Jim Beaver
- Acting
- August 12, 1950 · Laramie, Wyoming, USA
Biography
James Norman Beaver Jr. (born August 12, 1950) is an American actor, writer, and film historian. He portrayed Bobby Singer in Supernatural. He also played Whitney Ellsworth on the HBO Western drama series Deadwood, which brought him acclaim and a Screen Actors Guild Awards nomination for Ensemble Acting, Sheriff Shelby Parlow on the FX series Justified, and Robert "Dakota Bob" Singer on the Amazon Prime Video series The Boys. His memoir Life's That Way was published in April 2009.
Known for
Filmography
- The Winchesters · Bobby Singer
- No More Time · Radio Host
- Outer Range · Harrison Farber
- Nightmare Alley · Sheriff Jedediah Judd
- Blindfire · Sergeant Ward
- B Positive · Spencer
- Watchmen · Andy
- Mama Bear · Doctor
- The Boys · Secretary of Defense Robert A. Singer
- Deadwood: The Movie · Whitney Ellsworth (archive footage)
- Scripts Gone Wild Zombie Nightmare
- Hospitality · The Boss
- Billy Boy · Crabtree
- Remember the Sultana · Joseph Taylor Elliott / First Engineering Officer Nathaniel Wintringer (Voice)
- Young Sheldon · Kenneth
- The Frontier · Lee
- Timeless · NSA Agent Jake Neville
- Injection · Pops
- The Ranch · Chuck
- Crimson Peak · Carter Cushing
- The Adventures of Biffle and Shooster · The Captain
- Better Call Saul · Lawson
- Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files · Arliss Fontenot
- Night Riders · Screenplay, Writer
- Revolution · John Franklin Fry
- Major Crimes · Donald Beckwith
- Longmire · Lee Rosky
- Love Bites · Trucker
- The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy · J. Wright Mooar
- Law & Order: LA · Frank Loomis
- Justified · Shelby Parlow, Shelby Parlow / Drew Thompson
- Dark and Stormy Night · Jack Tugdon
- The Middle · Eddie Stokes
- Harper's Island · Charlie Mills
- Lie to Me · Gus Sloan
- The Mentalist · Cobb Holwell
- Reflections · Franck
- Breaking Bad · Lawson
- John from Cincinnati · Vietnam Joe
- Next · Wisdom
- Day Break · 'Uncle' Nick Vukovic
- Dexter · Hannah’s father
- Psych · Pete Dillingham
- Big Love · Carter Reese
- The Unit · Lloyd Cole
- Criminal Minds · Sheriff Williams
- Supernatural · Bobby Singer
- Bones · George Gibbons
- Care Bears: Big Wish Movie · Music Coordinator
- Wheelmen · Agent Hammond
- Deadwood · Whitney Ellsworth
- The Lyon's Den · Hank Ferris
- NCIS · Captain Tom O'Rourke
- Tremors · Sheriff Sam Boggs
- The Life of David Gale · Duke Grover
- Adaptation. · Ranger Tony
- Monk · Sheriff Ronald Mathis
- Joy Ride · Sheriff Ritter
- Star Trek: Enterprise · Daniel Leonard
- Crossing Jordan · Ranger Diggory
- Warden of Red Rock · Jefferson Bent
- Six Feet Under · Prison Officer
- The Division · Fred Zito
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation · Stanley Tanner
- The Trouble with Normal · Gary
- Magnolia · Smiling Peanut Patron #1
- The West Wing · Carl
- Mr. Murder · Agent Jason Reiling
- That '70s Show · Tony
- Total Security · Detective McKissick
- Wounded · Agent Eric Ashton
- Divided by Hate · Danny Leland
- Bone Chillers · Edgar Allan Poe
- 3rd Rock from the Sun · Happy Doug
- Murder One · Donald Cleary
- Bad Girls · Pinkerton Detective Graves
- Thunder Alley · Leland DuParte
- Blue Chips · Ricky's Father
- Geronimo: An American Legend · Proclamation Officer
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman · Henry Barnes