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Jim Beaver

Jim Beaver

Known For Acting
Birthday Aug 12, 1950 (75)
Birthplace Laramie, Wyoming, USA
Popularity 0.8 (history)
Updated Dec 19, 2024 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

James Norman "Jim" Beaver, Jr. (born August 12, 1950) is an American stage, film, and television actor, playwright, screenwriter, and film historian. He is perhaps most familiar to worldwide audiences as the gruff but tenderhearted prospector Whitney Ellsworth on the HBO Western drama series Deadwoo ... d, a starring role which brought him acclaim and a Screen Actors Guild Awards nomination for Ensemble Acting after three decades of supporting work in films and TV. He currently portrays Bobby Singer in the CW television series Supernatural. His memoir Life's That Way was published in April 2009. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jim Beaver, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For

Filmography

No More Time

No More Time

2022

as Radio Host

Nightmare Alley

Nightmare Alley

2021

as Sheriff Jedediah Judd

Blindfire

Blindfire

2020

as Sergeant Ward

Mama Bear

Mama Bear

2019

as Doctor

Deadwood: The Movie

Deadwood: The Movie

2019

as Whitney Ellsworth (archive footage)

Hospitality

Hospitality

2018

as The Boss

Billy Boy

Billy Boy

2018

as Crabtree

The Frontier

The Frontier

2016

as Lee

Remember the Sultana

Remember the Sultana

2015

as Joseph Taylor Elliott / First Engineering Officer Nathaniel Wintringer (voice)

Crimson Peak

Crimson Peak

2015

as Carter Cushing

Dark and Stormy Night

Dark and Stormy Night

2009

as Jack Tugdon

Reflections

Reflections

2008

as Franck

Next

Next

2007

as Wisdom

Wheelmen

Wheelmen

2005

as Agent Hammond

The Life of David Gale

The Life of David Gale

2003

as Duke Grover

Adaptation.

Adaptation.

2002

as Ranger Tony

Warden of Red Rock

Warden of Red Rock

2001

as Jefferson Bent

Joy Ride

Joy Ride

2001

as Sheriff Ritter

Magnolia

Magnolia

1999

as Smiling Peanut Patron #1

Mr. Murder

Mr. Murder

1998

as Agent Jason Reiling

Divided by Hate

Divided by Hate

1997

as Danny Leland

Wounded

Wounded

1997

as Agent Eric Ashton

Bad Girls

Bad Girls

1994

as Pinkerton Detective Graves

Blue Chips

Blue Chips

1994

as Ricky's Father

Gunsmoke: The Long Ride

Gunsmoke: The Long Ride

1993

as Traveling Blacksmith

Sliver

Sliver

1993

as Detective Ira

Geronimo: An American Legend

Geronimo: An American Legend

1993

as Proclamation Officer

Twogether

Twogether

1992

as Oscar

Gunsmoke: To the Last Man

Gunsmoke: To the Last Man

1992

as Deputy Willie Rudd

Sister Act

Sister Act

1992

as Clarkson

Follow Your Heart

Follow Your Heart

1990

as Craig Hraboy

El Diablo

El Diablo

1990

as Spivey Irick

Mothers, Daughters and Lovers

Mothers, Daughters and Lovers

1989

as Sheriff Jack Edzard

In Country

In Country

1989

as Earl Smith

Turner & Hooch

Turner & Hooch

1989

as Plant Manager

Defense Play

Defense Play

1988

as FBI Man

The Seniors

The Seniors

1978

as Client (uncredited)

Semi-Tough

Semi-Tough

1977

as B.E.A.T. Member (uncredited)

Night Riders

Night Riders

2013

Screenplay, Writer

Care Bears: Big Wish Movie

Care Bears: Big Wish Movie

2005

Music Coordinator

Sweet Revenge

Sweet Revenge

1987

Additional Dialogue

Night Riders

Night Riders

2013

Director

Night Riders

Night Riders

2013

Executive Producer

Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Supernatural

as Bobby Singer

Episodes: 67

First Aired: Sep 13, 2005

Thunder Alley

as Leland DuParte

Episodes: 29

First Aired: Mar 09, 1994

Deadwood

as Whitney Ellsworth

Episodes: 24

First Aired: Mar 21, 2004

B Positive

as Spencer

Episodes: 16

First Aired: Nov 05, 2020

Reasonable Doubts

as Detective Earl Gaddis

Episodes: 14

First Aired: Sep 26, 1991

Harper's Island

as Charlie Mills

Episodes: 13

First Aired: Apr 09, 2009

Justified

as Shelby Parlow

Episodes: 11

First Aired: Mar 16, 2010

The Boys

as Robert Singer

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Jul 25, 2019

John from Cincinnati

as Vietnam Joe

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Jun 10, 2007

The Trouble with Normal

as Gary

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Oct 06, 2000

3rd Rock from the Sun

as Happy Doug

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Jan 09, 1996

Big Love

as Carter Reese

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Mar 12, 2006

Timeless

as NSA Agent Jake Neville

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Oct 03, 2016

Six Feet Under

as Prison Officer

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jun 03, 2001

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Stanley Tanner

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 06, 2000

Breaking Bad

as Lawson

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jan 20, 2008

Revolution

as John Franklin Fry

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 17, 2012

Better Call Saul

as Lawson

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 08, 2015

The Ranch

as Chuck

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Apr 01, 2016

Justified

as Shelby Parlow / Drew Thompson

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Mar 16, 2010

That '70s Show

as Tony

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 23, 1998

Star Trek: Enterprise

as Admiral Daniel Leonard

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 26, 2001

Psych

as Pete Dillingham

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 07, 2006

The West Wing

as Carl

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 1999

Home Improvement

as Duke Miller

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 17, 1991

The Division

as Fred Zito

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 07, 2001

Monk

as Sheriff Ronald Mathis

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 12, 2002

Matlock

as Barney Sutler

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 03, 1986

The Unit

as Lloyd Cole

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 07, 2006

Murder One

as Donald Cleary

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1995

The X-Files

as Coroner

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1993

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

as Henry Barnes

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 1993

Melrose Place

as Ranger Virgil

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 08, 1992

Jake and the Fatman

as Defense Attorney

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 26, 1987

Tremors

as Sheriff Sam Boggs

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 28, 2003

The Lyon's Den

as Hank Ferris

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 28, 2003

The Middle

as Eddie Stokes

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 2009

Major Crimes

as Donald Beckwith

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 13, 2012

Law & Order: LA

as Frank Loomis

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 29, 2010

Nasty Boys

as Wetstone

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1989

Total Security

as Detective McKissick

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 27, 1997

The Mentalist

as Cobb Holwell

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 2008

Bones

as George Gibbons

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 2005

Bone Chillers

as Edgar Allan Poe

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 07, 1996

Justified

as Drew Thompson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 16, 2010

Criminal Minds

as Sheriff Williams

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 22, 2005

Watchmen

as Andy

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 20, 2019

Outer Range

as Harrison Farber

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 14, 2022

Young Sheldon

as Kenneth

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 25, 2017

Longmire

as Lee Rosky

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 03, 2012

The Winchesters

as Bobby Singer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 11, 2022

Crossing Jordan

as Ranger Diggory

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 24, 2001

Day Break

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Nov 15, 2006

Dexter

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 2006

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