Jim Beaver

Known for: Acting

Born: 1950-08-12 (age 75)

From: 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 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 (102)

TV★ 7.5
The Winchesters
2022
as Bobby Singer
MOVIE★ 2.0
No More Time
2022
as Radio Host
TV★ 6.9
Outer Range
2022
as Harrison Farber
MOVIE★ 7.0
Nightmare Alley
2021
as Sheriff Jedediah Judd
MOVIE★ 6.8
Blindfire
2020
as Sergeant Ward
TV★ 6.3
B Positive
2020
as Spencer
TV★ 7.6
Watchmen
2019
as Andy
MOVIE
Mama Bear
2019
as Doctor
TV★ 8.4
The Boys
2019
as Secretary of Defense Robert A. Singer
MOVIE★ 6.7
Deadwood: The Movie
2019
as Whitney Ellsworth (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 5.8
Hospitality
2018
as The Boss
MOVIE★ 4.6
Billy Boy
2018
as Crabtree
MOVIE★ 6.5
Remember the Sultana
2018
as Joseph Taylor Elliott / First Engineering Officer Nathaniel Wintringer (voice)
TV★ 8.0
Young Sheldon
2017
as Kenneth
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Frontier
2016
as Lee
TV★ 7.2
Timeless
2016
as NSA Agent Jake Neville
MOVIE
Injection
2016
as Pops
TV★ 7.4
The Ranch
2016
as Chuck
MOVIE★ 6.7
Crimson Peak
2015
as Carter Cushing
MOVIE
The Adventures of Biffle and Shooster
2015
as The Captain
TV★ 8.7
Better Call Saul
2015
as Lawson
TV
Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files
2014
as Arliss Fontenot
TV★ 6.4
Revolution
2012
as John Franklin Fry
TV★ 7.4
Major Crimes
2012
as Donald Beckwith
TV★ 7.7
Longmire
2012
as Lee Rosky
TV★ 6.3
Love Bites
2011
as Trucker
MOVIE★ 4.5
The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy
2011
as J. Wright Mooar
TV★ 6.8
Law & Order: LA
2010
as Frank Loomis
TV★ 8.0
Justified
2010
as Shelby Parlow
MOVIE★ 5.9
Dark and Stormy Night
2009
as Jack Tugdon
TV★ 7.6
The Middle
2009
as Eddie Stokes
TV★ 6.9
Harper's Island
2009
as Charlie Mills
TV★ 7.9
Lie to Me
2009
as Gus Sloan
TV★ 8.4
The Mentalist
2008
as Cobb Holwell
MOVIE★ 5.6
Reflections
2008
as Franck
TV★ 8.9
Breaking Bad
2008
as Lawson
TV★ 6.2
John from Cincinnati
2007
as Vietnam Joe
MOVIE★ 6.1
Next
2007
as Wisdom
TV★ 7.5
Day Break
2006
as 'Uncle' Nick Vukovic
TV★ 8.2
Dexter
2006
as Hannah’s father
TV★ 7.9
Psych
2006
as Pete Dillingham
TV★ 6.9
Big Love
2006
as Carter Reese
TV★ 7.3
The Unit
2006
as Lloyd Cole
TV★ 8.3
Criminal Minds
2005
as Sheriff Williams
TV★ 8.3
Supernatural
2005
as Bobby Singer
TV★ 8.2
Bones
2005
as George Gibbons
MOVIE★ 7.0
Wheelmen
2005
as Agent Hammond
TV★ 8.1
Deadwood
2004
as Whitney Ellsworth
TV★ 8.8
The Lyon's Den
2003
as Hank Ferris
TV★ 7.6
NCIS
2003
as Captain Tom O'Rourke
TV★ 6.2
Tremors
2003
as Sheriff Sam Boggs
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Life of David Gale
2003
as Duke Grover
MOVIE★ 7.3
Adaptation.
2002
as Ranger Tony
TV★ 8.0
Monk
2002
as Sheriff Ronald Mathis
MOVIE★ 6.5
Joy Ride
2001
as Sheriff Ritter
TV★ 7.5
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001
as Daniel Leonard
TV★ 7.2
Crossing Jordan
2001
as Ranger Diggory
MOVIE★ 5.9
Warden of Red Rock
2001
as Jefferson Bent
TV★ 8.1
Six Feet Under
2001
as Prison Officer
TV★ 7.1
The Division
2001
as Fred Zito
TV★ 7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Stanley Tanner
TV★ 7.7
The Trouble with Normal
2000
as Gary
MOVIE★ 7.7
Magnolia
1999
as Smiling Peanut Patron #1
TV★ 8.3
The West Wing
1999
as Carl
MOVIE★ 5.0
Mr. Murder
1998
as Agent Jason Reiling
TV★ 7.9
That '70s Show
1998
as Tony
TV★ 7.0
Total Security
1997
as Detective McKissick
MOVIE★ 4.5
Wounded
1997
as Agent Eric Ashton
MOVIE★ 7.3
Divided by Hate
1997
as Danny Leland
TV★ 7.0
Bone Chillers
1996
as Edgar Allan Poe
TV★ 7.5
3rd Rock from the Sun
1996
as Happy Doug
TV★ 7.7
Murder One
1995
as Donald Cleary
MOVIE★ 5.4
Bad Girls
1994
as Pinkerton Detective Graves
TV★ 9.0
Thunder Alley
1994
as Leland DuParte
MOVIE★ 6.1
Blue Chips
1994
as Ricky's Father
MOVIE★ 6.3
Geronimo: An American Legend
1993
as Proclamation Officer
TV★ 6.9
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
1993
as Henry Barnes
TV★ 8.4
The X-Files
1993
as Coroner
MOVIE★ 5.6
Sliver
1993
as Detective Ira
MOVIE★ 5.4
Gunsmoke: The Long Ride
1993
as Traveling Blacksmith
MOVIE★ 3.3
Twogether
1992
as Oscar
TV★ 5.9
Melrose Place
1992
as Ranger Virgil
MOVIE★ 6.8
Sister Act
1992
as Clarkson
MOVIE★ 8.0
Gunsmoke: To the Last Man
1992
as Deputy Willie Rudd
TV★ 7.6
Reasonable Doubts
1991
as Detective Earl Gaddis
TV★ 7.4
Home Improvement
1991
as Duke Miller
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
1990
as Maj. Trimble
MOVIE★ 5.6
El Diablo
1990
as Spivey Irick
MOVIE★ 10.0
Follow Your Heart
1990
as Craig Hraboy
TV★ 6.4
Nasty Boys
1990
as Wetstone
MOVIE★ 5.6
In Country
1989
as Earl Smith
MOVIE★ 8.0
Mothers, Daughters and Lovers
1989
as Sheriff Jack Edzard
MOVIE★ 6.3
Turner & Hooch
1989
as Plant Manager
MOVIE★ 5.0
Defense Play
1988
as FBI Man
MOVIE★ 6.9
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake
1988
as Motel Manager
TV★ 6.2
Jake and the Fatman
1987
as Defense Attorney
MOVIE★ 3.7
Sweet Revenge
1987
as Smuggler (uncredited)
TV★ 7.1
Matlock
1986
as Barney Sutler
MOVIE★ 5.3
Girls of the White Orchid
1983
as Pedestrian
MOVIE★ 5.7
Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
1979
as Cowboy Player (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 4.6
The Seniors
1978
as Client (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.5
Semi-Tough
1977
as B.E.A.T. Member (uncredited)