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Jim Caviezel

Jim Caviezel

Actor · b. 1968 · Mount Vernon, Washington, USA

James Patrick Caviezel Jr. (born September 26, 1968) is an American actor, known for his starring role as John Reese on the CBS series Person of Interest (2011-2016), Private Witt in The Thin Red Line (1998), Slovnik in G.I. Jane (1997), Detective John Sullivan in Frequency (2000), Catch in Angel Eyes (2001), Edmond Dantès in The Count of Monte Cristo (2002), and his portrayal of Jesus Christ in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ (2004). He began acting in plays in Seattle, WA. He earned his Screen Actors Guild card with a minor role in the 1991 film My Own Private Idaho. He then moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. He was offered a scholarship to study acting at NY's Juilliard School in 1993, but turned it down to portray Warren Earp in the 1994 film Wyatt Earp. He later appeared in episodes of Murder, She Wrote and The Wonder Years. After appearing in G.I. Jane (1997), he had a breakthrough performance in the 1998 Terrence Malick World War II film The Thin Red Line. He was originally cast to play Scott Summers / Cyclops in X-Men (2000), but dropped out due to a scheduling conflict with the film Frequency (2000). He starred in the mainstream films Pay It Forward (2000), The Count of Monte Cristo (2002), and Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004). He portrayed Jesus Christ in Mel Gibson's 2004 film The Passion of the Christ. During filming, he was struck by lightning, accidentally scourged, had his shoulder dislocated, and suffered from pneumonia and hypothermia. Prior to filming, Gibson reportedly warned Caviezel that playing Jesus in his controversial film would hurt his acting career. In 2011, Caviezel claimed that good roles had been hard to come by since, but stated that the movie, in particular the role of Jesus Christ, was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. He had leading roles in the 2006 films Unknown and Déjà Vu. He played Kainan in Outlander (2008) and provided the voice of Jesus on the 2007 New Testament audio dramatization The Word of Promise. In 2008, he starred in Long Weekend and in November 2009, he starred in The Prisoner, a remake of the British sci-fi series The Prisoner. From 2011 to 2016, Caviezel starred in the CBS drama series Person of Interest as John Reese, a former CIA agent who now works for a mysterious billionaire as a vigilante. The show received the highest ratings in 15 years for a series pilot. Caviezel was nominated for the People's Choice Award for Favorite Dramatic TV Actor in 2014 and again in 2016 for his work on Person of Interest. In 2017, Caviezel signed on as lead character of CBS's SEAL Team series, however; he left the project due to creative differences before production began and was replaced by David Boreanaz. He has also narrated multiple documentaries.

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  • Movie7.5

    The Passion of the Christ

    2004 · 5.3K votes

  • Movie7.2

    The Rock

    1996 · 5.4K votes

  • Movie7.4

    The Thin Red Line

    1998 · 3.4K votes

  • Movie6.7

    Escape Plan

    2013 · 5.7K votes

  • Movie6.9

    Déjà Vu

    2006 · 5.5K votes

  • Movie7.7

    The Count of Monte Cristo

    2002 · 2.1K votes

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  • Movie6.5

    G.I. Jane

    1997 · 1.9K votes

  • Movie6.3

    High Crimes

    2002 · 911 votes

  • Movie7.3

    Frequency

    2000 · 2.1K votes

  • Movie8.0

    Sound of Freedom

    2023 · 2.8K votes

  • Movie7.0

    My Own Private Idaho

    1991 · 1.3K votes

  • Movie6.5

    Outlander

    2008 · 1.5K votes

  • Movie7.4

    Pay It Forward

    2000 · 2.1K votes

  • Movie6.8

    Wyatt Earp

    1994 · 973 votes

  • Movie6.3

    Ride with the Devil

    1999 · 217 votes

  • Movie6.2

    Unknown

    2006 · 483 votes

  • Movie6.1

    Angel Eyes

    2001 · 505 votes

  • Movie6.1

    The Final Cut

    2004 · 793 votes

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  • Movie5.6

    Infidel

    2019 · 90 votes

  • Movie7.6

    Paul, Apostle of Christ

    2018 · 420 votes

  • Movie6.7

    When the Game Stands Tall

    2014 · 391 votes

  • Movie5.7

    Highwaymen

    2004 · 238 votes

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  • TV4.3

    The View

    1997 · 113 votes

  • TV8.1

    Person of Interest

    2011 · 2.2K votes

  • TV7.5

    Murder, She Wrote

    1984 · 471 votes

  • TV8.3

    The Wonder Years

    1988 · 1.1K votes

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  • TV5.5

    The Prisoner

    2009 · 103 votes

  • TV7.1

    Children of the Dust

    1995 · 7 votes