfather (1979) Stinger Ray (as James H. Hawthorne) Stinger Ray (as James H. Hawthorne) See fewer	$700K
In the Matchbox (Short) - Uncle Wendell Uncle Wendell See fewer	$25K

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Past Television (36 titles)	Episodes
Incandescent Love (2023– ) (TV Mini-series) - Dr. James Witherstone, Associate Producer Dr. James Witherstone, Associate Producer See fewer
5th Ward (2018) (TV Series) - John (1 episode, 2018) John (1 episode, 2018) See fewer Da Nickel (Mar 9, 2018) Season 1, Episode 2 - John John See fewer	1
Disjointed (2017) (TV Series) - Saul 'The Muskrat' FIshkin (1 episode, 2017) Saul 'The Muskrat' FIshkin (1 episode, 2017) See fewer Donna Weed (Aug 25, 2017) Season 1, Episode 6 - Saul 'The Muskrat' FIshkin Saul 'The Muskrat' FIshkin See fewer	1
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (2017) (TV Series) - Jimmy (1 episode, 2017) Jimmy (1 episode, 2017) See fewer Obey (May 10, 2017) Season 2, Episode 11 - Jimmy Jimmy See fewer	1
The Night Stalker (2016) (TV Movie) - Harrison Johnson Harrison Johnson See fewer
Agent X (2015) (TV Series) - Jacques Marat (1 episode, 2015) Jacques Marat (1 episode, 2015) See fewer Fidelity (Dec 27, 2015) Season 1, Episode 10 - Jacques Marat Jacques Marat See fewer	1
Newsreaders (2015) (TV Series) - Reg Minton (1 episode, 2015) Reg Minton (1 episode, 2015) See fewer The FMK Killer; Newsreaders: Behind the Scenes (Feb 6, 2015) Season 2, Episode 13 - Reg Minton Reg Minton See fewer	1
Queen Gorya (2014) (TV Series) - Ed (1 episode, 2014) Ed (1 episode, 2014) See fewer Pilot (Oct 31, 2014) Season 1, Episode 1 - Ed Ed See fewer	1
Workaholics (2012–2013) (TV Series) - Bus Driver (2 episodes, 2012) Bus Driver (2 episodes, 2012) See fewer Alice Quits (Jan 30, 2013) Season 3, Episode 13 - Bus Driver Bus Driver See fewer Real Time (Jul 17, 2012) Season 3, Episode 8 - Bus Driver Bus Driver See fewer	2
Reach Around Radio (2012) (TV Series) - Self Guest-Host (1 episode, 2012) Self Guest-Host (1 episode, 2012) See fewer Episode dated 29 October 2012 (Oct 29, 2012) Self Guest-Host Self Guest-Host See fewer	1
Players at the Poker Palace (2008) (TV Series) - Iago (1 episode, 2008) Iago (1 episode, 2008) See fewer An Othello Daydream (Jun 10, 2008) Season 1, Episode 23 - Iago Iago See fewer	1
Stargate SG-1 (2006) (TV Series) - Gavos (1 episode, 2006) Gavos (1 episode, 2006) See fewer Company of Thieves (Sep 15, 2006) Season 10, Episode 9 - Gavos Gavos See fewer	1
Carnivàle (2005) (TV Series) - Charlie Lewis (1 episode, 2005) Charlie Lewis (1 episode, 2005) See fewer The Road to Damascus (Feb 13, 2005) Season 2, Episode 6 - Charlie Lewis Charlie Lewis See fewer	1
Charmed (2002–2004) (TV Series) - Demonic Healer (2 episodes, 2002) Demonic Healer (2 episodes, 2002) See fewer A Call to Arms (Sep 12, 2004) Season 7, Episode 1 - Demonic Healer Demonic Healer See fewer Siren Song (Oct 6, 2002) Season 5, Episode 4 - Demonic Healer Demonic Healer See fewer	2
ER (2004) (TV Series) - Hawthorne (2 episodes, 2004) Hawthorne (2 episodes, 2004) See fewer Abby Normal (Apr 29, 2004) Season 10, Episode 20 - Hawthorne Hawthorne See fewer Just a Touch (Apr 22, 2004) Season 10, Episode 19 - Hawthorne Hawthorne See fewer	2
The District (2003) (TV Series) - Strong (1 episode, 2003) Strong (1 episode, 2003) See fewer Jack's Back (Sep 27, 2003) Season 4, Episode 1 - Strong Strong See fewer	1
Roswell (2001) (TV Series) - Suspect (1 episode, 2001) Suspect (1 episode, 2001) See fewer Cry Your Name (Apr 23, 2001) Season 2, Episode 17 - Suspect Suspect See fewer	1
City of Angels (2000) (TV Series) - Curtis (1 episode, 2000) Curtis (1 episode, 2000) See fewer A Farewell to Arm (Nov 2, 2000) Season 2, Episode 4 - Curtis Curtis See fewer	1
NYPD Blue (1998) (TV Series) - Calvin Chester (1 episode, 1998) Calvin Chester (1 episode, 1998) See fewer Seminal Thinking (May 12, 1998) Season 5, Episode 21 - Calvin Chester Calvin Chester See fewer	1
Sparks (1997) (TV Series) - Claude (2 episodes, 1997) Claude (2 episodes, 1997) See fewer Defending Claude (Sep 29, 1997) Season 2, Episode 6 - Claude Claude See fewer Self Defense (Feb 17, 1997) Season 1, Episode 17 - Claude Claude See fewer	2
The Good News (1997) (TV Series) - Bob James (1 episode, 1997) Bob James (1 episode, 1997) See fewer Ashes to Ashes (Sep 8, 1997) Season 1, Episode 3 - Bob James Bob James See fewer	1
Riot (1996) (TV Movie) - Boone (segment "Homecoming Day") Boone (segment "Homecoming Day") See fewer
Martin (1994) (TV Series) - Brother Claus (1 episode, 1994) Brother Claus (1 episode, 1994) See fewer Go Tell It on the Martin (Dec 15, 1994) Season 3, Episode 13 - Brother Claus Brother Claus See fewer	1
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1994) (TV Series) - Gage (1 episode, 1994) Gage (1 episode, 1994) See fewer Hard Rock (Feb 4, 1994) Season 1, Episode 18 - Gage Gage See fewer	1
Frasier (1993) (TV Series) - Bill (1 episode, 1993) Bill (1 episode, 1993) See fewer Miracle on Third or Fourth Street (Dec 16, 1993) Season 1, Episode 12 - Bill Bill See fewer	1
The Heart of Justice (1992) (TV Movie) - Harry Harry See fewer
The Habitation of Dragons (1992) (TV Movie) - Lonny Johnson Lonny Johnson See fewer
The Water Engine (1992) (TV Movie) - Factory Worker Factory Worker See fewer
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1992) (TV Series) - George (1 episode, 1992) George (1 episode, 1992) See fewer Vying for Attention (Mar 2, 1992) Season 2, Episode 21 - George George See fewer	1
Frank's Place (1988) (TV Series) - Coach Davidson (1 episode, 1988) Coach Davidson (1 episode, 1988) See fewer The Recruiting Game (Mar 15, 1988) Season 1, Episode 21 - Coach Davidson Coach Davidson See fewer	1
Police Story: The Freeway Killings (1987) (TV Movie) - Reverend Johnson Reverend Johnson See fewer
Cheers (1987) (TV Series) - Juror #4 (1 episode, 1987) Juror #4 (1 episode, 1987) See fewer Never Love a Goalie: Part 2 (Feb 5, 1987) Season 5, Episode 17 - Juror #4 Juror #4 See fewer	1
Amazing Stories (1986) (TV Series) - Fowler (1 episode, 1986) Fowler (1 episode, 1986) See fewer Life on Death Row (Nov 10, 1986) Season 2, Episode 7 - Fowler Fowler See fewer	1
What's Happening Now! (1985–1986) (TV Series) - Hardhat / Customer (2 episodes, 1985) Hardhat / Customer (2 episodes, 1985) See fewer Nadine's Boss (Mar 8, 1986) Season 1, Episode 21 - Hardhat Hardhat See fewer Dueling Menus (Nov 9, 1985) Season 1, Episode 10 - Customer Customer See fewer	2
Hill Street Blues (1984–1986) (TV Series) - Jack / Dealer / Steerer (3 episodes, 1984) Jack / Dealer / Steerer (3 episodes, 1984) See fewer Larry of Arabia (Feb 27, 1986) Season 6, Episode 17 - Jack Jack See fewer See more See fewer Loading	3
Stir Crazy (1986) (TV Series) - Winters (1 episode, 1986) Winters (1 episode, 1986) See fewer Basic Straining (Jan 7, 1986) Season 1, Episode 9 - Winters Winters See fewer	1

