Acting

Jim Beaver

Born 1950-08-12 · 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.

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The Winchesters
as Bobby Singer
2022
No More Time
as Radio Host
2022
Outer Range
as Harrison Farber
2022
Nightmare Alley
as Sheriff Jedediah Judd
2021
Blindfire
as Sergeant Ward
2020
B Positive
as Spencer
2020
Watchmen
as Andy
2019
Mama Bear
as Doctor
2019
The Boys
as Secretary of Defense Robert A. Singer
2019
Deadwood: The Movie
as Whitney Ellsworth (archive footage)
2019
Scripts Gone Wild Zombie Nightmare
2019
Hospitality
as The Boss
2018
Billy Boy
as Crabtree
2018
Remember the Sultana
as Joseph Taylor Elliott / First Engineering Officer Nathaniel Wintringer (voice)
2018
Young Sheldon
as Kenneth
2017
The Frontier
as Lee
2016
Timeless
as NSA Agent Jake Neville
2016
Injection
as Pops
2016
The Ranch
as Chuck
2016
Crimson Peak
as Carter Cushing
2015
The Adventures of Biffle and Shooster
as The Captain
2015
Better Call Saul
as Lawson
2015
Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files
as Arliss Fontenot
2014
Night Riders
Writer
2013
Night Riders
Director
2013
Night Riders
Screenplay
2013
Night Riders
Executive Producer
2013
Revolution
as John Franklin Fry
2012
Major Crimes
as Donald Beckwith
2012
Longmire
as Lee Rosky
2012
Love Bites
as Trucker
2011
The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy
as J. Wright Mooar
2011
Law & Order: LA
as Frank Loomis
2010
Justified
as Shelby Parlow
2010
Justified
as Drew Thompson
2010
Justified
as Shelby Parlow / Drew Thompson
2010
Dark and Stormy Night
as Jack Tugdon
2009
The Middle
as Eddie Stokes
2009
Harper's Island
as Charlie Mills
2009
Lie to Me
as Gus Sloan
2009
The Mentalist
as Cobb Holwell
2008
Reflections
as Franck
2008
Breaking Bad
as Lawson
2008
John from Cincinnati
as Vietnam Joe
2007
Next
as Wisdom
2007
Day Break
as 'Uncle' Nick Vukovic
2006
Dexter
as Hannah’s father
2006
Psych
as Pete Dillingham
2006
Big Love
as Carter Reese
2006
The Unit
as Lloyd Cole
2006
Criminal Minds
as Sheriff Williams
2005
Supernatural
as Bobby Singer
2005
Bones
as George Gibbons
2005
Care Bears: Big Wish Movie
Music Coordinator
2005
Wheelmen
as Agent Hammond
2005
Deadwood
as Whitney Ellsworth
2004
The Lyon's Den
as Hank Ferris
2003
NCIS
as Captain Tom O'Rourke
2003
Tremors
as Sheriff Sam Boggs
2003
The Life of David Gale
as Duke Grover
2003
Adaptation.
as Ranger Tony
2002
Monk
as Sheriff Ronald Mathis
2002
Joy Ride
as Sheriff Ritter
2001
Star Trek: Enterprise
as Daniel Leonard
2001
Crossing Jordan
as Ranger Diggory
2001
Warden of Red Rock
as Jefferson Bent
2001
Six Feet Under
as Prison Officer
2001
The Division
as Fred Zito
2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Stanley Tanner
2000
The Trouble with Normal
as Gary
2000
Magnolia
as Smiling Peanut Patron #1
1999
The West Wing
as Carl
1999
Mr. Murder
as Agent Jason Reiling
1998
That '70s Show
as Tony
1998
Total Security
as Detective McKissick
1997
Wounded
as Agent Eric Ashton
1997
Divided by Hate
as Danny Leland
1997
Bone Chillers
as Edgar Allan Poe
1996
3rd Rock from the Sun
as Happy Doug
1996
Murder One
as Donald Cleary
1995