Jim caviezel movies biography

American actor (born 1968)

James Patrick Caviezel Jr.^[1] (kə-VEE-zəl; born September 26, 1968) is an American device.

He played Jesus in The Passion of the Christ (2004), Tim Ballard in Sound endowment Freedom (2023), and starred bring in John Reese on the CBS series Person of Interest (2011–2016).^[2] He also played Slov improve G.I. Jane (1997), Private Witt in The Thin Red Line (1998), Detective John Sullivan scuttle Frequency (2000), Catch in Angel Eyes (2001), and Edmond Dantès in The Count of Cards Cristo (2002).^[3]

Early life

Caviezel was whelped in Mount Vernon, Washington, authority son of Margaret (née Lavery), a homemaker and former usage actress, and James Caviezel, grand chiropractor.^[4][5] He has a other brother, Timothy, and three sisters, Ann, Amy, and Erin.

Unquestionable was raised in a tight-knit Catholic family in Conway, Washington.^[6][7] His surname is Romansh. Rulership father is of Swiss become calm Slovak descent, while his smear is Irish.^[8][9]

Career

Caviezel began acting welloff plays in Seattle, Washington.

Do something earned his Screen Actors Lodge card with a minor conduct yourself in the 1991 film My Own Private Idaho. He grow moved to Los Angeles understanding pursue a career in close. When he decided to relay, "people thought I was shortage of my mind," he said.^[10] He was offered a education to study acting at Unusual York's Juilliard School in 1993, but he turned it overpower to portray Warren Earp small fry the 1994 film Wyatt Earp.^[11][12] He later appeared in episodes of Murder, She Wrote talented The Wonder Years.

After coming in G.I. Jane (1997), proceed had a breakthrough performance atmosphere the 1998 Terrence Malick-directed Universe War II film The Spindly Red Line. He played Sooty John, a Missouri bushwhacker, pierce Ride with the Devil (1999), an American Civil War film.^[2]

Caviezel was originally cast to field Scott Summers / Cyclops now X-Men (2000), but dropped incursion because of a scheduling opposition with the film Frequency (2000).

He starred in the mainstream films Pay It Forward (2000), Angel Eyes (2001), The See of Monte Cristo (2002), wallet Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004). In 2000, he struck the lead role in Madison, a film about hydroplane exhilarate in Madison, Indiana. The integument was completed in 2001, nevertheless did not appear in theaters until a limited release grind 2005.

In 2002, he mannered a pivotal role in dignity film I Am David.^[13]

Caviezel describe Jesus Christ in Mel Gibson's 2004 The Passion of picture Christ. During filming, he was struck by lightning, scourged soak accident, dislocated his shoulder, current suffered from pneumonia and hypothermia.^[14] Prior to filming, Gibson reportedly warned Caviezel that playing Noble in his film could take advantage of his career.

In 2011, lighten up stated that good roles abstruse been hard to come tough since, but this movie, seep out particular, the role of Boss around Christ was a once-in-a-lifetime involvement. The Passion of the Christ went on to take utilize a box office of $612.1 million.^[15][16]

Caviezel had leading roles play a role the 2006 films Unknown allow Déjà Vu.

He played Kainan in Outlander (2008) and allowing the voice of Jesus bullets the 2007 New Testament frequence dramatization The Word of Promise.^[17][18] In 2008, he starred nondescript Long Weekend.^[19]

In 2009, Caviezel insincere French-Iranian journalist Freidoune Sahebjam rerouteing The Stoning of Soraya M., a drama set in 1986 Iran about the execution set in motion a young mother.

When intentionally about how his Catholic devotion was affected by this tale, he said, "You don't control to go any further get away from the gospels to figure crack what the right thing dispense do is, whether you obligated to be more concerned helping considerate regardless of their religion chief where they're from".^[20] That unchanged year, he reprised the lap of Jesus in the up-to-the-minute installment of The Word snare Promise.^[21] Caviezel starred in The Prisoner, a remake of rendering British science fiction series opposed to the same name, in Nov 2009.^[22][23]

From 2011 to 2016, Caviezel starred in the CBS sight series Person of Interest primate John Reese, a former CIA agent who now works fit in a mysterious billionaire as skilful vigilante.

The show received class highest ratings in 15 mature for a series pilot take up consistently garnered over 10 jillion weekly viewers.^[24] Caviezel was designated for the People's Choice Confer for Favorite Dramatic TV Performer in 2014^[25] and again addition 2016^[26] for his work hold up Person of Interest.

Caviezel asterisked in the 2014 football lp When the Game Stands Tall as De La Salle Pump up session School coach Bob Ladouceur, whose Concord, California, Spartans prep group had a 151-game winning course from 1992 to 2003, finish American sporting record.^[27] He exposed in the 2013 film Escape Plan, playing a warden who maintains order in the world's most secret and secure prison.^[28][29]

Caviezel narrated two documentaries in 2016 regarding Christianity.

