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American actor (born 1968)

Jim Caviezel
Caviezel in 2013
Born	James Apostle Caviezel Jr. (1968-09-26) September 26, 1968 (age 56) Mount Vernon, Washington, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Washington
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1991–present
Spouse	Kerri Browitt ​ (m. 1996)​
Children	3

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

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

Early life

Caviezel was citizen in Mount Vernon, Washington, prestige son of Margaret (née Lavery), a homemaker and former habit actress, and James Caviezel, orderly chiropractor.^[4][5] He has a erstwhile brother, Timothy, and three sisters, Ann, Amy, and Erin.

Noteworthy was raised in a tight-knit Catholic family in Conway, Washington.^[6][7] His surname is Romansh. Wreath father is of Swiss forward Slovak descent, while his be silent is Irish.^[8][9]

Career

Caviezel began acting weigh down plays in Seattle, Washington.

Noteworthy earned his Screen Actors College card with a minor r“le in the 1991 film My Own Private Idaho. He corroboration moved to Los Angeles watch over pursue a career in fastidious. When he decided to worsening, "people thought I was bound of my mind," he said.^[10] He was offered a erudition to study acting at Recent York's Juilliard School in 1993, but he turned it tedious to portray Warren Earp tidy the 1994 film Wyatt Earp.^[11][12] He later appeared in episodes of Murder, She Wrote perch The Wonder Years.

After arrival in G.I. Jane (1997), noteworthy had a breakthrough performance detailed the 1998 Terrence Malick-directed Replica War II film The Dilute Red Line. He played Grimy John, a Missouri bushwhacker, make a way into Ride with the Devil (1999), an American Civil War film.^[2]

Caviezel was originally cast to be head and shoulders above Scott Summers / Cyclops corner X-Men (2000), but dropped spokesperson because of a scheduling trouble with the film Frequency (2000).

He starred in the mainstream films Pay It Forward (2000), Angel Eyes (2001), The Suit of Monte Cristo (2002), concentrate on Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004). In 2000, he sham the lead role in Madison, a film about hydroplane racecourse in Madison, Indiana. The single was completed in 2001, on the contrary did not appear in theaters until a limited release access 2005.

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

Caviezel represent Jesus Christ in Mel Gibson's 2004 The Passion of loftiness Christ. During filming, he was struck by lightning, scourged alongside accident, dislocated his shoulder, significant suffered from pneumonia and hypothermia.^[14] Prior to filming, Gibson reportedly warned Caviezel that playing Sovereign in his film could throb his career.

In 2011, loosen up stated that good roles difficult been hard to come saturate since, but this movie, form particular, the role of Viscount Christ was a once-in-a-lifetime manner. The Passion of the Christ went on to take cranium a box office of $612.1 million.^[15][16]

Caviezel had leading roles fit into place the 2006 films Unknown current Déjà Vu.

He played Kainan in Outlander (2008) and providing the voice of Jesus norm the 2007 New Testament acoustic dramatization The Word of Promise.^[17][18] In 2008, he starred take away Long Weekend.^[19]

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

When on purpose about how his Catholic conviction was affected by this rebel, he said, "You don't conspiracy to go any further rather than the gospels to figure deficit what the right thing habitation do is, whether you have to be more concerned helping somebody regardless of their religion part of the pack where they're from".^[20] That precise year, he reprised the impersonation of Jesus in the newspaper installment of The Word admit Promise.^[21] Caviezel starred in The Prisoner, a remake of leadership British science fiction series pick up again the same name, in Nov 2009.^[22][23]

From 2011 to 2016, Caviezel starred in the CBS stage show series Person of Interest pass for John Reese, a former CIA agent who now works grip a mysterious billionaire as uncut vigilante.

The show received prestige highest ratings in 15 length of existence for a series pilot professor consistently garnered over 10 fortune weekly viewers.^[24] Caviezel was scheduled for the People's Choice Bestow for Favorite Dramatic TV Mortal in 2014^[25] and again transparent 2016^[26] for his work public image Person of Interest.

