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Filmography

Next - ( Wisdom / 2007 / Released / )
The Life of David Gale - ( Duke Grover / 2003 / Released / )
Adaptation - ( Ranger Tony / 2002 / Released / )
Joy Ride - ( Sheriff Ritter / 2001 / Released / )
Magnolia - ( Smiling Peanut Patron No 1 / 1999 / Released / )
Bad Girls - ( Detective Graves / 1994 / Released / )
Blue Chips - ( Ricky's Father / 1994 / Released / Paramount Pictures )
Twogether - ( Oscar / 1994 / Released / )
Geronimo: An American Legend - ( Proclamation Officer / 1993 / Released / )
Sliver - ( Detective Ira / 1993 / Released / )
Sister Act - ( Clarkson / 1992 / Released / )
In Country - ( Earl / 1989 / Released / )
Turner & Hooch - ( Plant Manager / 1989 / Released / Touchstone Films )
TV Credits
John from Cincinnati ( 2007 / Released ): Actor
TV Episode Vietnam Joe

TV Episode Vietnam Joe

TV Episode Vietnam Joe

TV Episode Vietnam Joe

TV Episode Vietnam Joe

Big Love ( 2006 / Released ): Actor
TV Episode Carter Reese

Vision Thing ( 2007 )
TV Episode Carter Reese

TV Episode Carter Reese

Day Break ( 2006 / Released ): Actor
What if it's Him ( 2008 )
TV Episode Cast

TV Episode Cast

TV Episode Cast

TV Episode Cast

The Unit ( 2006 / Released ): Actor
Criminal Minds ( 2005 / Released ): Actor
Supernatural ( 2005 / Released ): Actor
TV Episode Bobby

TV Episode Bobby

Mystery Spot ( 2008 )
TV Episode Bobby

TV Episode Bobby

Sin City ( 2007 )
TV Episode Bobby

TV Episode Bobby

TV Episode Bobby

TV Episode Bobby

TV Episode Bobby

Tall Tales ( 2007 )
TV Episode Bobby

TV Episode Bobby

TV Episode Bobby

Devil's Trap ( 2006 )
TV Episode Bobby

Deadwood ( 2004 / Released ): Actor
The Catbird Seat ( 2006 )
TV Episode Ellsworth

TV Episode Ellsworth

Amateur Night ( 2006 )
TV Episode Ellsworth

Leviathan Smiles ( 2006 )
TV Episode Ellsworth

TV Episode Ellsworth

MovieReal ( 2004 / Released ): Actor
The Lyon's Den ( 2003 / Released ): Actor
Tremors: The Series ( 2003 / Released ): Actor
Monk ( 2002 / Released ): Actor
Crossing Jordan ( 2001 / Released ): Actor
Enterprise ( 2001 / Released ): Actor
Philly ( 2001 / Released ): Actor
Six Feet Under ( 2001 / Released ): Actor
Warden of Red Rock ( 2001 / Released ): Actor
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ( 2000 / Released ): Actor
Post Mortem ( 2006 )
TV Episode Stanley Tanner

Fannysmackin' ( 2006 )
TV Episode Stanley Tanner

The Trouble With Normal ( 2000 / Released ): Actor
Dean Koontz's "Mr. Murder" ( 1999 / Released ): Actor
The West Wing ( 1999 / Released ): Actor
That '70s Show ( 1998 / Released ): Actor
Divided by Hate ( 1997 / Released ): Actor
Spy Game ( 1997 / Released ): Actor
The X-Files ( 1997 / Released ): Actor
Wounded ( 1997 / Released ): Actor
Moloney ( 1996 / Released ): Actor
Gunsmoke: The Long Ride ( 1993 / Released ): Actor
NYPD Blue ( 1993 / Released ): Actor
Gunsmoke: To the Last Man ( 1992 / Released ): Actor
El Diablo ( 1990 / Released ): Actor
Follow Your Heart ( 1990 / Released ): Actor
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson ( 1990 / Released ): Actor
Mothers, Daughters and Lovers ( 1989 / Released ): Actor
Vietnam War Story ( 1988 / Released ): Writer
3rd Rock From the Sun ( Released ): Actor
High Incident ( Released ): Actor
Home Improvement ( Released ): Actor
Melrose Place ( Released ): Actor
Murder One ( Released ): Actor
Reasonable Doubts ( Released ): Actor
Thunder Alley ( Released ): Actor
Full Biography (Back to top)


Profession(s):
Actor, writer
Sometimes Credited As:
James Norman Beaver Jr

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Education
Fort Worth Christian College 1967
Oklahoma Christian College 1971
Central State University B.A. 1975
Milestones (Back to top)
2004 Played Ellsworth on the HBO drama "Deadwood"
2003 Cast opposite Kevin Spacey and Kate Winslet in Alan Parker's "The Life of David Gale"
2002 Starred in Spike Jonze's "Adaptation," with Nicolas Cage
2001 Starred in the Showtime movie "Warden of Red Rock," with James Caan and David Carradine
2001 Cast as Admiral Daniel Leonard in "Star Trek: Enterprise" (UPN)
1999 Had a small role in Paul Thomas Anderson's "Magnolia"
1997 Starred in the USA movie "Divided by Hate" with Dylan Walsh and Tom Skerritt
1996 - 2002 Appeared as Father Tim Jansen on NBC's popular daytime drama "Days of Our Lives"
1994 Had a small role as a Detective in the western "Bad Girls"
1994 Starred as Edward Asner's sidekick Leland, on the ABC comedy "Thunder Alley"
1992 Cast as a Detective in the comedy hit "Sister Act," starring Whoopi Goldberg
1991 Played Mark Harmon's partner, Detective Earl Gaddis on NBC's critically acclaimed drama "Reasonable Doubts"
1989 First gain recognition as Bruce Willis's best friend in Norman Jewison's acclaimed film "In Country"
1988 Co-scripted the HBO anthology series "Vietnam War Story," featuring accounts of the men and women who fought in Vietnam
1987 Played a postal worker in Robert Townsend's "Hollywood Shuffle"
1985 Wrote two episodes of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (NBC)
1983 Cast as the plant manager in the award winning film "Silkwood," starring Meryl Streep and directed by Mike Nichols
1981 Appeared in "Nighthawks," which starred Sylvester Stallone and Rutger Hauer
1977 First minor film role in "Semi-Tough," starring Burt Reynolds and Kris Kristofferson


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