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Jim Beaver

Acting · 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.

Movies with Jim Beaver

• Crimson Peak (2015) — Carter Cushing
• Nightmare Alley (2021) — Sheriff Jedediah Judd
• Sister Act (1992) — Clarkson
• Magnolia (1999) — Smiling Peanut Patron #1
• Next (2007) — Wisdom
• Joy Ride (2001) — Sheriff Ritter
• Sliver (1993) — Detective Ira
• Adaptation. (2002) — Ranger Tony
• Turner & Hooch (1989) — Plant Manager
• The Life of David Gale (2003) — Duke Grover
• Bad Girls (1994) — Pinkerton Detective Graves
• Geronimo: An American Legend (1993) — Proclamation Officer

TV shows with Jim Beaver

• Supernatural (2005) — Bobby Singer
• The Boys (2019) — Secretary of Defense Robert A. Singer
• 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996) — Happy Doug
• Justified (2010) — Shelby Parlow
• Deadwood (2004) — Whitney Ellsworth
• B Positive (2020) — Spencer
• Harper's Island (2009) — Charlie Mills
• Reasonable Doubts (1991) — Detective Earl Gaddis