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Actor

Jim Beaver

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Acting credits

100

Prolific

Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

1.5

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Movies: 47Series: 56Crew credits: 4

TMDB ID: 29862

IMDb ID: nm0064769

Known for: Acting

Born: August 12, 1950

Age: 75

Place of birth: Laramie, Wyoming, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1977 - 2022

Years active: 46

Average TMDB rating: 7.15

Wikidata: Q155378

Also known as

James Norman Beaver Jr. • James Beaver • Richard Muldoon • John Petlock

Other jobs

Writer (2)Additional Dialogue (1)Music Coordinator (1)

Biography

James Norman "Jim" Beaver, Jr. (born August 12, 1950) is an American businessman, entrepreneur, stage, film, and television actor, playwright, screenwriter, and film historian. He is perhaps most familiar to worldwide audiences as the gruff but tenderhearted prospector Whitney Ellsworth on the HBO Western drama series Deadwood, a starring role which brought him acclaim and a Screen Actors Guild Awards nomination for Ensemble Acting after three decades of supporting work in films and TV. He currently portrays Bobby Singer in the CW television series Supernatural. His memoir Life's That Way was published in April 2009.

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