Jim Beaver

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Jim Beaver

Acting 76 August 12, 1950

Laramie, Wyoming, USA

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…

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Breaking Bad

Breaking Bad

9.0 2008 TV Show
The Boys

The Boys

8.4 2019 TV Show
Supernatural

Supernatural

8.3 2005 TV Show
The Mentalist

The Mentalist

8.4 2008 TV Show
Better Call Saul

Better Call Saul

8.7 2015 TV Show
Criminal Minds

Criminal Minds

8.3 2005 TV Show
Dexter

Dexter

8.2 2006 TV Show
Bones

Bones

8.2 2005 TV Show
Crimson Peak

Crimson Peak

6.7 2015 Movie
NCIS

NCIS

7.6 2003 TV Show
The X-Files

The X-Files

8.4 1993 TV Show
Magnolia

Magnolia

7.7 1999 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2022
    The Winchesters

    TV show Bobby Singer

  2. 2022
    No More Time

    Movie Radio Host

  3. 2022
    Outer Range

    TV show Harrison Farber

  4. 2021
    Nightmare Alley

    Movie Sheriff Jedediah Judd

  5. 2020
    Blindfire

    Movie Sergeant Ward

  6. 2020
    B Positive

    TV show Spencer

  7. 2019
    Watchmen

    TV show Andy

  8. 2019
    Mama Bear

    Movie Doctor

  9. 2019
    The Boys

    TV show Secretary of Defense Robert A. Singer

  10. 2019
    Deadwood: The Movie

    Movie Whitney Ellsworth (archive footage)

  11. 2019
    Scripts Gone Wild Zombie Nightmare

    Movie

  12. 2018
    Hospitality

    Movie The Boss

  13. 2018
    Billy Boy

    Movie Crabtree

  14. 2018
    Remember the Sultana

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

  15. 2017
    Young Sheldon

    TV show Kenneth

  16. 2016
    The Frontier

    Movie Lee

More credits
  1. 2016
    Timeless

    TV show NSA Agent Jake Neville

  2. 2016
    Injection

    Movie Pops

  3. 2016
    The Ranch

    TV show Chuck

  4. 2015
    Crimson Peak

    Movie Carter Cushing

  5. 2015
    The Adventures of Biffle and Shooster

    Movie The Captain

  6. 2015
    Better Call Saul

    TV show Lawson

  7. 2014
    Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files

    TV show Arliss Fontenot

  8. 2013
    Night Riders

    Movie Writer

  9. 2012
    Revolution

    TV show John Franklin Fry

  10. 2012
    Major Crimes

    TV show Donald Beckwith

  11. 2012
    Longmire

    TV show Lee Rosky

  12. 2011
    Love Bites

    TV show Trucker

  13. 2011
    The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy

    Movie J. Wright Mooar

  14. 2010
    Law & Order: LA

    TV show Frank Loomis

  15. 2010
    Justified

    TV show Shelby Parlow

  16. 2009
    Dark and Stormy Night

    Movie Jack Tugdon

  17. 2009
    The Middle

    TV show Eddie Stokes

  18. 2009
    Harper's Island

    TV show Charlie Mills

  19. 2009
    Lie to Me

    TV show Gus Sloan

  20. 2008
    The Mentalist

    TV show Cobb Holwell

  21. 2008
    Reflections

    Movie Franck

  22. 2008
    Breaking Bad

    TV show Lawson

  23. 2007
    John from Cincinnati

    TV show Vietnam Joe

  24. 2007
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