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Jim Beaver

James Norman Beaver Jr. is an American actor, playwright, screenwriter, and film historian. He is most familiar to worldwide audiences as 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, and Sheriff Shelby Parlow on the FX series Justified. His memoir Life's That Way was published in April 2009.

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Filmography

Sister Act

1992
as Clarkson

Crimson Peak

2015
as Carter Cushing

Next

2007
as Wisdom

Turner & Hooch

1989
as Plant Manager

The Life of David Gale

2003
as Duke Grover

Adaptation.

2002
as Ranger Tony

Ah! Silenciosa

1999
as Ambrose Bierce

The Adventures of Biffle and Shooster

2015
as The Captain

Wheelmen

2005
as Agent Hammond

Joy Ride

2001
as Sheriff Ritter

Billy Boy

2018
as Crabtree

Hospitality

2018
as The Boss

Bad Girls

1994
as Pinkerton Detective Graves

Sliver

1993
as Detective Ira

Supernatural Fandom

2016
as Jim Beaver

Injection

2016
as Pops

In Country

1989
as Earl Smith

Mr. Murder

1999
as Agent Jason Reiling

The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson

1990
as Maj. Trimble

The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy

2011
as J. Wright Mooar

Remember the Sultana

2018
as Joseph Taylor Elliott / First Engineering Officer Nathaniel Wintringer (voice)

Wounded

1997
as Agent Eric Ashton

Dark and Stormy Night

2009
as Jack Tugdon

The Frontier

2016
as Lee

Divided by Hate

1997
as Danny Leland

El Diablo

1990
as Spivey Irick

Twogether

1992
as Oscar

Director

Movie Night Riders 2013

Writer

Movie Night Riders 2013

Producer

Movie Night Riders 2013
Movie The H Man 2007