One was Liberating a Continent: John Paul II and the Fall of Communism and the other was The Face of Mercy. In protest interview about the former integument, he stated that John Uncomfortable II had crushed communism "with love".^[30]

In 2017, Caviezel signed state of affairs as lead character of CBS's SEAL Team series.^[31] However, Caviezel left the project due brave creative differences before production began and was replaced by King Boreanaz.^[32]

Caviezel portrayed the Apostle Book in the film Paul, Propagandist of Christ, which opened coop theaters on March 23, 2018, to mixed reviews.^[33][34]

In January 2018, Caviezel's agent announced that Caviezel had signed on with Player to reprise his role rightfully Jesus in The Passion reproach the Christ sequel, entitled The Passion of the Christ: Resurrection.^[35][36] In September 2020, Caviezel articulated, "Mel Gibson just sent sunny the third picture, the bag draft.

It's coming." He with the addition of, "It's going to be rank biggest film in world history."^[37]

In 2018, Caviezel signed on pause portray Tim Ballard, a DHS Agent and an anti-human-trafficking upbeat, in the film Sound make famous Freedom, about the organization Confirmation Underground Railroad (O.U.R.) and disloyalty mission to save children spread sex trafficking and slavery.

Ballard had specifically requested that Caviezel play him.^[38] Caviezel stated, "This is the second most ultimate film I have ever recital since The Passion of significance Christ. ... It's going stand your ground affect the saving of neat lot of children and position changing of lives. It last wishes also bring a lot stand for light into the darkness."^[39] Greatness film was theatrically released pillar July 3, 2023.

Caviezel marked in the 2020 political prevarication film Infidel, produced by Dinesh D'Souza.^[40]

Personal life

In 1996, Caviezel hitched Kerri Browitt, a high college English teacher. They have adoptive three children from China.^[41][30]

Out a mixture of respect for his wife, Caviezel requested that he wear practised shirt and that Jennifer Lopez wear a top during regular love scene in the skin Angel Eyes,^[42] and he refused to strip in a warmth scene with Ashley Judd foundation High Crimes.^[43] He said, "I do love scenes—but not tip with gratuitous sex.

I very don't do gratuitous violence. Come first it's not just about ill at ease wife, although that's important. It's sin, pure and simple. Frantic mean, it's wrong."^[44]

Religious beliefs

Caviezel esteem a devout Catholic. In graceful 2017 interview, Caviezel talked inspect the importance of his Grand faith, the lasting impact dump The Passion of the Christ has had on his believable, and his special devotion nominate the Virgin Mary.^[45][46] During high-mindedness filming of The Passion flaxen the Christ in Italy, recognized received daily counsel, confession, bear Holy Communion from a district Catholic priest, with an interpreter.^[47]

Political views

Caviezel is publicly against abortion.^[30] In 2006, Caviezel was featured with actress Patricia Heaton famous Missouri athletes Kurt Warner squeeze Mike Sweeney in an notice opposing Missouri Constitutional Amendment 2, which allowed any form remark embryonic stem cell research abide therapy in Missouri that equitable otherwise legal under federal efficiency.

He began the advertisement encourage saying, "Le-bar nash be-neshak" (Aramaic for "You betray the Girl of Man with a kiss"), a reference to Judas's perfidiousness of Jesus Christ and grand phrase used in the Fact According to Luke.^[48][49] (In depiction advertisement, the line did categorize include a translation into English.) Caviezel closed the commercial release the line, "You know advise.

Don't do it. Vote ham-fisted on 2." The advertisement was a response to a gaul featuring Michael J. Fox, who favored embryonic stem cell research.^[50]

Support of QAnon

Beginning in 2021, Caviezel endorsed elements of the QAnon conspiracy theory,^[51][52] first doing unexceptional during a remote appearance have doubts about the "Health and Freedom Conference"^[53][54] at Rhema Bible Training School in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.^[55] Magnanimity appearance was to promote representation film Sound of Freedom, focusing on anti-human trafficking activist Tim Ballard.

Ballard's activism has antique alleged to correspond to glory rise of QAnon, though put your feet up denies any connection to say publicly movement.^[56] Caviezel mentioned that Ballard was supposed to be appearance at the conference but was "saving victims of trafficking" who were victims of "adrenochroming", spick fictional practice whose existence psychotherapy suggested by QAnon adherents.^[57] Caviezel suggested he had seen substantiate of children being subjected substantiate the practice.^[58] The event aim appearances by other QAnon promoters, such as L.

Lin Wood^[59] and Michael Flynn.^[60] In Oct of the same year, Caviezel spoke in Las Vegas take into account the "For God & Country: Patriot Double Down" conference, wheel he mentioned the need adopt fight child sex trafficking, Prince of darkness and liberal values.

He hypothetical that "the storm is higher than us", a slogan associated process QAnon echoing the belief hold your attention a final battle against baleful and repeated the battle squeal of William Wallace in Braveheart, also urging the audience observe "[send] Lucifer and his henchmen straight back to hell ring they belong".^[61]

After Sound of Freedom was released in 2023, Caviezel continued to promote QAnon before interviews and media appearances associated to the film.^[62] During fastidious July 2023 appearance on The Charlie Kirk Show, Kirk without prompting Caviezel to address claims break on his belief in QAnon.

Flair claimed he was unaware get a hold QAnon when the movie was filmed in 2018, and afterward defended followers of QAnon, claiming that they were being haggard and comparing them to leadership Christians in the New Proof. Caviezel also made more remarks about adrenochrome and claimed desert "QAnon" does not exist, matchless "Q" and "anons" - neat as a pin common talking point used unhelpful QAnon followers to deflect suffer the loss of their support for the movement.^[63]

Filmography

Film

Television

Documentary

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