Jim Beaver
Acting · Writing · Sound
Born 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 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
- 2022No More Time — Radio Host
- Outer Range — Harrison Farber
- The Winchesters — Bobby Singer
- 2021Nightmare Alley — Sheriff Jedediah Judd
- B Positive — Spencer
- 2020Blindfire — Sergeant Ward
- 2019Deadwood: The Movie — Whitney Ellsworth (archive footage)
- 2019Mama Bear — Doctor
- 2019Scripts Gone Wild Zombie Nightmare
- The Boys — Secretary of Defense Robert A. Singer
- Watchmen — Andy
- 2018Billy Boy — Crabtree
- 2018Hospitality — The Boss
- 2018Remember the Sultana — Joseph Taylor Elliott / First Engineering Officer Nathaniel Wintringer (voice)
- Young Sheldon — Kenneth
- 2016Injection — Pops
- 2016The Frontier — Lee
- The Ranch — Chuck
- Timeless — NSA Agent Jake Neville
- Better Call Saul — Lawson
- 2015Crimson Peak — Carter Cushing
- 2015The Adventures of Biffle and Shooster — The Captain
- Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files — Arliss Fontenot
- 2013Night Riders — Writer, Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer
- Longmire — Lee Rosky
- Major Crimes — Donald Beckwith
- Revolution — John Franklin Fry
- Love Bites — Trucker
- 2011The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy — J. Wright Mooar
- Justified — Shelby Parlow, Drew Thompson, Shelby Parlow / Drew Thompson
- Law & Order: LA — Frank Loomis
- 2009Dark and Stormy Night — Jack Tugdon
- Harper's Island — Charlie Mills
- Lie to Me — Gus Sloan
- The Middle — Eddie Stokes
- Breaking Bad — Lawson
- 2008Reflections — Franck
- The Mentalist — Cobb Holwell
- John from Cincinnati — Vietnam Joe
- 2007Next — Wisdom
- Big Love — Carter Reese
- Day Break — 'Uncle' Nick Vukovic
- Dexter — Hannah’s father
- Psych — Pete Dillingham
- The Unit — Lloyd Cole
- Bones — George Gibbons
- 2005Care Bears: Big Wish Movie — Music Coordinator
- Criminal Minds — Sheriff Williams
- Supernatural — Bobby Singer
- 2005Wheelmen — Agent Hammond
- Deadwood — Whitney Ellsworth
- NCIS — Captain Tom O'Rourke
- 2003The Life of David Gale — Duke Grover
- The Lyon's Den — Hank Ferris
- Tremors — Sheriff Sam Boggs
- 2002Adaptation. — Ranger Tony
- Monk — Sheriff Ronald Mathis
- Crossing Jordan — Ranger Diggory
- 2001Joy Ride — Sheriff Ritter
- Six Feet Under — Prison Officer
- Star Trek: Enterprise — Daniel Leonard
- The Division — Fred Zito
- 2001Warden of Red Rock — Jefferson Bent
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Stanley Tanner
- The Trouble with Normal — Gary
- 1999Magnolia — Smiling Peanut Patron #1
- The West Wing — Carl
- 1998Mr. Murder — Agent Jason Reiling
- That '70s Show — Tony
- 1997Divided by Hate — Danny Leland
- Total Security — Detective McKissick
- 1997Wounded — Agent Eric Ashton
- 3rd Rock from the Sun — Happy Doug
- Bone Chillers — Edgar Allan Poe
- Murder One — Donald Cleary
- 1994Bad Girls — Pinkerton Detective Graves
- 1994Blue Chips — Ricky's Father
- Thunder Alley — Leland DuParte
- 1993Geronimo: An American Legend — Proclamation Officer
- 1993Gunsmoke: The Long Ride — Traveling Blacksmith
- Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman — Henry Barnes
- 1993Sliver — Detective Ira
- The X-Files — Coroner
- 1992Gunsmoke: To the Last Man — Deputy Willie Rudd
- Melrose Place — Ranger Virgil
- 1992Sister Act — Clarkson
- 1992Twogether — Oscar
- Home Improvement — Duke Miller
- Reasonable Doubts — Detective Earl Gaddis
- 1990El Diablo — Spivey Irick
- 1990Follow Your Heart — Craig Hraboy
- Nasty Boys — Wetstone
- 1990The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson — Maj. Trimble
- 1989In Country — Earl Smith
- 1989Mothers, Daughters and Lovers — Sheriff Jack Edzard
- 1989Turner & Hooch — Plant Manager
- 1988Defense Play — FBI Man
- 1988Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake — Motel Manager
- Jake and the Fatman — Defense Attorney
- 1987Sweet Revenge — Smuggler (uncredited), Additional Dialogue
- Tour of Duty — Writer
- Matlock — Barney Sutler
- The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Writer
- 1983Girls of the White Orchid — Pedestrian
- 1979Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders — Cowboy Player (uncredited)
- 1978The Seniors — Client (uncredited)
- 1977Semi-Tough — B.E.A.T. Member (uncredited)