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Self (13 titles)
TAP Interviews (2023) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 2023) Self (1 episode, 2023) See fewer Matt J. Doyle Interviews Hawthorne James & his Wife (Dec 18, 2023) Season 21, Episode 1 - Self Self See fewer
3rd Annual eZWay Awards Virtual Golden Gala (2022) (TV Special) - Presenter Presenter See fewer
The Access Lake Shore Drive Show (WSBC RADIO) (2022– ) (Podcast Series) - Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer
The Kevin & Nikee Show (2017–2021) (TV Series) - Self (2 episodes, 2017) Self (2 episodes, 2017) See fewer The Kevin & Nikee Show - Black History Month - Hawthorne James - Legendary, Iconic Actor, Writer, Director and Producer (Feb 10, 2021) Season 1, Episode 166 - Self Self See fewer The Kevin & Nikee Show - Hawthorne James - Legendary, Iconic Actor, Writer, Director and Producer (Jan 20, 2017) Season 1, Episode 3 - Self Self See fewer
The Melody Trice Show (2019) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 2019) Self (1 episode, 2019) See fewer Black Hollywood (Oct 21, 2019) Self Self See fewer
Making the Five Heartbeats (2018) Self Self See fewer
The Actor's Choice (2017) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 2017) Self (1 episode, 2017) See fewer Hawthorne James (Oct 16, 2017) Season 3, Episode 7 - Self Self See fewer
The New Hollywood: Above the Line (2014) (Short) - Self Self See fewer
4TH NAFCA: African Oscar (2014) (TV Special) - Self - Presenter Self - Presenter See fewer
Top 40 Ultimate Action Movies (2014) (TV Movie) - Self / Sam the Bus Driver (as Hawthorn James) Self / Sam the Bus Driver (as Hawthorn James) See fewer
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House (2013) Self Self See fewer
The Mo'Nique Show (2011) (TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 2011) Self (1 episode, 2011) See fewer Episode dated 19 July 2011 (Jul 19, 2011) Self Self See fewer
The Making of 'Speed 2: Cruise Control' (1997) (TV Movie) - Sam, bus driver Sam, bus driver See fewer

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Other (2 titles)
Shadow Ops: Red Mercury (2004) (Video Game) - Actor (voice) Actor (voice) See fewer
Code Blue (2000) (Video Game) - Cal 'Lowdown' Washington (voice) Cal 'Lowdown' Washington (voice) See fewer

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