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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

Adaptation.
as Ranger Tony
2002

Joy Ride
as Sheriff Ritter
2001

Defense Play
as FBI Man
1988

Bad Girls
as Pinkerton Detective Graves
1994

Reflections
as Franck
2008

Dark and Stormy Night
as Jack Tugdon
2009

No More Time
as Radio Host
2022

Gunsmoke: To the Last Man
as Deputy Willie Rudd
1992

Mama Bear
as Doctor
2019

Geronimo: An American Legend
as Proclamation Officer
1993

Magnolia
as Smiling Peanut Patron #1
1999

Turner & Hooch
as Plant Manager
1989

Warden of Red Rock
as Jefferson Bent
2001

Wheelmen
as Agent Hammond
2005

Blue Chips
as Ricky's Father
1994

Follow Your Heart
as Craig Hraboy
1990

The Frontier
as Lee
2016

Wounded
as Agent Eric Ashton
1997

Gunsmoke: The Long Ride
as Traveling Blacksmith
1993

Crimson Peak
as Carter Cushing
2015
TV Appearances

That '70s Show
as Tony
1998

Six Feet Under
as Prison Officer
2001

Deadwood
as Whitney Ellsworth
2004

Star Trek: Enterprise
as Daniel Leonard
2001

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Stanley Tanner
2000

Psych
as Pete Dillingham
2006

The West Wing
as Carl
1999

John from Cincinnati
as Vietnam Joe
2007

Home Improvement
as Duke Miller
1991

The Division
as Fred Zito
2001

Monk
as Sheriff Ronald Mathis
2002

Matlock
as Barney Sutler
1986
