James has Hollywood film career

Jimmy James Jr. (Redhawk) is a 67-year-old Choctaw and Cherokee producer and actor.

Jimmy was the producer of the films “Attack of the Unknown” and “Pipeline” where he played Leonard Pax a Tribal Police officer alongside good friends Wes Studi and Barry Corbin.

He also acted in “The Dawn” alongside Jonathan Bennett, Stacy Dash, Devanny Pinn.

Jimmy had uncredited roles in the “Thriller” music video with Michael Jackson, directed by John Landis and produced by Quincy Jones, and “Best of Times” alongside Kurt Russell and Robin Williams.

He was a credited actor in “About Scout” with Jane Seymour and Danny Glover, “Cowboys and Indians,” “Escape from Ensenada,” the Lifetime movie “Husband Wife and their Lover,” “The Neighbors,” “Tornado Alley,” and spokesperson for True Credit Nationwide Commercials. He was also in music videos with R5 and That Poppy.

Jimmy was born in Los Angeles and lived in Burbank, California. He worked in the family Business Jim James Enterprises in North Hollywood, California, alongside his father, Jimmy James Sr., in a government-bonded sheet metal company that made components for the movie industry, NASA Space Program, and space shuttle projects.

Later moved to Kern County, California and married Louise James in 1977. He has one son, Blake and seven grandchildren.

Jimmy signed with Sovereign Talent in Los Angeles, which represents Eric Roberts.

He is very proud to be Choctaw and is active in the Indigenous community.