
ACTING
Jim Beaver
- Born
- Aug 12, 1950 in 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.
MOST-RATED TMDB CREDITS
Known for

Breaking Bad
TV · 2008
Lawson

The Boys
TV · 2019
Secretary of Defense Robert A. Singer

Supernatural
TV · 2005
Bobby Singer

Better Call Saul
TV · 2015
Lawson

Dexter
TV · 2006
Hannah’s father

Crimson Peak
Movie · 2015
Carter Cushing

The Mentalist
TV · 2008
Cobb Holwell

Magnolia
Movie · 1999
Smiling Peanut Patron #1

Criminal Minds
TV · 2005
Sheriff Williams

The X-Files
TV · 1993
Coroner

Bones
TV · 2005
George Gibbons

Sister Act
Movie · 1992
Clarkson
FILMOGRAPHY
107 movie & TV credits
- 2022The WinchestersTV · Bobby Singer
- 2022No More TimeMovie · Radio Host
- 2022Outer RangeTV · Harrison Farber
- 2021Nightmare AlleyMovie · Sheriff Jedediah Judd
- 2020BlindfireMovie · Sergeant Ward
- 2020B PositiveTV · Spencer
- 2019WatchmenTV · Andy
- 2019Mama BearMovie · Doctor
- 2019The BoysTV · Secretary of Defense Robert A. Singer
- 2019Deadwood: The MovieMovie · Whitney Ellsworth (archive footage)
- 2019Scripts Gone Wild Zombie NightmareMovie
- 2018HospitalityMovie · The Boss
- 2018Billy BoyMovie · Crabtree
- 2018Remember the SultanaMovie · Joseph Taylor Elliott / First Engineering Officer Nathaniel Wintringer (voice)
- 2017Young SheldonTV · Kenneth
- 2016The FrontierMovie · Lee
- 2016TimelessTV · NSA Agent Jake Neville
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