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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.
Birth Name
James Norman Beaver Jr.
Born
Saturday, 12 August 1950
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Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Winchesters | Bobby Singer | 2022 |
| Nightmare Alley | Sheriff Jedediah Judd | 2021 |
| Blindfire | Sergeant Ward | 2020 |
| B Positive | Spencer | 2020 |
| Watchmen | Andy | 2019 |
| The Boys | Robert Singer / Secretary of Defense Robert A. Singer | 2019 |
| Deadwood: The Movie | Whitney Ellsworth / Whitney Ellsworth (archive footage) | 2019 |
| Hospitality | The Boss | 2018 |
| Billy Boy | Crabtree | 2018 |
| Remember the Sultana | Joseph Taylor Elliott / First Engineering Officer Nathaniel Wintringer (voice) / First Engineering Officer Nathaniel Wintringer | 2018 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Winchesters | Bobby Singer | 2022 |
| Nightmare Alley | Sheriff Jedediah Judd | 2021 |
| Blindfire | Sergeant Ward | 2020 |
| B Positive | Spencer | 2020 |
| Watchmen | Andy | 2019 |
| The Boys | Robert Singer / Secretary of Defense Robert A. Singer | 2019 |
| Deadwood: The Movie | Whitney Ellsworth / Whitney Ellsworth (archive footage) | 2019 |
| Hospitality | The Boss | 2018 |
| Billy Boy | Crabtree | 2018 |
| Remember the Sultana | Joseph Taylor Elliott / First Engineering Officer Nathaniel Wintringer (voice) / First Engineering Officer Nathaniel Wintringer | 2018 |
| Young Sheldon | Kenneth | 2017 |
| Shut Eye | Bob Caygeon | 2016 |
| The Frontier | Lee | 2016 |
| Timeless | Jake Neville | 2016 |
| The Ranch | Chuck | 2016 |
| Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders | Deputy Director Walter Atwood | 2016 |
| Crimson Peak | Carter Cushing | 2015 |
| The Adventures of Biffle and Shooster | The Captain | 2015 |
| Better Call Saul | Lawson | 2015 |
| NCIS: New Orleans | Rig Manager Jackson Hauser | 2014 |
| The New Adventures of Peter and Wendy | George Darling | 2014 |
| Nikki & Nora: The N&N Files | Arliss Fontenot | 2013 |
| Revolution | John Franklin Fry | 2012 |
| Major Crimes | Donald Beckwith | 2012 |
| Longmire | Lee Rosky | 2012 |
| Love Bites | Trucker | 2011 |
| The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy | J. Wright Mooar | 2011 |
| Law & Order: LA | Frank Loomis | 2010 |
| Mike & Molly | Dwight | 2010 |
| Livin' on a Dream | Self | 2010 |
| Justified | Sheriff Shelby Parlow / Shelby Parlow | 2010 |
| Dark and Stormy Night | Jack Tugdon | 2009 |
| The Middle | Eddie Stokes | 2009 |
| Harper's Island | Sheriff Charlie Mills / Charlie Mills | 2009 |
| Lie to Me | Gus Sloan | 2009 |
| The Mentalist | Cobb Holwell | 2008 |
| Reflections | Frank / Franck | 2008 |
| Breaking Bad | Lawson | 2008 |
| The Silence of Bees | Parker Lam | 2008 |
| John from Cincinnati | Vietnam Joe | 2007 |
| Tales from the Pub | Joe | 2007 |
| Next | NSA Director Wisdom / Wisdom | 2007 |
| Day Break | 'Uncle' Nick Vukovic | 2006 |
| Fuck | Ellsworth | 2006 |
| Dexter | Clint McKay | 2006 |
| Psych | Stinky Pete Dillingham | 2006 |
| Big Love | Carter Reese | 2006 |
| The Unit | Lloyd Cole | 2006 |
| Criminal Minds | Sheriff Williams | 2005 |
| Bones | George Gibbons | 2005 |
| Supernatural | Bobby Singer / Bobby / Worm / Leviathan / Demon | 2005 |
| Wheelmen | Agent Hammond | 2005 |
| Deadwood | Whitney Ellsworth | 2004 |
