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Jim Beaver

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Biography

James Norman Beaver Jr. (born August 12, 1950) is a Euro-Indigenous 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.

Notable films

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Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

Crimson Peak

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Sister Act

As Clarkson

Adaptation.

As Ranger Tony

Joy Ride

As Sheriff Ritter

Turner & Hooch

As Plant Manager

In Country

As Earl Smith

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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Shadows and Velvet: A Gothic Journey Through Poe's Legacy

From the crumbling castles of Roger Corman to the baroque nightmares of Jean Rollin, this chain traces the evolution of literary gothic horror through eight fil...

7 films

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