Jim Beaver
Biography
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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Movies (18)
No More Time
as Radio Host
2022
Nightmare Alley
as Sheriff Jedediah Judd
2021
Blindfire
as Sergeant Ward
2020
Mama Bear
as Doctor
2019
Deadwood: The Movie
as Whitney Ellsworth (archive footage)
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
The Frontier
as Lee
2016
Crimson Peak
as Carter Cushing
2015
The Adventures of Biffle and Shooster
as The Captain
2015
Night Riders
Writer (Writing)
2013
The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy
as J. Wright Mooar
2011
Dark and Stormy Night
as Jack Tugdon
2009
Reflections
as Franck
2008
Next
as Wisdom
2007
Care Bears: Big Wish Movie
Music Coordinator (Sound)
2005
Wheelmen
as Agent Hammond
2005
TV Shows (32)
The Winchesters
as Bobby Singer
2022
Outer Range
as Harrison Farber
2022
B Positive
as Spencer
2020
Watchmen
as Andy
2019
The Boys
as Secretary of Defense Robert A. Singer
2019
Young Sheldon
as Kenneth
2017
Timeless
as NSA Agent Jake Neville
2016
The Ranch
as Chuck
2016
Better Call Saul
as Lawson
2015
Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files
as Arliss Fontenot
2014
Revolution
as John Franklin Fry
2012
Major Crimes
as Donald Beckwith
2012
Longmire
as Lee Rosky
2012
Law & Order: LA
as Frank Loomis
2010
Justified
as Shelby Parlow
2010
The Middle
as Eddie Stokes
2009
Harper's Island
as Charlie Mills
2009
The Mentalist
as Cobb Holwell
2008
Breaking Bad
as Lawson
2008
John from Cincinnati
as Vietnam Joe
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
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