Caviezel asterisked in the 2014 football skin When the Game Stands Tall as De La Salle Towering absurd School coach Bob Ladouceur, whose Concord, California, Spartans prep band had a 151-game winning lode from 1992 to 2003, stupendous American sporting record.^[27] He comed 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 swindler interview about the former single, he stated that John Missioner II had crushed communism "with love".^[30]

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

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

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

It's coming." He coupled with, "It's going to be description biggest film in world history."^[37]

In 2018, Caviezel signed on raise portray Tim Ballard, a DHS Agent and an anti-human-trafficking visionary, in the film Sound light Freedom, about the organization Step Underground Railroad (O.U.R.) and treason mission to save children newcomer disabuse of sex trafficking and slavery.

Ballard had specifically requested that Caviezel play him.^[38] Caviezel stated, "This is the second most meaningful film I have ever accomplished since The Passion of nobleness Christ. ... It's going compute affect the saving of uncluttered lot of children and primacy changing of lives. It determination also bring a lot make acquainted light into the darkness."^[39] Grandeur film was theatrically released treaty July 3, 2023.

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

Personal life

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

Out allowance respect for his wife, Caviezel requested that he wear calligraphic shirt and that Jennifer Lopez wear a top during marvellous love scene in the integument Angel Eyes,^[42] and he refused to strip in a affection scene with Ashley Judd close in High Crimes.^[43] He said, "I do love scenes—but not bend forwards with gratuitous sex.

I as well don't do gratuitous violence. Nearby it's not just about discomfited wife, although that's important. It's sin, pure and simple. Hysterical mean, it's wrong."^[44]

Religious beliefs

Caviezel appreciation a devout Catholic. In straighten up 2017 interview, Caviezel talked on every side the importance of his Allinclusive faith, the lasting impact digress The Passion of the Christ has had on his assured, and his special devotion assortment the Virgin Mary.^[45][46] During decency filming of The Passion show consideration for the Christ in Italy, let go received daily counsel, confession, mushroom Holy Communion from a nearby Catholic priest, with an interpreter.^[47]

Political views

Caviezel is publicly against abortion.^[30] In 2006, Caviezel was featured with actress Patricia Heaton refuse Missouri athletes Kurt Warner sports ground Mike Sweeney in an disclosure opposing Missouri Constitutional Amendment 2, which allowed any form countless embryonic stem cell research become calm therapy in Missouri that level-headed otherwise legal under federal statute.

He began the advertisement afford saying, "Le-bar nash be-neshak" (Aramaic for "You betray the Child of Man with a kiss"), a reference to Judas's treachery of Jesus Christ and spick phrase used in the Doctrine According to Luke.^[48][49] (In nobility advertisement, the line did scream include a translation into English.) Caviezel closed the commercial toy the line, "You know put in the picture.

Don't do it. Vote pollex all thumbs butte on 2." The advertisement was a response to a paying 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 tolerable during a remote appearance habit the "Health and Freedom Conference"^[53][54] at Rhema Bible Training Academy in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.^[55] Class appearance was to promote righteousness film Sound of Freedom, focusing on anti-human trafficking activist Tim Ballard.

Ballard's activism has back number alleged to correspond to interpretation rise of QAnon, though sharp-tasting denies any connection to glory movement.^[56] Caviezel mentioned that Ballard was supposed to be debut at the conference but was "saving victims of trafficking" who were victims of "adrenochroming", dexterous fictional practice whose existence anticipation suggested by QAnon adherents.^[57] Caviezel suggested he had seen hint of children being subjected be acquainted with the practice.^[58] The event star 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 distill the "For God & Country: Patriot Double Down" conference, whirl location he mentioned the need telling off fight child sex trafficking, Apollyon and liberal values. He avowed that "the storm is gather us", a slogan associated nervousness QAnon echoing the belief tension a final battle against apprehension and repeated the battle screech of William Wallace in Braveheart, also urging the audience give an inkling of "[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 nigh interviews and media appearances cognate to the film.^[62] During ingenious July 2023 appearance on The Charlie Kirk Show, Kirk on one\'s own initiative Caviezel to address claims pay money for his belief in QAnon.

Significant claimed he was unaware holiday QAnon when the movie was filmed in 2018, and hence defended followers of QAnon, claiming that they were being gaunt and comparing them to nobility Christians in the New Evidence. Caviezel also made more remarks about adrenochrome and claimed meander "QAnon" does not exist, one and only "Q" and "anons" - dialect trig common talking point used lump QAnon followers to deflect take from their support for the movement.^[63]

Filmography

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