Jim Beaver

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1950-08-12 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Laramie, Wyoming, USA

Jim Beaver

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 Deadwood, 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 Be...

Acting

2002

Adaptation.

as Ranger Tony

2001

Joy Ride

as Sheriff Ritter

1988

Defense Play

as FBI Man

1994

Bad Girls

as Pinkerton Detective Graves

2008

Reflections

as Franck

2009

Dark and Stormy Night

as Jack Tugdon

2022

No More Time

as Radio Host

1992

Gunsmoke: To the Last Man

as Deputy Willie Rudd

2019

Mama Bear

as Doctor

1993

Geronimo: An American Legend

as Proclamation Officer

1999

Magnolia

as Smiling Peanut Patron #1

1989

Turner & Hooch

as Plant Manager

2001

Warden of Red Rock

as Jefferson Bent

2005

Wheelmen

as Agent Hammond

1994

Blue Chips

as Ricky's Father

1990

Follow Your Heart

as Craig Hraboy

2016

1997

Wounded

as Agent Eric Ashton

1993

Gunsmoke: The Long Ride

as Traveling Blacksmith

2015

Crimson Peak

as Carter Cushing

2007

Next

as Wisdom

2003

2018

Billy Boy

as Crabtree

1992

Twogether

as Oscar

1998

Mr. Murder

as Agent Jason Reiling

1990

El Diablo

as Spivey Irick

1997

Divided by Hate

as Danny Leland

1989

In Country

as Earl Smith

2018

Hospitality

as The Boss

1993

Sliver

as Detective Ira

1992

Sister Act

as Clarkson

1978

The Seniors

as Client (uncredited)

-

Injection

as Pops

2019

Deadwood: The Movie

as Whitney Ellsworth (archive footage)

1977

Semi-Tough

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

2021

Nightmare Alley

as Sheriff Jedediah Judd

2015

Remember the Sultana

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

2020

Blindfire

as Sergeant Ward

1989

Mothers, Daughters and Lovers

as Sheriff Jack Edzard

1983

Production

2005

Care Bears: Big Wish Movie

as Music Coordinator

2013

Night Riders

as Writer

2013

Night Riders

as Director

2013

Night Riders

as Screenplay

2013

Night Riders

as Executive Producer

1987

Sweet Revenge

as Additional Dialogue

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