| The Lyon's Den | Hank Ferris | 2003 |
| NCIS | Captain Tom O'Rourke | 2003 |
| Wave Babes | Amos Nandy | 2003 |
| Tremors | Sheriff Sam Boggs | 2003 |
| The Life of David Gale | Duke Grover | 2003 |
| Adaptation. | Ranger Tony | 2002 |
| Monk | Sheriff Ronald Mathis | 2002 |
| Andy Richter Controls the Universe | Craig | 2002 |
| Joy Ride | Sheriff Ritter | 2001 |
| Philly | Nelson Vanderhoff | 2001 |
| Crossing Jordan | Ranger Diggory | 2001 |
| Star Trek: Enterprise | Adm. Daniel Leonard | 2001 |
| Six Feet Under | Prison Officer | 2001 |
| Warden of Red Rock | Jefferson Bent | 2001 |
| The Division | Fred Zito | 2001 |
| Uncorked | Foreman | 2001 |
| The Trouble with Normal | Gary | 2000 |
| CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Stanley Tanner | 2000 |
| Magnolia | Smiling Peanut Patron #1 | 1999 |
| The West Wing | Carl | 1999 |
| Mr. Murder | Agent Jason Reiling | 1998 |
| That '70s Show | Tony | 1998 |
| E! Mysteries & Scandals | Self | 1998 |
| The Adventures of A.R.K. | Ranger Earl | 1998 |
| Total Security | Detective McKissick | 1997 |
| Pensacola: Wings of Gold | Lucas | 1997 |
| Spy Game | Thornbush | 1997 |
| Wounded | Agent Eric Ashton | 1997 |
| Divided by Hate | Danny Leland | 1997 |
| Moloney | Detective Ashton | 1996 |
| Bone Chillers | Edgar Allan Poe | 1996 |
| High Incident | Father in Wreck | 1996 |
| 3rd Rock from the Sun | Happy Doug | 1996 |
| Murder One | Donald Cleary | 1995 |
| Bad Girls | Pinkerton Detective Graves | 1994 |
| Thunder Alley | Leland DuParte | 1994 |
| Blue Chips | Ricky's Father | 1994 |
| Geronimo: An American Legend | Proclamation Officer | 1993 |
| NYPD Blue | Truck Driver / Jesus Christ | 1993 |
| Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Henry Barnes | 1993 |
| The X-Files | Coroner | 1993 |
| Sliver | Detective Ira | 1993 |
| Gunsmoke: The Long Ride | Traveling Blacksmith | 1993 |
| Twogether | Oscar | 1992 |
| Melrose Place | Ranger Virgil | 1992 |
| Sister Act | Clarkson | 1992 |
| Gunsmoke: To the Last Man | Deputy Willie Rudd | 1992 |
| Reasonable Doubts | Detective Earl Gaddis | 1991 |
| Home Improvement | Duke Miller | 1991 |
| The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson | Maj. Trimble | 1990 |
| El Diablo | Spivey Irick | 1990 |
| Nasty Boys | Wetstone | 1990 |
| The Young Riders | Johnson | 1989 |
| In Country | Earl Smith | 1989 |
| Turner & Hooch | Plant Manager | 1989 |
| Father Dowling Mysteries | Drake | 1989 |
| Paradise | Frank Foster | 1988 |
| Midnight Caller | Tom Barlow | 1988 |
| Two Idiots in Hollywood | Crying Man | 1988 |
| Perry Mason: The Case of the Lady in the Lake | Motel Manager | 1988 |
| Defense Play | FBI Man | 1988 |
| Jake and the Fatman | Defense Attorney | 1987 |
| CBS Summer Playhouse | Wrong-House Neighbor | 1987 |
| Hollywood Shuffle | Postal Worker | 1987 |
| Sweet Revenge | Smuggler | 1987 |
| Unsolved Mysteries | Self - George Reeves' Biographer | 1987 |
| Matlock | Barney Sutler | 1986 |
| Silkwood | Plant Manager | 1983 |
| Girls of the White Orchid | Pedestrian | 1983 |
| Nighthawks | Subway Passenger | 1981 |
| Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders | Cowboy Player | 1979 |
| The Seniors | Client | 1978 |
| Dallas | Diner / Julie Grey's Gardener | 1978 |
| Semi-Tough | B.E.A.T. Member | 1977 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Cowgirl Up | 2011 |
