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Jim Beaver on "Harper's Island"
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Jim Beaver stars as Charlie Mills, aka "The Sheriff," on CBS's murder mystery, "Harper's Island."

Jim Beaver most recently starred as Bobby Singer on The CW's "Supernatural" and as Vietnam Joe on HBO's series, "John from Cincinatti." Jim Beaver also starred as Whitney Ellsworth on HBO's "Deadwood."

Jim Beaver first came to prominence as Bruce Willis's best friend in Norman Jewison's acclaimed film "In Country," and appeared in such hit films as "Magnolia," "Joy Ride," "Sister Act," "Bad Girls," "Sliver," Blue Chips," "Geronimo," "Turner and Hooch," "Hollywood Shuffle," "Silkwood," and "Semi-Tough."  More recent films for Jim Beaver include Spike Jonze's "Adaptation" with Nicolas Cage and a starring role with Kevin Spacey and Kate Winslet in Alan Parker's "The Life of David Gale."

From 1996 to 2002 Jim Beaver appeared as Father Tim Jansen on NBC's popular daytime drama "Days of Our Lives." For two seasons Jim Beaver played Mark Harmon's partner, Detective Earl Gaddis, on NBC's critically acclaimed drama "Reasonable Doubts." Jim Beaver followed that with two seasons starring as Edward Asner's sidekick Leland on the comedy "Thunder Alley."

Jim Beaver has guest starred on shows such as "The West Wing," "NYPD Blue," "The X-Files," "Lyon's Den," "Monk," "Philly," "Star Trek: Enterprise," "Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman," "Murder One," "Midnight Caller," "Young Riders," "Paradise," "Matlock," "Perry Mason," and "Jake and the Fatman." Jim Beaver starred in the cable movies "Warden of Red Rock" and "Divided by Hate" and has appeared in other television movies such as "The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson," "El Diablo," "Follow Your Heart," and "American River." Jim Beaver is the only actor ever to play different roles in consecutive "Gunsmoke" productions.

As a stage actor, Jim Beaver has appeared all over the country in the classics as well as dinner theatre. Jim Beaver spent five seasons with the Dallas Shakespeare Festival, played lead roles in "Macbeth" and "Last Meeting of the Knights of the White Magnolia" in national tours, as well as regional theatre roles such as Lachie in "The Hasty Heart," Starbuck in "The Rainmaker," Sgt. Trotter in "The Mousetrap," The Inquisitor in "The Lark," and the title role in "Charley's Aunt." Jim Beaver is a three-time Los Angeles Dramalogue Critics Award winner for his work writing and acting in his own plays, "Verigris," "Semper Fi" and "Sidekick." Jim Beaver studied acting with Maximilian Schell.

In addition to his acting, Jim Beaver is a nationally recognized playwright and the author of two books ("John Garfield" and "Movie Blockbusters"), and is working on his third, an already controversial book on the life and mysterious death of tv's original "Superman," George Reeves. For television Jim Beaver has written episodes of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "Tour of Duty," and "Vietnam War Story," among others, and was twice nominated for the ACE Award for cable television writing. For nearly ten years, Jim Beaver was a film critic/columnist for Films in Review magazine.

A Marine Corps veteran of Vietnam and the former chairman of the board of Theatre West in Los Angeles, Jim Beaver is a Cherokee-German native of Laramie, Wyoming who was raised in Irving, Texas. Jim Beaver was married from 1989 until her death in 2004 to actress Cecily Adams, daughter of "Get Smart" star Don Adams. Jim Beaver lives in Los Angeles with their daughter Madeline and three cats, Frankie, Heidi, and Sigourney Beaver.






JIM BEAVER: FACTS

How tall is Jim Beaver? How old is Jim Beaver? Where was Jim Beaver born? Where does Jim Beaver live? Find out here.

Age: 59 years old
Birthday: August 12, 1950
Height: 6' 1"
Full Name / Real Name: James Norman Beaver Jr.
Birthplace: Laramie, WY
Hometown: Irving, TX
Current Residence: Los Angeles, CA
Wife: Cecily Adams (5/7/1989 - 3/3/2004, her death)
Deborah S. Young (8/10/1973 - 10/1/1976, divorced)




HARPER'S ISLAND: NEWS


Jim Beaver on "Harper's Island" 'Harper's Island' Starts Killing People Off on Saturdays on May 2 — "The preliminary DVR and online streaming data suggest a passionate audience for Harper's outside its current Thursday time period," says a CBS spokesman. Read more...